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Members of the nine-nation F-35 team are nearing decisions on how to introduce new capabilities to the forthcoming Block 4 configuration of the aircraft, with the retrofit of a new electro-optical and infrared system high on that list.
Commercial launch consortium Arianespace successfully delivered the European Commission’s 9th and 10th Galileo positioning, navigation and timing satellites to orbit Sept.
Phil Slack, who has served as ILS president since 2012, will be replaced by Kirk Pysher, who previously worked as the company’s vice president of mission assurance and product development.
Airbus Defense and Space and Thales Alenia Space have signed contracts with French space agency CNES to study a future space-based civil and military Earth observation system.
The U.K. is rapidly building up confidence and capability on its new A400M airlifter, but its introduction is creating some unexpected headaches, test and evaluation officials say.
The denial emerged after Airbus executive Steve Whitby briefed journalists here Sept. 9, saying that the company was in final negotiations for a contract with the U.K. defense ministry.
A program to extensively modernize the radar, command and surface-to-air missile systems of Australia’s Anzac Class frigates is running on schedule and on budget, BAE Systems says.
INMARSAT and AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA finished safety evaluation of satellite-based oceanic flight-tracking system on commercial flights by Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia. SIERRA NEVADA CORP. launched program to work with spaceports/commercial airports to designate them preferred landing sites for company’s Dream Chaser spacecraft.
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) is concerned that a new Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS Case 2013-D034) proposed by the Pentagon could hamper participation by cutting-edge commercial firms. The regulation “sends a signal that DOD has little interest in realistic commercial acquisition practices and will continue to operate under its archaic, defense-unique, cost-based oversight system,” McCain wrote Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Blue Origin have signed a production agreement for the liquid oxygen/liquefied natural gas (LNG) BE-4 rocket engine for the Vulcan launch vehicle.
Researchers backed by NASA and the U.S. military will have access to some data from Italy’s Cosmo-Skymed constellation of four X-band radar satellites, under an agreement that gives the Italian Space Agency (ASI) use of U.S. ground stations in Alaska and NASA post-doctoral scholarships for Earth-science research in the U.S.
Norway has been considered one of the most reliable and consistent international partners in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, but substantial cuts to its planned 56-aircraft buy are among options in the nation’s current defense planning cycle.
Airbus Defense and Space is urging the U.K. defense ministry to consider a competition for its anticipated requirement for a multi-mission or maritime patrol aircraft (MMA/MPA).
Airbus Defense and Space is opting out of the Japanese competition for four aerial refueling tankers because the current request for bids appears to favor its rival, Boeing, Airbus confirms.
Airbus Defense and Space says it is in final negotiations with the U.K. defense ministry for the sale of three of its Zephyr 8 high-altitude pseudo-satellite UAVs.
