Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric, Leonardo UK and both Leonardo and Elettronica from Italy are collaborating on the Global Combat Air Program’s (GCAP) electronics.
EUCOM released the video from the MQ-9A’s belly-mounted MTS-B sensor on March 16 after Russia denied that the intercept by two Su-27s led to a collision.
Japan’s hypersonic missile program has managed to attain “net-positive thrust” for its scramjet engine, which will power its future hypersonic missile.
The U.S. Commerce Dept. has finished a pilot program to demonstrate the ability of the U.S. to track objects in GEO using commercial data and analytic services.
SWISSto12 has opened a U.S. subsidiary, St12 RF Solutions, to sell 3D printed radio frequency components to U.S. defense and commercial aerospace manufacturers.
Troubled space launch company Virgin Orbit has temporarily suspended operations and furloughed almost all its staff as it continues efforts to seek new funding.
MBDA is to explore other avenues in pursuit of its development of a missile interceptor capable of dealing with hypersonic targets, CEO Eric Beranger says.
