“I appreciate the progress made in securing funding for LPD 28, but our team will not rest until that ship is under contract,” says Michael Petters, CEO of HII, which would build the ship.
Engine manufacturer Snecma and India’s state-run airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) are exploring a joint venture for the production of aero-engine parts in India.
The European fleet operator plans to be the first customer to launch atop an upgraded version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which is expected to fly a more powerful Merlin 1D engine as early as the second quarter of this year.
Purdue University is expanding its propulsion laboratory for research directed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions for the next generation of jet engines.
The postponement came after the U.S.-led Mission Management Team on Feb. 19 cleared the use of spacesuits with air and cooling water circulation components similar to those that have displayed recent problems.
Lockheed Martin’s top Skunk Works official says the Air Force should consider starting a new unmanned aircraft program to formally replace the U-2 rather than pouring more money into the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk as a replacement.
The new Airbus Helicopters Polska facility at Lodz is located near the site of the Polish Military Aviation Works No. 1 - known as WZL 1 where Airbus plans to build an assembly line for the EC725 helicopter if it is successful in winning the deal for 70 new multi-mission helicopters to be used for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue and troop transport.
India’s state-owned airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) will soon establish a new facility to make military and civilian helicopters for the Indian and global markets.
Not only do recent U.S. Navy shipboard laser tests show the technology’s potential, but they provide a glimpse of the equipment for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), says Robert Afza, a senior fellow at Lockheed Martin specializing in directed energy.
While Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has contracts in hand and the U.S. Navy has funds requested in its fiscal 2016 spending plan for the refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) of CVN 73 USS George Washington, the fight to finish the job is far from over, HII President and CEO Michael Petters says.
RAYTHEON has $15.5m U.S. Navy contract to develop flexible application-based architecture (ABA) for P-8A to handle third-party software. AIRBUS GROUP is negotiating to sell CIMPA (PLM services) to SOPRA STERIA to refocus on core aeronautical activities.
Results from the first spaceflight test of NASA’s Orion crew capsule will drive the design of the production version of the vehicle that prime contractor Lockheed Martin hopes to build through the 2020s and beyond.
NASA is evaluating a new spacesuit issue as it prepares to embark on a series of seven spacewalks this year that are intended to prepare docking ports aboard the six-person orbiting science laboratory for the arrival of the first U.S. commercial crew vehicles by late 2017.
Plans to keep the U.S. Navy Trident D5 sea-launched ballistic missile supportable and effective beyond the 2060s include an updated navigation system and a more flexible warhead interface.
Development of the W80-4 Life Extension Program warhead, a modernized version of the current ALCM design, has been accelerated in the 2016 budget, alongside that of the LRSO itself, to reverse a two-year slippage that was included in the fiscal 2014 budget.
The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame has set May 30 for the induction of former NASA astronauts John Grunsfeld, Steven Lindsey, Kent Rominger and Rhea Seddon.
The U.S. Air Force is lagging in its ability to find and identify “high-end” targets, an erosion that has taken place during the past 15 years of combat operations in permissive airspace, says Lt. Gen. Robert Otto, deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).
Eurojet is working with both prospective bidders for South Korea’s KF-X program, as the industry prepares responses to a second call for offers due this month.
When deliveries are completed, the Russian firm will have delivered 222 kits to the state-owned airframer, which builds the Su-30MKI under license at its Nashik factory.
The Human Injury and Treatment (HIT) model provides a comprehensive capability to forecast casualties potentially encountered during combat operations aboard ships.
