TEXTRON, ARCTURUS UAV, MARTIN UAV and L3 TECHNOLOGIES will compete for orders under $99.5m U.S. Army contract for Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems.
The Green Run is a precursor to Artemis 1, the first test launch of the Block 1 Space Launch System with an uncrewed Orion capsule on a multi-week mission around the Moon and back to Earth.
The maneuver took place July 26 at 01:08 local time, and involved firing the onboard propulsion system for 883 sec. The orbit achieved was 251 x 54,829 km (156 x 34,069 mi.).
The halfway milestone was reached July 18. Now that the survey of the southern sky is complete, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has turned its cameras to the north.
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship was en route to the International Space Station on July 26, packed with more than 5,000 lb. of supplies, science experiments and a new docking mechanism for upcoming U.S. Commercial Crew vehicles.
If the U.S. will put humans on the Moon by 2024, Collins Aerospace says it has a spacesuit ready to allow astronauts of any size to walk on the lunar surface.
A U.S. State Department spokesperson said on July 25 that the Trump administration has set no timetable for deciding on how to apply mandatory sanctions against Turkey.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has explored whether heavily cratered recesses in the unexplored region harbor water ice, a potential resource for life support and the production of liquid hydrogen and oxygen rocket propellants.
Bidco, part of Advent International, has purchased the UK-listed company for £4 billion ($5 billion). The company is best known for its inflight refueling equipment and communications systems.
“We’ve evaluated these issues extensively and determined that the current acquisition approach does not provide a level playing field for fair competition,” Boeing spokesman Jerry Drelling said.
The share of funding allocated to equipment rose relentlessly from 33.2% of spending in 2010 to a record level of 41.3% in 2016, dropping to 41.1% in 2017, according to new figures revealed in China’s National Defense in the New Era.
The engines will be used in Integrated Distributed Electric Propulsion systems being developed by Florida-based VerdeGo for vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft weighing up to 7,500 lb.
The agreement immediately provides Airports Authority of India surveillance coverage of regions in the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean, representing 6 million sq. km, Aireon said.
