The U.S. Navy can navigate more safely where traditional diplomacy might flounder, according to Vice Adm. James Foggo, commander of 6th Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO.
ANTONOV completed first of 14 modernized An-26 transports for Ukrainian defense ministry, modified for counterterrorism operations. GENERAL ATOMICS has $121m Pentagon contract for 19 Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicles, 19 satellite communications air data terminals; work to be performed in Powaw, CA, completed by Sept. 30, 2018.
Egypt has become the second export customer for Sagem’s AASM Hammer air-to-ground missile. The weapon will be used to arm Egypt’s new fleet of 24 Dassault Rafales ordered by Cairo in February. Sagem will deliver the first Hammers to Egypt by the end of 2016. The company says the order, announced at last week’s Paris air show, covers the three different versions of the weapon: the hybrid inertial/GPS guidance, inertial/GPS and terminal infrared guidance, and inertial/GPS plus laser terminal guidance variants.
A new optics technology that creates 3-D arrays of liquid crystals has allowed astronomers on Earth to resolve exoplanets orbiting a distant star by blocking the obscuring light of the star.
Cosmonaut Aydin Aimbetov will prep to become the third Kazakh to launch into space and the second to visit the International Space Station as he joins a Russian/European crew for a 10-day taxi mission to the orbiting science laboratory in early September.
The U.K. is planning to invest in a helmet mounted cueing system for its Panavia Tornado GR4 fighter bomber aircraft, even though they are due to exit service in four years.
Delays with the NextGen airspace modernization program should not be used as a reason for privatizing U.S. air traffic control, says Edward Bolton, head of the program, who is concerned the spin-off of ATC from the FAA could disrupt the progress now being made.
The presence of Chinese naval vessels, personnel, and equipment in the Spratly Island disputes has prompted concerns that could affect U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
Lacking centralized Pentagon guidance on making reset liability estimates, the U.S. Marine Corps and Army are producing their own plans and estimates, a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds – making it difficult to compare the programs.
URTHECAST will acquire Deimos, ELECNOR S.A.’s Earth Observation business, including Deimos-1 (launched 2009), Deimos-2 (launched 2014), and the Deimos Earth imagery global archive. BLACKSKY GLOBAL partnered with ALLSOURCE ANALYSIS to incorporate BlackSky’s high-resolution, rapid-revisit satellite imagery into AllSource’s multisource analytics and products for commercial and governmental customers.
The French air force has carried out evaluation firings of its Air-Sol Moyenne Portée-Amélioré (ASMP-A) air-to-surface missile to test the country’s nuclear capability readiness. The ramjet-powered missile forms part of France’s nuclear deterrent duo along with the country’s fleet of ballistic missile submarines. The weapon entered service in 2009. As part of the test, one ASMP-A was launched from a French air force Rafale on June 11 during a 4-hr. mission.
The transition is expected to go well for the original equipment manufacturer and Pentagon prime contractor, which turns 100 years old next year and may reach $100 billion in annual revenue around the same time.
NASA’s Radioisotope Power System Program is seeking information on Stirling radioisotope power systems capable of generating 100 to 500 watts of electricity for future robotic missions and possibly human deep-space activities spanning a decade or more.
Aerospace must embrace the technology sector or risk its business being disrupted by the fast pace of development in other industries, says Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders, speaking at the AIAA Aviation 2015 forum here June 22.
India is set to launch three disaster-monitoring satellites for a British firm in July, moving ahead with its ambition of securing a larger share of the annual international launch business.
Construction of the new factory at Roussillon in the Rhone-Alpes region of France will support the company’s aerospace customers as demand grows for composite materials.
During the last five years, a resurgent Russia has increased its defense spending by 50% and plans to modernize its conventional air, sea and land force.
ALIS is reportedly so large that if it were separated from the overall F-35 budget it would still be one of the biggest defense procurement programs of all time.
Rafael brought the Litening 5 to Paris, which employs a new sensor pack that utilizes an optical assembly and larger aperture for increased identification and recognition distance.
Israel’s UAV company Aeronautics introduced several new versions of its unmanned systems at the Paris Air Show, among them a new version of the Orbiter – the Orbiter 1K.
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently provided the Marine Corps with a 3-D computer-simulation program that measures equipment weight, distribution and effects on body mechanics and individual warfighter performance.
LONDON — Sikorsky has begun work on the development of a standardized Flight Crew Operating Manual (FCOM) for its S-92 heavy helicopter. FCOM’s development is the result of the creation of the HeliOffshore industry association, which has charged member helicopter manufacturers and operators with developing improved safety measures and building standards across the industry. Part of this work involves the development of FCOM for every helo type currently used to support offshore oil and gas activity.
