The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute is seeking study proposals on nine fronts that range from genetic diagnostic techniques to surgery and synthetic food production.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $750m Defense Logistics Agency contract for flight line spare parts through March 31, 2022. BAE, CONTINENTAL MARITIME and GENERAL DYNAMICS have $383.1m U.S Navy contract for maintenance, repair and modernization of amphibious ships homeported in San Diego, CA, through March 2018.
The global satellite industry is closely watching President Donald Trump’s “America First” trade policy rhetoric – because decisions in this area can make a big difference in such a competitive market. Continued mixed messaging on the Export-Import Bank, for example, is warmly welcomed by non-U.S. companies. And other changes in U.S. politics can help foreign competitors as well. “If relations between the U.S.
Engine manufacturers are lining up to upgrade or replace the Boeing B-52H’s outdated and inefficient Pratt & Whitney TF33 low-bypass turbofan engines to keep the mighty Cold War bomber flying beyond 2050.
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Orbital ATK appears to be back on course financially, according to executive and analyst comments made in the wake of the midtier aerospace and defense provider’s 2016 reported results.
The launching of the seventh Orbital ATK resupply mission to the ISS has been delayed to resolve a hydraulic issue with the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
LOCKHEED MARTIN’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (Jassm) completed two product verification flight tests at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Duncan Aviation recently delivered a refurbished 12-year-old Gulfstream G550, after breathing new life into an aircraft whose owner valued its dependability and wanted it to remain part of his fleet.
Airbus and the Royal Australian Air Force have agreed to research possible improvements to the A330 MRTT tanker, focusing initially on automatic operation of the refueling boom.
