The Boeing Co., St. Louis, is being awarded a $678,679,386 fixed-price, incentive-firm target contract for the procurement of seven Lot 40 EA-18G aircraft.
The private Space Data Association has joined with Analytical Graphics, Inc. to develop an upgrade of the current system to track spacecraft and debris in geostationary and medium Earth orbits.
The U.S. Air Force is moving to a new parts management tool that the vendor, Needham, Massachusetts-based PTC, says could drive down parts inventory costs by 10-20% and improve aircraft readiness rates by 5-10%.
Systems integrator Jagid Management has teamed with Astronautics Corporation of America to build a roll-on, roll-off “flying LTE tower” that will allow police and military customers to pass ISR data over broadband links.
UK-based startup Sky and Space Global has signed agreements to build, launch and replenish a constellation of around 200 nanosats to provide low-cost communications to equatorial regions.
BOEING has $7.5m U.S Navy contract for procurement and installation of 93 Replacement Acoustic Processor Tech Refresh units for P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft. SIKORSKY transferred an S-70i Black Hawk helicopter to ASELSAN to for use as the prototype aircraft for the Turkish Utility Helicopter Program.
The U.S. House of Representatives is about to begin debate on a fiscal 2017 defense spending bill that would provide $577 billion, an increase of $5.2 billion over the previous year. That includes $61.8 billion in funds to fight overseas wars. The problem is that the bigger-picture issues of taxes and entitlements still loom large. At the same time, there is enormous pressure from the Pentagon to pass the bill.
The Northrop Grumman RQ-4B has begun one of the most important flight test campaigns in its 19-year history, validating compatibility with the UTC Aerospace Systems MS-177 long-range multispectral sensor.
Terrestrial rather than space-based observatories might hasten advanced warnings of solar disruptions that discharge high-velocity solar energetic particles into space that could pose a health threat to astronauts, a study says.
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NASA scientists are preparing advanced plant growth hardware for delivery to the U.S. segment of the International Space Station later this month as part of a modest greenhouse.
Sikorsky has delivered a S-70i International Black Hawk to Turkish defense electronics firm Aselsan in the first phase of the Turkish Utility Helicopter Program.
A first-stage engine issue discovered during a prelaunch inspection of United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Medium+ rocket has set back the launch of the ninth and penultimate U.S. Air Force Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft.
