U.S. Air Force officials predict up to $1.15 billion in savings over 10 years with the new, consolidated launch range contract won late last year by a Raytheon/General Dynamics joint venture.
The Russian defense ministry has confirmed that the naval version of the Ka-52 coaxial attack helicopter has begun factory trials, despite uncertainty with delivery of the French-made Mistral-class landing docks on which the aircraft initially was to be based.
If the U.S. really wants to develop much stronger, meaningful and lasting relationships with China, then American officials will have to show a little respect, says Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state.
Airbus Defense & Space has chosen Kurt Rossner to lead the A400M airlifter program following the reorganization of the management team announced at the end of January.
NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Directorate has agreed to address a dozen corrective recommendations raised by the agency’s Inspector General with regard to upgrade needs and increased security for the Deep Space Network, a 52-year-old global assembly of transmitters and receivers for communications with and navigation of distant planetary spacecraft.
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding unit recently received a $604.3 million contract modification to fund construction of the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer DDG 121 for the U.S. Navy.
Rockwell Collins has introduced a line of software-defined military radios that will enable airborne and ground users to form ad hoc mobile networks for secure voice and data communications.
A recent U.S. Naval War College (NWC) game report prepared for the Pentagon’s Air-Sea Battle Office and the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) shows the importance of developing strong command and control (C2) across different combat domains.
The U.S. Army plans to award $1-5 million in prizes to the winners of a High Energy Laser (HEL) Rodeo in November, based on their success in shooting down mortars and unmanned aircraft.
The recent lack of comment or concern by China over Washington’s deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the Republic of Korea (ROK) is raising questions.
The “W” need no longer stand for “wire-guided” as Raytheon targets existing operators of the air-launched TOW 2A anti-tank missile with a wireless-guided version already operational on ground platforms.
The Sikorsky/Boeing team designing a high-speed rotorcraft under the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi Role technology demonstration has unveiled a team of more than 40 suppliers working on the cost-sharing program.
In a question-and-answer session after a speech to the Aero Club of Washington, the NASA Administrator stressed that NASA is “the only federal agency with a congressional prohibition against bilateral activities with China,” and said he and the new head of Roscosmos have not discussed future cooperation with the only other nation that has launched humans into space.
Pentagon science and technology (S&T) leaders are working to convince Congress that a return of sequestration budget caps would put at risk research into the next generation of weapons designed to give the U.S. an edge over future adversaries.
The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the loss of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has begun a criminal investigation into the transportation of the Buk surface-to-air missile system alleged to have shot down the airliner.
Relatives and colleagues believe it may be the obvious psychological rather than physical limits that emerge as the biggest challenge for NASA astronaut Scott Kelly as he embarks on the U.S. record-setting mission on the International Space Station.
As the Netherlands prepares to take delivery of its first F-35s in 2019, the country’s air arm is studying how it will train its fifth-generation fighter pilots.
South Korea has chosen Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) as the preferred bidder for developing the proposed KF-X indigenous fighter, rejecting a late offer from Korean Air Lines with backing from Airbus.
European launch consortium Arianespace successfully orbited a second pair of operational Galileo navigation and timing satellites for the European Commission on March 27.
Alenia Aermacchi says it is in talks with another U.S. prime contractor after General Dynamics pulled the plug on the partnership to offer the M-346 for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X advanced jet trainer program.
