A consortium of Britain’s Defense Electronics and Components Agency (DECA), BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman has secured a key F-35 maintenance and support contract.
Boeing has received a U.S. Air Force contract worth $478 million to begin full-scale development of a next-generation electronic warfare suite for operational F-15s called the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System.
Scientists have improved ultraviolet measurements of hydrated mineral movement across the Moon’s daytime side with a recent change to operations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) instrument.
A J-20 that performed at Zhuhai may have been a production aircraft, but it also had ill-fitting panels and other features that did not look very stealthy.
The Sikorsky X2 technology demonstrator that spawned the S-97 Raider and SB-1 Defiant has been retired to the Udvar-Hazy National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.
U.S. light helicopter manufacturer Robinson Helicopters says New Zealand’s civil aviation regulatory environment needs to better harmonize with the U.S. if it is to resolve concerns over the safety of its aircraft.
According to a new report by Govini, the aerospace and defense sector should pay far more attention than usual on down-ballot election campaigns, particularly in congressional districts.
Although there is enthusiasm about anticipated advances in astronomy and astrophysics promised by NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, cost and schedule concerns could jeopardize funding for mid- and smaller-scale initiatives.
Long March 5, the critical launcher for China’s space program over the coming decade, flew for the first time on Nov. 3, demonstrating the country’s advances in hydrogen-fueled propulsion.
DARPA program plans to field navigation-grade MEMS IMU by 2020 as a drop-in replacement for today’s tactical-grade sensors to extend the time for which precision weapons can fly without GPS.
The newly revealed Avic Cloud Shadow appears to have a span of around 20 m (66 ft.), like the General Atomics Avenger used by the U.S. Air Force, though the Chinese aircraft is less bulky and probably lighter.
In this week’s Washington Outlook, the Pentagon acquisition chief defends procurement reforms; the FAA maintains a ban on flights over Ukraine; and insiders speculate who will lead Senate space policies.
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that its fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite has begun testing and will not become a multimillion-dollar piece of space junk, despite not quite reaching its intended geosynchronous orbit.
The Marine Corps has already witnessed the Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack fly for 19 hr. with a 30-lb. payload before dropping out of the sky. But but what if it could continue flying for another nine days?
NASA and its congressional funders are not keeping pace with the demand for space-based data on Planet Earth, the NASA inspector general’s office reports.
Despite troubles maintaining its old and shrinking inventory of Boeing AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles, the U.S. Air Force says speeding up development and fielding of the follow-on Long-Range Standoff weapon is not the answer.
In this week’s roundup: Turkey adds to F-35 fighter request; U.S. black budget ticks up; IAI wins key Asian cyber security contract; and UK extends its Sentinel ISTAR aircraft life.
