Source-selection officials at NASA have delayed awarding the second set of contracts for commercial cargo delivery to the International Space Station “to allow additional time to evaluate proposals.”
As Huntington Ingalls Industries zeroes in on homestretch work needed to complete the aircraft carrier CVN 78 Gerald R. Ford at its Newport News Shipbuilding yard, the U.S. Navy wants to ensure the lowest possible cost for carrier CVN 79 John F. Kennedy.
NEW DELHI—India is working with its neighbors to establish a dedicated satellite for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) region by next year to fulfill the requirement for satellite transponders for communication and weather forecasting.
Lockheed Martin is looking ahead to a company-funded surface-launched test of its Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (Lrasm) in preparation for an expected U.S. Navy competition.
Almost a year after rollout, significant work remains before the CH-53K can take to the air. But once the helicopter is airborne, developer Sikorsky maintains tests can move quickly because of work accomplished on the ground, and the Marines still expect initial operational capability in 2019.
Indian Space Research Organization Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar says the Mangalyaan mission still has 39 kg of fuel and is likely to survive “several years” in orbit.
Poland has selected Airbus Helicopters to provide the country’s future military utility helicopters, while Raytheon’s Patriot has been chosen as Warsaw’s next generation surface-to-air missile system.
Airbus Helicopters will soon begin testing a new lightweight digital health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) which could be used on light-single and twin-engine helicopters
The Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) and Afghanistan’s Ministries of Defense and Interior “did not have controls in place to effectively manage accountability of the approximately 95,000 vehicles procured by DoD (Department of Defense) for Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) since 2005,” the Pentagon Inspector General says.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. William R. Merz, Commander, Submarine Group 7 (Comsubgru 7), met with representatives from the Indonesian submarine force in Surabaya, Indonesia, earlier this month to strengthen a working relationship between the two navies, U.S. Navy officials say.
India has approved a plan to jointly develop a short-range surface-to-air missile (SR-SAM) system with major European missile developer and manufacturer MBDA for deployment on navy warships.
Flight tests of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton’s main sensor, a 360-deg.-scan surveillance radar, have begun on the unmanned aircraft at the U.S. Navy’s NAS Patuxent River test center in Maryland.
As it carries out its final orbits of the planet closest to the Sun, NASA’s Messenger Mercury mission leaves mounting intrigue over the Solar System’s early era, including the distribution of life’s precursors.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s call for sustainable warship building removes a risk that the government could switch to ordering all ships for the Royal Australian Navy from abroad, giving up on the trouble-plagued industry.
Helicopter Maritime Strike (HSM) Squadron 77 was selected to host the first overseas test of the Multi-Aircraft Nose and Tail Interface System (Mantis), a next-generation aircraft ground transport for shipboard use in the Western Pacific.
India’s second lunar exploration mission – Chandrayaan-2, to be launched during the next two to three years – will be completely indigenous, the country’s top scientist says.
Officials from the U.S., Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan concluded “a productive and substantive security meeting” earlier this month in Washington, “to enhance trilateral defense cooperation in light of the evolving security environment in the region,” the Pentagon says.
RAYTHEON has $2b contract from undisclosed international customer for Patriot Air & Missile Defense System. Contract awarded April 2. ORBITAL ATK delivered DIRECTV’s Sky Mexico-1 (SKYM-1) satellite to launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, for late May Ariane 5 launch. SELEX ES has multi-million-euro contract from COBHAM AVIATION SERVICES in Australia for Seaspray 5000E Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars for Cobham’s Challenger CL-604 maritime search-and-rescue missions.
