European Space Agency ground stations will work with NASA’s Deep Space Network to record radio signals transmitted by the Cassini probe across 1.6 billion km from its Saturn orbit.
Aero engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has agreed to pay £670 million ($808 million) in fines to settle a series of bribery and corruption cases with UK, U.S. and Brazilian authorities.
BAE Systems has revealed work on the development of lasers which could temporarily adjust the Earth’s atmosphere to improve the visual acuity of enemy targets or even prevent attacks by high-energy laser weapons.
NASA and European Space Agency spacewalkers have all but closed out the two-week opening round of a long-running battery upgrade outside the International Space Station.
Lockheed Martin Chairman President and CEO Marillyn Hewson told President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 13 that the F-35 provider was close to striking another production-lot contract that would see “significantly” lower unit costs of future Joint Strike Fighters.
Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo has signed deals with Rome to deliver a new attack helicopter for the Italian army, and an initial order for the new M345 High Efficiency Trainer (HET).
South Korea’s missile-defense system, Chunggung PIP, will go into production in 2017, a year early. Deployment of the predecessor Chunggung anti-aircraft system near the North Korean border is complete
The French armament procurement agency DGA this week announced it has ordered a fourth system of three General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude, long endurance (MALE) UAVs and an accompanying ground segment.
In a 62-page report that focuses primarily on delays and challenges for the F-35 program, one of the Joint Strike Fighter’s toughest critics highlighted progress toward fixing a safety issue with the aircraft’s ejection seat.
Italian industrial holding company Leonardo has withdrawn from Russian joint venture Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), which designs and manufactures the Sukhoi Superjet 100.
In this week’s Washington Outlook, Mattis pledges to defend NATO, the continued scrutiny of F-35 costs and the FAA proposes a new way to navigate the East Coast.
President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, is firmly committed to modernizing the nation’s nuclear triad, but may not be on board with developing a new strategic cruise missile to arm the U.S. Air Force’s bomber fleet.
CEO Mauro Moretti spoke to journalists in London Jan. 12 as the company—previously known as Finmeccanica—formally revealed its new British identity, Leonardo MW.
