NASA’s Ames Research Center predicts the next solar cycle, beginning in 2020 and reaching its max point in 2025, will be the weakest in the last 200 years.
The House Armed Services Committee unanimously adopted establishing a sixth armed service by a voice vote June 13 after debating for less than an hour.
Lockheed Martin has delivered the GPS III Contingency Operations software upgrade to the U.S. Air Force’s current GPS ground control system, allowing the service to begin commanding newly launched GPS III satellites.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending the U.S. Missile Defense Agency use the delay in delivering Phase 3 of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) to conduct more thorough testing of the system.
U.S. House members are deepening their opposition to the Trump administration’s use of emergency authority for the export of $8 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Unmanned aircraft system specialist AeroVironment said June 11 it acquired Pulse Aerospace, a developer and supplier of small, vertical-takeoff-and-landing UAS, for $25.7 million in cash.
Another element of a U.S. Air Force plan to save money during the KC-46 sustainment phase has proven unrealistic, the GAO says in a new report published on June 12.
The GAO released a 30-page decision on June 12 that forcefully rejects the Advanced Turbine Engine Company’s (ATEC) arguments for overturning the U.S. Army’s decision to award a $530 million contract to GE Aviation to develop a new helicopter engine.
International partners joining Britain’s Tempest next-generation combat aircraft technology initiatives will need to “collaborate on the strength of what they bring to the program,” the UK’s national armament director has suggested.
A deployable UAV equipped with a sensor capable of detecting submarines beneath the surface could be added to the Boeing P-8A under a new prototyping program.
