The U.S. Navy has expanded studies for a Next Generation Land Attack Weapon (NGLAW) to include an air-launched variant for maritime patrol aircraft and fighters.
DARPA selected NORTHROP GRUMMAN to prototype sensing capabilities using undersea organisms to assist in passive detection and tracking under Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS) program.
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The U.S. Army is to deploy a THAAD system into Romania, where it will temporarily take over missile defense duties from the Aegis Ashore system located there.
KAI has begun ground testing the prototype LAH battlefield helo with engines running, the last step before a first flight planned for no later than June.
Germany’s Hensoldt, the former Airbus defense electronics unit, continued its stand-alone growth strategy on April 12 with the announcement it will buy Nexeya’s test and integration and services business as well as major parts of its mission management and power conversion businesses.
India is developing directed energy weapons for aircraft and warships designed to destroy enemy ballistic missiles, akin to systems being tested by the U.S.
Astronaut health experts are emphasizing the need for more research involving a greater range of subjects assigned to the ISS for two, six and 12 months.
The Falcon Heavy rocket’s side boosters returned to dual landing pads at the southern tip of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, touching down in synchrony about 8 min. after liftoff.
The head of India’s Defense Research and Development Organization insists the debris created by India’s anti-sat missile test will not be a danger to the ISS.
The University of North Dakota, Harris Corporation and the Northern Plains UAS test site have completed initial field testing of a ground radio control system that supports drone flights beyond the operator’s visual range.
The Israeli defense ministry will submit a formal request to the U.S. for the purchase of Boeing KC-46A aerial refueling aircraft “in a matter of days.”
The U.S. Army said plans to lock in the design of the operational version of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft within three to six months after first flight of the prototype.
When asked for an example of how the U.S. Air Force is speeding space acquisitions, senior leaders tend to point to the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program to upgrade the service’s missile warning constellation. But staying on that accelerated acquisition path may depend on more funding than usual up front.
Continental Aerospace Technologies says it has invested in Ampaire, Inc., a tech innovation firm developing electric aircraft and electric propulsion system concepts.
The architecture is based on repurposing hardware developed for Orion, including structural components and the propulsion system from its European-built service module.
