The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee intends to submit an amendment June 12 during markup of the fiscal 2020 defense policy bill to increase the U.S. defense budget top line from $733 billion to $750 billion.
Four NASA tech initiatives intended to improve the design and performance of spacecraft assigned to a range of future missions are among 24 small sat ride shares set to launch later this month.
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a $542 million firm-fixed price contract for the first low-rate initial production lot of Sikorsky VH-92A presidential helicopter aircraft, spares and support equipment.
European rules aimed at ensuring “safe and secure” drone operations across Europe, as well as protecting the “safety and the privacy of EU citizens while enabling the free circulation and a level [EU] playing field” were published June 11.
In choosing a site for the $1.1 billion system, vital for defense against North Korean weapons of mass destruction, Japanese officials used a ruler, protractor and Google Earth pictures to determine minimum elevation angles available for radars.
More than a week after an Indian An-32 transport aircraft went missing, its wreckage was discovered by the country’s air force in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh on June 11.
July 1-4—8th European Conference For Aeronautics and Space Sciences 2019, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Madrid. For more information go to eucass2019.eu
Lockheed Martin has tentatively agreed to a one-year contract with two priced options with the U.S. Defense Department that dramatically lowers the unit recurring flyaway costs for the F-35A.
Executives and analysts expect the proposed merger of Raytheon and United Technologies will pass antitrust muster, and it is already winning over investors and government customers.
Canada’s Héroux-Devtek, the third-largest landing gear manufacturer worldwide, said on June 10 it bought nearby Alta Precision, a privately-owned manufacturer of high-precision landing gear components, in a $23 million deal.
The FAA on June 10 said it was investigating the cause of a satellite navigation system anomaly on Bombardier CRJ and other jets that forced several U.S. airlines to cancel flights.
Creating a sixth armed service is not in the Chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2020 defense policy bill released June 10. Committee staff said this is a result of diverging member opinions: ranging from “hell no” to supporting a full Space Force.
The head of the House Armed Services Committee is advocating that SpaceX receive monetary assistance if the company is selected for the second phase of a next-generation rocket competition to deliver National Security Space payloads.
India’s space agency has tested its indigenously developed cryogenic rocket engine in anticipation of the country’s first human spaceflight mission, dubbed Gaganyaan.
GE Aviation beat a competitor for a prized U.S. Army rotorcraft engine contract despite being assessed with an overall higher technical risk, according to a scorecard of the assessment obtained by Aerospace DAILY.
