Thales and satellite operator SES have signed two intertwined agreements to offer a new connectivity service over the Americas, claiming “optic fiber-like” speed.
U.S. Air Force Space Command is exploring how to defend its current space assets and make new ones more responsive, operationally focused, disaggregated and survivable.
Blue Origin will test an escape system next month on its New Shepard rocket that can propel the crew capsule to safety if the booster has a problem, the company says.
A curious device designed to guide U.S. air-to-ground munitions when satellite navigation aides are being disrupted will soon enter flight testing on the Boeing GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb.
The U.S. Navy can move ahead with low-rate production of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton after the $14 billion maritime surveillance UAV program cleared an acquisition hurdle known as Milestone C.
Ten months after achieving first flight of the CH-53K, Lockheed Martin-owned Sikorsky has delivered and flown all four aircraft required for developmental test.
Airbus Group and crowdsourced design specialist Local Motors have launched the second phase of a collaboration on cargo-delivery unmanned aircraft systems.
TransDigm Group is continuing its supply chain roll up and said Sept. 6 it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Young and Franklin and its subsidiaries, including Tactair Fluid Controls, for $260 million in cash.
NASA’s efforts to develop its Orion crewed spacecraft are following a course punctuated by safety, cost and schedule risks, the agency’s inspector general says.
LONDON—European missile manufacturer MBDA has firmed up an order for a coastal missile system for Qatar. Qatari officials signed a deal in Doha on Sept. 1 for a vehicle-launched version of the Marte ER and Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles following a memorandum of understanding for the system that was signed at the Dimdex defense show in March.
AUSTRALIA launched AUS$500m ($384m) Electronic Warfare Operations Support for Maritime and Land Forces initiative; 75% of funds will be spent with local industry. LORD CORP.’s Improved Vibration Control system (IVCS) for BOEING CH-47 Chinook helicopter received final qualification approval. RADA ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES LTD. has $2m in follow-on orders from undisclosed customer for delivery of ground debriefing stations. Deliveries complete by mid-2017.
