The Air Force Association’s annual Air & Space Symposium is underway this week near Washington, with speakers including Secretary Deborah Lee James and Air Combat Command chief Gen. Herbert Carlisle.
Segovia Inc., doing business as Inmarsat Government, Reston, Virginia, was awarded a competitive, single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity,
Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral will be the site of a clean-sheet facility for launching Blue Origin’s planned orbital launch vehicle and testing its methane-fueled BE-4 rocket engine.
Selex-ES has developed a system designed to detect, track and if necessary disable consumer-type UAVs, protecting civilian targets such as public events, airports and other infrastructure targets from illegal or threatening activity.
Russia successfully launched its Express AM8 communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit atop a Proton M/Block DM-03 launcher Sept. 14 for fleet operator Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC).
Raytheon has secured a £25 million ($38 million) spiral contract from the U.K. defense ministry to complete development and build a tactical penetrator warhead capability for the Paveway IV precision-guided weapon.
The U.K. Royal Navy has moved a step closer to establishing a maritime unmanned air system capability following successful trials in conjunction with helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland.
Airbus has pulled out of a second Japanese military aircraft competition, saying it could barely compete for the naval UH-X helicopter order under terms that emphasized local production.
The biggest hurdle to the U.S. Air Force declaring initial operational capability for the F-35A in August 2016 as planned is work left to be done on the Autonomic Logistics Information System.
Researchers are starting to notice differences in the metabolisms of identical-twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly, halfway through Scott Kelly’s yearlong tour on the International Space Station.
In addition to the SpaceX-funded first flight and a mission for the U.S. Air Force, the Falcon Heavy is slated to launch a satellite for London-based fleet operator Inmarsat and another for ViaSat of Carlsbad, California.
Kuwait’s decision to become the eighth customer for the Eurofighter Typhoon is an indicator that the program has a healthy future, according to consortium CEO Alberto Gutierrez.
The U.S. Army has issued a stop-work order on the Common Infrared Countermeasure (Circm) program after BAE Systems protested the awarding of the laser missile jammer to Northrop Grumman.
International Launch Services says it will lift a commercial communications satellite to orbit for Spanish fleet operator Hispasat on a Proton rocket in 2017.
The retirement age of the U.K.’s AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin and Airbus Helicopters Puma Mk2 transport helicopter fleets could be harmonized and pushed out to 2030-35, senior officers say.
Scientists expect to develop techniques for assessing the magnetic interactions between stars and their planets as a new factor in determining the habitability of extra solar worlds.
BOEING has AUS$665.7m ($474m) contract to provide next-generation Land 2072 Phase 2B comms system for land-based Australian Defense Forces (ADF) deployed around the world. NORTHROP GRUMMAN increased production rate for F-35 Lightning II center fuselages; will be able to produce one in about 1o months, a month-and-a-half reduction.
Unmanned aircraft advocates are warning that without finalized federal rules for UAVs, state and local governments are rushing to fill the gap. That includes the stillborn California’s Senate Bill 142, which would have restricted UAVs from flying below 350 ft. over someone else’s private property. And that would be inconsistent with federal law, which says that only the FAA and the federal government can regulate airspace, says Brian Wynne, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
