The U.S. Air Force’s second demonstration of the Advanced Battle Management System was a four-day endeavor in partnership with U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Space Command that looked at new ways to counter attacks on the U.S.
Utah-based small drone manufacturer Teal Drones on Sept. 3 announced the commercial launch of its Golden Eagle quadcopter, which complies with a U.S. Defense Department prohibition against military use of Chinese-made unmanned aircraft systems.
The launch of the spacecraft on the 14th mission of the Long March 2F rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China adds to the country’s growing portfolio of space capabilities.
The most interesting unmanned aircraft system exhibits at Russia’s recent Army 2020 symposium were not the platforms themselves, but the new, dedicated weapons for them that were shown for the first time in large numbers.
Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions is providing embedded computing and networking systems for an unnamed urban air taxi developer, the company announced Sept. 3.
The Electron rocket’s kick stage that dispatched a small satellite into orbit for on Aug. 31 has become a free-flying demonstration of Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite platform, the company disclosed Sept. 3.
The launch was shared among 21 customers. Applications for the spacecraft range from Earth observation to telecommunications to science, technology and education.
The European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk. 2 will provide the UK Typhoon fleet with electronic attack and warfare capabilities beyond the ECRS Mk. 1 sensor for the German and Spanish air forces.
SpaceX sent a batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on Sept. 3 as the company looks toward public beta rollout of high-speed internet service this year.
SOCOM officials have warned the program will be unaffordable if the Army sticks to its plan to defer upgrades for about 540 CH-47F Block 1s for five years.
The latest version of the Northrop Grumman solid rocket motor assigned to NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket roared to life Sept. 2 for a full-duration, 2-min. ground test firing at company facilities in Promontory, Utah.
Industry was anticipating an award for the Minuteman III replacement in August, but a Pentagon official said a contract announcement should occur before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.
The 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron dropped 10 BLU-136 Next Generation Area Attack Weapons (NGAAWs) Increment II from Lockheed Martin F-16Cs on the Nellis Test and Training Range from July 8-24.
