Defense

Four U.S. government agencies have received $71.5 million from the Office of Management and Budget to study whether they can auction a minimum of 30 MHz of L-band spectrum used for air traffic control radar and other cross-agency purposes.

Olivier Zarrouati will leave his position at Zodiac Aerospace after serving as its CEO for the past 10 years.

China’s plan for deep-space exploration up to 2030 is close to receiving budgetary approval, a senior program official says.

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has revealed a radically revised version of its concept for the Next-Generation Air Dominance penetrating counter air combat aircraft.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has rolled out the first of 38 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightnings that the company is scheduled to assemble.

The Angolan Air Force is rebuilding its shattered helicopter fleet through a series of acquisitions of new and refurbished helicopters from Italy and Russia.

Dassault is optimistic that interest in its Rafale fighter could help counter the weakening sales of its Falcon business jet.

Lockheed Martin’s U-2 spy plane made its debut at the Northern Edge joint training exercise last month, demonstrating a new capability nicknamed the “Einstein Box.”

Thales is offering a new counter-UAV system to government agencies wanting to protect civil sites.

A diplomatic spat over Qatar’s alleged involvement in funding Islamic militants has resulted in Bahrain, Egypt, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates cutting diplomatic ties to Doha.

SpaceX’s first largely recycled Dragon resupply capsule successfully reached the International Space Station early June 5.

Orbital ATK’s seventh NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply capsule departed the International Space Station early June 4 for a week of solo science activities.

Five countries have closed their borders, territorial waters and airspace to Qatari registered ships and aircraft.

India has successfully launched its heavy-lift rocket, the GSLV Mk. 3, carrying communication satellite GSAT-19.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued an RFP for the production of maps identifying the locations of subsurface ice and hydrated mineral water deposits on Mars.

The engine maker is framing its F135 upgrade effort as the first step in a long-term plan for fighter propulsion based on adaptive technology.

New Hawk wing and cockpit could be retrofitted to older models.

Controllers will oversee the third in a series of NASA-developed fire in space experiments intended to help prevent, detect and suppress combustion aboard future spacecraft.

Singapore’s new maritime patrollers are likely to be fitted with a more robust anti-submarine warfare capability as Southeast Asia sees a proliferation of underwater forces.

A reduced but mostly veteran three-person U.S. and Russian crew prepared to handle operations aboard the International Space Station until late July, following the scheduled early June 2 return to Earth of cosmonaut Oleg Noviskiy and European astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

An Ariane 5 launcher placed two telecommunications satellites—ViaSat-2 and Eutelsat 172B—into geostationary transfer orbit on June 1.

In a $10.7 billion wish list of items submitted to Congress June 2, the U.S. Air Force is asking for 14 Lockheed Martin F-35As and three Boeing KC-46As.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has delivered two FA-50 light attack aircraft to the Philippines, concluding a 2014 order of 12.

The U.S. intelligence community’s venture capital group has invested in Arevo, a composites additive manufacturing (AM) innovator that has targeted the aerospace and defense sector.

The Swiss defense ministry has been advised to purchase a single fleet of new fighter jets and a ground-based air defense system to protect the country’s airspace into the 2030s.