Aerospace & Defense Roundup: Sept, 11
Congress Notified Of Potential $6.5 Billion Polish F-35A Sale
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a possible $6.5 billion sale to Poland of 32 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft.
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DOI Exec: Geography Should Not Dictate Drone Security
Good requirements resolve security issues with drones, according to an executive with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), which operates a large fleet of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that includes DJI drones made in China.
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Apollo Vet Lobbies For Lunar Field Geology Focus
To be sure an emphasis on lunar field geology is not overlooked as NASA races to return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024, NASA is being called on to set a high bar for training in the discipline for its future lunar and Mars astronauts.
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U.S. Navy Develops Hypoxia Awareness Trainer
The U.S. Navy is developing an On-Demand Hypoxia Trainer (ODHT) to provide awareness of the condition and is garnering pilot feedback on how to make improvements before it enters the fleet in 2021.
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Lockheed To Migrate F-35 Backbone To Cloud Architecture
Lockheed Martin intends to migrate its F-35 digital support backbone, the Autonomic Logistics Information System, to a native-cloud architecture by year’s end and field it in 2020.
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Lawmakers Threaten To Move Light Attack To SOCOM
Impatient U.S. lawmakers are threatening to transfer authority and some procurement funding for buying light attack aircraft to U.S. Special Operational Command (SOCOM) from the U.S. Air Force.Impatient U.S. lawmakers are threatening to transfer authority and some procurement funding for buying light attack aircraft to U.S. Special Operational Command (SOCOM) from the U.S. Air Force.
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Satellite Data Traffic Keeps Growing Fast, Euroconsult Says
The evolution of the telecommunications satellite industry remains driven by fast growth in data traffic, Euroconsult CEO Pacome Revillon says.
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