Proving again that nothing is truly free, the U.S. Coast Guard still has some costs to incur – and risks to take – with the C-27J aircraft that the service is getting from the Air Force, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports.
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launched Turkmenistan’s first satellite April 27, sending the TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT telecommunications spacecraft to geostationary transfer orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
AgustaWestland-owned subsidiary PZL-Swidnik has publicly rebutted a number of statements made by the Polish defense ministry after the company failed to secure a lucrative helicopter contract for the Polish armed forces.
India has received approval from the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) for a $96 million support deal for its Lockheed Martin C-130J airlifters to help them meet local transport and disaster assistance requirements.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) officers hope the planned Block 8 upgrade for its fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules airlifters and the capabilities it will bring will be ready for operation by 2019.
NASA’s Dawn mission spacecraft, the first man-made probe to circle two Solar System bodies, is poised for science operations at the large asteroid Ceres, after maneuvering into the first in a succession of lower-altitude orbits.
Saab has unveiled a major upgrade of the JAS 39C/D Gripen’s radar, intended to double its detection and tracking range and give it the ability to track low-radar-cross-section targets.
In the wake of recent publicity about U.S. drone attacks causing accidental civilian deaths, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says the unmanned operations will continue with the same level of transparency.
Carrying a total combined payload of 9,790 kg (21,600 lb.), the mission lifted off at 5 p.m. local time from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, marking the third launch this year for Arianespace
Robert Cabana, director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, was presented with the 2015 National Space Trophy for career contributions to the U.S. space program in April 24 ceremonies hosted by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation.
The guided-missile destroyer DDG 74 USS McFaul departed Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, earlier this month for an independent deployment in support of ballistic missile defense (BMD), maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 4th, 5th, and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility, U.S. Navy officials say.
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STRATEGIC DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE predicts Asia-Pacific will be largest military helo market, with compound annual growth rate of 3.1% over the next decade (driven by arms races, replacement needs) and making more than a third of the global market by 2025; North American market is forecast to decline in 2016-18 from sequestration spending caps.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye is backing a campaign by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to sell 24 FA-50 attack aircraft to Peru. Park and Peruvian President Ollanta Humala discussed details of the possible deal during the South Korean president’s visit to Lima this month, the Korea Times reports. KAI already has taken an order for 16 KT-1 turboprop trainers for Peru, which is assembling the aircraft from parts sent from South Korea. The country has been a target for the FA-50 sales effort for more than a year.
NASA’s newly announced Nexus for Exoplanet System Science seeks to establish a foundation for future space and terrestrially-based observatories with capabilities to assess the environments of distant exo-planets for evidence of life.
The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces’ markup of the Defense Department’s fiscal 2016 authorization bill looks to bolster U.S. Naval forces across the board.
Swedish defense manufacturer Saab says technical issues plaguing the Gripen JAS 39 fighter have not had a serious impact on the combat jet’s capability.
The Defense Department (DOD) has issued more than three-quarters of its final and interim Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) rules thus far this decade without prior notice and comment before they became effective, a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.
Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) has boosted its unmanned systems capability with the acquisition of privately held Kutta Technologies, a specialist in command-and-control systems for unmanned aircraft.
