DEFENSE The Kuwaiti government has signed a long-delayed contract with Italy to purchase 28 Eurofighter Typhoons. Valued at $8.7 billion, the contract covers 28 Tranche 3 aircraft, the first export Typhoons with Captor-E active, electronically scanned array radars. Deliveries will begin in 2019.
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Inflation-adjusted U.S. defense spending through the end of this decade will fall off after 2016 into a sustained period of roughly level annual budgets at about $600 billion.
U.S. national security relies on forward presence in many ways big and small. Technology and defense ambassadorial outposts like DIUx are simply the latest edge of the spear.
April 18-19—11th annual Military Space Situational Awareness Conference. Holiday Inn Kensington Forum. London. See smi-online.co.uk/defence/uk/milspace April 18-20—IATA Ops Conference 2016. Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center. Copenhagen. See iata.org/events/Pages/ops-conference.aspx
NASA and space advocacy groups seek continuity in space policy from presidential candidates to keep plans on track and international partners on board.
An ISRO research center in western India is developing a rover and three major payloads for its Chandrayaan-2 quest to confirm the presence of lunar water.
As Beijing encourages state companies to seek more nongovernment capital, China Eastern sees a renewed chance for attracting strategic investment. The investor will not necessarily be Delta Air Lines.
An analysis of the latest UAS sightings reported to the FAA shows one-third came close enough to be potentially hazardous, but few required evasive action.
South Korea's Agency for Defense Development plans to build an apparently full-scale mockup of its proposed stealthy design, for assessment of radar cross-section, and eight sub-scale test aircraft.
If the MRJ can be sold at 10 a month and prices close to those in the original business plan, the economy of running production facilities at twice the planned rate and at their limit should go far to offset the program’s development overruns.
A clear challenge for China in using aircraft carriers in war is that they must be protected against submarine attack. The navy has long been weak in this area.
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker says the plan is not to change technology or direction, but to assure steady, long-term financing and move forward with NextGen quickly and decisively.
The Argentine government wants to revive the fortunes of the Fadea aircraft company by focusing on the training market, where the manufacturer has had some success.
