Defense

By Graham Warwick
Bulgaria’s government has approved a plan to replace its armed forces’ Soviet-era equipment with modern combat aircraft and new multipurpose patrol boats.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
An independent analysis of the latest UAV sighting reports released by the FAA concludes just more than one-third of incidents involved close encounters, and one-third of those involved multi-engine jet aircraft.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been unable to assess the condition of its Hitomi X-ray astronomy satellite, despite briefly receiving signals from one of five pieces into which the spacecraft has broken after an apparent onboard failure of some kind.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
China is likely to begin fixed-wing naval operations in the Indian Ocean once it commissions its second aircraft carrier, currently under construction at Dalian, according to a Japanese research report on Chinese military power.
Defense

In past year, the total program cost of the Orbital Control System network has grown 16% to more than $4.1 billion, largely to software development issues.
Space

By Mark Carreau
After a long wait, astronauts are prepared to share real estate aboard the International Space Station with a rugged fabric habitation module, a commercial prototype for the kind of enclosure that can be greatly compressed to a low launch volume.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
South Korea is launching a technology demonstrator program for an unmanned strike aircraft, aiming to build a full-scale mockup for assessment of radar cross section while flying eight subscale aircraft to prove tailless flight control.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
Lockheed Martin is receiving another $18 million to continue research on future improvements for all three variants of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
A new fleet of medium helicopters is topping the list of procurement priorities for the Chilean Air Force (FACH).
Defense

The U.S. Navy relieved Cmdr. Michael L. Atwell as the commanding officer aboard the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 3 USS Fort Worth earlier this month due to events surrounding an engineering problem that occurred in January, the service says.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
U.S. investor-owned electric utilities have teamed with a Finnish UAV operator to develop industry standards for beyond-line-of-sight flights to inspect power lines and other infrastructure.
Defense

Cobham Advanced Electronics Solutions is working with its partners to enhance the U.S. Navy’s surface-ship electronic warfare capability through its work on the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (Sewip), says Vice President Terry McKnight.
Defense

NASA managers underestimated the complexity of writing ground-system software upgrades for next-generation launchers and spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) a decade ago, leading to technical difficulties and cost overruns today, the agency’s Inspector General reported March 28.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Darpa’s long-running program to enable repair and upgrade of satellites in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) has a new name and schedule.
Defense

The U.S. Navy is developing an extensive set of equipment to test in an F-18 aircraft – including an upgraded oxygen monitor sensor – to address cockpit breathing issues.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India is looking to sign a long-term maintenance agreement with Russian Helicopters to provide after-sales service for the country’s Mi-17 helicopters.
Defense

By Jay Menon
Rockwell Collins will provide its Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) for 15 CH-47F Chinook helicopters to be supplied by Boeing to India.
Defense

Onera studies hybrid electric UAS; APL’s Cracuns lurks underwater; AFRL eyes attritable UAS; unmanned cloud-seeding in Nevada; DHS looks at acoustic counter-UAS
Air Transport

By Mark Carreau
Orbital ATK’s CRS-6 Cygnus re-supply spacecraft rendezvoused with the International Space Station early Mar. 26.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The deal for nine aircraft has an estimated value of $3.2 billion.
Defense

The U.S. Air Force is requesting information from industry on technologies that could produce lower-cost engines for future subsonic “Group 5” unmanned aircraft systems.
Defense

EA-18G Growler acquisition costs increased $1.3 billion to $15.7 billion, or about 8.9%, due primarily to a $751.5 million charge for an additional seven aircraft.
Defense

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa has established a new command — Commander, Task Force 64 (CTF64) — focused on ballistic missile defense (BMD) in Europe.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
U.S. services’ plans to fly the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for longer than originally intended have pushed up the estimated total program cost, according to the Pentagon’s latest selected acquisition report (SAR).
Defense

The U.S. Navy has already started working on ship changes and control station adaptations for the Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (Cbars), according to a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.
Defense