The Netherlands, Norway and Poland will issue a request for proposals “in days” to Airbus Defense and Space, paving the way for a joint purchase of A330 multi-role tanker transport aircraft.
Eugene L. Tu, an experienced NASA engineer serving as director of exploration technology at Ames Research Center, was named director of the Mountain View, California, field center on May 4.
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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) submarine SS 503JS Hakuryu conducted a brief mission in the Submarine Multi-Mission Team Trainer (SMMTT) at Naval Base Guam during the last week of April. The mission and training were observed by Rear Adm. William R. Merz, commander, Submarine Group 7, and Vice Adm. Masakazu Kaji, commander, Fleet Submarine Force, who were in Guam for a meeting and a base tour.
The new defense guidelines for the U.S. and Japan are meant in no small way to counter recent actions by North Korea and China, according to a recent analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
BOEING DEFENSE SPACE & SECURITY earned $743m on $6.7b revenues in 1Q15 vs. $778m on $7.6b in 1Q14. ROCKWELL COLLINS had $157m net income on $1.34b sales for second quarter ended March 31 vs. $148m on $1.26b a year ago. WOODWARD AEROSPACE earned $45.6m on $281.4m sales for second quarter ended March 31 vs. $40.3m on $261m a year ago.
BOEING DEFENSE SPACE & SECURITY earned $743m on $6.7b revenues in 1Q15 vs. $778m on $7.6b in 1Q14. ROCKWELL COLLINS had $157m net income on $1.34b sales for second quarter ended March 31 vs. $148m on $1.26b a year ago. WOODWARD AEROSPACE earned $45.6m on $281.4m sales for second quarter ended March 31 vs. $40.3m on $261m a year ago.
British leisure airline Thomas Cook Airlines has begun passenger flights with an Airbus A330 converted from a multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft.
The Norwegian defense ministry is requesting around $500 million of additional funding for defense to be spent on upgrades for armored fighting vehicles, the formation of an anti-aircraft brigade and infrastructure to pave the way for the introduction of the F-35.
India is likely to sign a nearly $2.5 billion deal for 22 AH-64E Apache and 15 CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters during an upcoming visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.
The Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Electronic Warfare (JCrew) program has been approved for operational testing, Naval Sea Systems Command (Navsea) confirmed April 30.
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 3USS Fort Worth departed its maintenance and logistics hub in Singapore on April 30 after a five-day preventative maintenance availability (PMAV) and a two-week repair availability (RAV), U.S. Navy officials say.
A panel of cybersecurity experts is expected to report back to the FAA by mid-2016 on whether the agency should issue new guidance or aircraft certification rules to prevent the intentional hacking of aircraft avionics systems, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Lawmakers on the House Science Committee took a deep divot out of NASA’s Earth-science budget request April 30 in what Democratic members of the Republican-controlled panel called an “ideological” attempt to thwart research into the human causes of climate change.
Russia’s unsuccessful Progress 59 International Space Station resupply mission spacecraft is expected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere within two weeks, according to April 30 NASA estimates.
NASA’s out-of-fuel Messenger mission spacecraft crashed into the cratered far-side terrain of the planet Mercury late April 30, as predicted, carving a new depression estimated at 50 ft. in length in a region also marked by past lava flows.
Saab considers the design of the new A26 submarine to be “mature” after four years of work, and is in the final stages of selecting suppliers for the boat’s major subsystems.
