Despite facing a lawsuit seeking to block procurement, Darpa has selected Space Systems Loral (SSL) as its commercial partner for the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) demonstration.
Orbital ATK has filed a lawsuit against Darpa to halt a program it alleges would unlawfully subsidize the creation of a commercial competitor to the satellite servicing capability it is developing with private investment.
Leonardo has begun flight trials of the third prototype AW609 commercial tiltrotor as it targets certification of the high-speed rotary-wing aircraft by 2018.
NASA’s Satellite Servicing Products Division is counting on SpaceX’s CRS 10 resupply mission to the International Space Station to help kick off two years of autonomous rendezvous and docking system technology development.
The European Space Agency’s Aeolus science satellite is ready for the two remaining phases of tests that will ensure it can measure “slices” of winds from a 320-km orbit.
Engineers at FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) want to see how a Falcon 9 test on Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center works out before clearing the SpaceX launcher for its first flight from the historic pad. George Nield, associate administrator for commercial space transportation, said Wednesday there are a number of procedural issues as well with the first use of the leased NASA facility for a commercial mission.
Of the 263 MV-22s already delivered, about one in four on average is structurally different in some way, causing headaches for maintainers and upsetting the parts supply chain.
The U.S. Marine Corps is reporting that almost two-thirds of its F/A-18 strike fighters were down due to maintenance in December, an alarmingly high number.
The F-35’s autonomic logistics information system is not compatible with the IT systems being used at government aircraft depots where the fighter and its components are repaired.
Lockheed Martin could sue the Pentagon over the F-35’s recent production awards, the Joint Strike Fighter prime contractor’s top financial officer said Feb. 8.
The probably intentional revelation of a mockup similar to the Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye suggests Beijing plans a substantial fleet of aircraft carriers.
Developing the ability to exchange fire-control information over different data links without translation is a key element of a new Office of Naval Research (ONR) technology demonstration for which Raytheon has received an $11.8 million contract.
Thailand is going ahead with a controversial order for submarines from China that is probably driven in part by a desire for closer relations with Beijing.
Mark Moore, the NASA engineer who evangelized electric-powered aircraft and on-demand mobility within the agency, is joining ride-hailing giant Uber to advance its Elevate concept for vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) air taxi networks in congested cities.  
St. Michael’s Inc., Woodbridge, Virginia, was awarded a $150,000,000 maximum ceiling, $2,500 minimum guarantee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, single-award, indefinite–delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
