New Horizons controllers plan to resume collecting data at Pluto on July 7, after identifying the culprit in a July 4 automatic shutdown as a subtle timing flaw as a command sequence was being uploaded to prepare for closest approach on July 14.
The strategy would extract water and oxygen from the Red Planet’s soil and atmosphere, starting years before the first pioneers migrate and land near pre-established habitat and cargo modules.
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is warning of another turbulent year ahead with the announcement of a profit warning just days into the tenure of new CEO Warren East.
As the U.S. Marine Corps and other military services continue to solidify and expand their footprint in the Asia-Pacific region, the need for greater lift and mobility is becoming more apparent.
The automated freighter, also designated M-28M, locked into the Russian segment's Pirs docking module at 3:11 a.m. EDT, where it was greeted by the station's crew.
Spacecraft controllers and engineers are pushing to restore science operations on New Horizons, after an on-board anomaly took the probe offline and out of communications on July 4.
DATA DEVICE CORP (Behrman Capital), NY, purchased EMRISE ELECTRONICS (EXEL Power Systems/Pascall Electronics), NC. PPG INDUSTRIES completed acquisition of CUMING MICROWAVE, MA and CUMING-LEHMAN CHAMBERS, PA, to enhance its portfolio of aerospace coatings with specialty coatings and materials for military aircraft that absorb microwaves and radio waves.
The new U.S. National Military Strategy, unveiled July 1, takes into account increasing disorder in the world and the erosion of America’s competitive military advantage, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “In this context, the 2015 strategy recognizes that success will increasingly depend on how well our military instrument supports the other instruments of national power and how it enables our network of allies and partners,” U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey says. The U.S.
In observance of the Independence Day holiday in the U.S., Aerospace Daily & Defense Report will not be publishing on Monday, July 6. The next issue will be dated Tuesday, July 7.
The strategy is the result of work by the U.K.'s Aerospace Technology Institute to map out the capabilities of the U.K. aerospace industry and identify its core competencies and competitive advantages, principally in wing design and manufacture, large turbofans and complex systems including landing gear.
The same instrument that has been scanning ahead for collision danger to the fast-moving probe is also revealing new details about Pluto’s surface, including a row of mysterious dark spots along the equator.
The P-8A Poseidon aircraft are proving to be worth their investment in the Asia-Pacific region, says Navy Adm. Harry Harris, who took over the mantle of U.S. Pacific commander in late spring.
As many leaders and analysts in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific region continue to direct their focus on Chinese actions in that part of the world – and the American reaction to them – the new U.S. Pacific Command chief is concentrating on the positive, especially growing relationships with India and Vietnam.
BOEING has $358m Pentagon U.S. Navy contract for long-lead items for nine Full-Rate Production (FRP) Lot II P-8As; 16 FRP Lot III P-8As; and four Royal Australian Air Force FRP Lot III P-8As. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. has $269m U.S. Air Force contract for F119 Engine Sustainment through the end of the year. AEROJET ROCKETDYNE completed on-orbit validation testing of XR-5 Hall Thruster for the unmanned X-37 spaceplane.
Lt. Gen. Robert Neller is the White House nominee to be the next commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. Currently heading U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, Neller graduated from the University of Virginia and was commissioned via the Platoon Leaders Class program in May 1975.
“The innovation and culture, the creativity and environment that we work so hard to protect is really the constant here,” says Kevin Mickey, president of the Mojave, California-based aircraft design and flight-test company. Scaled was formed in 1982 by Burt Rutan and acquired by Northrop in 2007.
The U.S. Air Force plans to declare its new, once-classified satellites designed specifically to spy on other spacecraft operational by the end of September, says Capt. Connie Dillon, a spokeswoman for Air Force Space Command.
