Rolls-Royce marked Heli Expo 2016 here by reaching agreements with Enstrom and newcomer Innova, as well as securing additional applications with MD Helicopters.
While the U.S. has already been operating within its operational missile reach, China’s continued weapons buildup on artificial island features could give the country much greater control of the South China Sea and its trading lanes, says Adm. Harry Harris, the Pacific Commander for the U.S.
After continued questions about reliability and related issues with the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle, the U.S. Navy has put the brakes on the RMMV and is working toward developing other countermine (MCM) systems.
BAE SYSTEMS has £225 million ($320m) investment from U.K. defense ministry for new facilities at Barrow-in-Furness for assembly of next-generation Successor nuclear submarine. Investment is part of £642m spending package to progress work on four new subs to replace Vanguard class from the 2030s.
A pair of top Republicans with key roles in civil space funding withstood challenges from the right in Super Tuesday primary voting last week, adding a clue to the course of NASA’s programs next year if their party holds on to the majority in their legislative chambers. Rep. John Culberson, chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA, backs a robotic mission to Europa and sponsored legislation to set up a board of directors to run the space agency. Sen.
SpaceX notched another commercial satellite launch March 4 after apparently coming to grips with a problem with its superchillled propellants that thwarted two Falcon 9 launch attempts in February.
The U.S. has deployed three B-52 Stratofortresses to Moron Air Base in Spain for a short-term deployment from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana. The bombers and 200 airmen are participating in a Norwegian Cold Response exercise there and will be training with U.S. European Command and regional allies. “Supplementing U.S.
U.S. ARMY issued sources sought notice for next major upgrade to Stryker Family of Vehicles, focused on lethality improvements; fielding slated for 2018. THE PENTAGON plans to establish Defense Innovation Advisory Board to provide department leaders independent advice on technology alternatives, streamlined project management processes and approaches to enable “quick solutions” to problems.
As the only major propulsion provider dedicated to the helicopter market, Turbomeca is feeling the squeeze more than most as markets continue to feel the effects of the downturn.
An ad hoc coalition of a dozen industrial and academic organizations with an interest in spaceflight plans to press its case for a steady course in U.S. space spending and policy across the political spectrum in the coming election.
Aurora Flight Sciences’ LightningStrike vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) X-plane will be “very challenging to demonstrate, but has the potential to move the technology needle farthest” for vertical flight, says Darpa program manager Ashish Bagai.
The U.K. and French governments have agreed to spend €2 billion ($2.19 billion) on the development of a joint unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator to fly by around 2025.
The U.S. Navy's current operations of the CVN-74 USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea is sending a message to U.S. allies, friends and potential adversaries.
The U.S. Navy says it recently conducted a successful demonstration of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block I (SM-6 Block I) from DDG 53 USS John Paul Jones off the Hawaiian coast.
The U.S. Navy needs to re-evaluate the way it uses contract guarantees to hold contractors responsible, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.
