With the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) 1 USNS Spearhead receiving rave reviews in the African Obangame Express 2015 exercise, JHSV 5 USNS Trenton is one step closer to joining the fleet with the completion earlier this month of the ship’s acceptance trials.
Peru’s first Earth observation satellite will share a ride to low Earth orbit with four small Skybox Imaging satellites planned to launch next year on a European Vega rocket.
The favored “Option B” strategy outlined March 25 by NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot – robotically nabbing a boulder from the surface of a larger asteroid in deep space and steering the catch into a stable orbit around the Moon – adds complexity and an estimated $100 million to the price tag of its “Option A” rival.
USAF and SpaceX are modifying the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement signed two years ago to outline what has become the contentious process to certify the Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket for use in launching national security payloads.
By training pilots from the outset on the twin-turbine, glass-cockpit Lakota, the Army is hoping for a more efficient transition to the Boeing AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk in its operational fleet.
Dassault Aviation delivered the first two of 49 upgraded Mirage 2000 fighter jets to the Indian air force during a handover ceremony March 25 at the company’s flight test center in southern France.
Sierra Nevada Corp. and the Houston Airport System (HAS) have signed agreements that could lead to landings of the company’s unpiloted Dream Chaser cargo variant at Ellington Airport.
The U.K. government is spending £280 million ($415 million) to boost the defenses of the Falkland Islands in view of new assessments of the threat posed by Argentina.
A French court has reversed its decision in a long-running legal battle between Bell Helicopter and Airbus Helicopters over patents related to the production landing skid design used on Bell’s Model 429 twin-engine helo.
An Indian navy surveillance aircraft crashed into the sea off the coast of the western state of Goa on March 24, the latest in a series of deadly disasters for the country’s military.
Airbus Group said March 25 that it plans to sell a further 17.5% of its share in rival Dassault Aviation as it seeks to monetize its stake in the French family-owned aircraft manufacturer.
The U.S. Air Force’s interest in a possible new close air support (CAS) platform to replace the A-10 Thunderbolt II is about “capacity,” says Air Combat Command chief Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle.
Operators receiving exemptions from airworthiness requirements to enable low-risk civil unmanned aircraft flights are to receive blanket authorization to fly below 200 ft. altitude under an interim FAA policy to speed the startup of commercial operations.
Airbus Defense and Space has taken the next step in selling off its non-core activities with the sale of German airliner equipment manufacturer Rostock System Technik (RST).
