The U.S. aerospace science and technology community must be prepared for change in a year of political transition, threats from abroad and domestic economic challenge, experts say.
The U.S. and Russia continue to lead all other countries in weapons sales with developing nations, according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
The U.S. Defense Department needs to conduct a better cost-benefit analysis before acquiring cloud computing services, according to the Pentagon Inspector General.
Evry, France-based Arianespace carried out six launches of the heavy-lift Ariane 5, three launches of the Europeanized Soyuz and three launches of the new Vega rocket in 2015, with the latter marking a three-fold increase over the previous year.
Dassault Aviation’s business jet unit saw reduced orders and deliveries in 2015, a disappointing year that was offset in part by new export contracts for the company’s Rafale combat jet.
Korea Aerospace Industries expects to receive a production contract for the amphibious assault version of the Surion utility helicopter in the first half of this year.
The U.S. Navy must focus on longer-term security threat trends and maintain its superiority in traditional areas like the undersea realm while securing new frontiers like the emerging cyber battlefield,the U.S. chief of naval operations says.
The U.S. Navy is using its foreign-basing plans for EA-18G Growlers and the current F/A-18E/F Super Hornet maintenance model as a sustainment template for the electronic attack aircraft, a Defense Department Selected Acquisition Report says.
Finmeccanica-owned companies such as AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi and Selex ES have now been absorbed into the larger Finmeccanica entity and will operate as divisions rather than separate companies.
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has restored a domestic plutonium-238 production capability for future NASA deep space missions.
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $255.3 million contract to Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems for work on the third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer, the DDG 1002 Lyndon B. Johnson.
NASA characterizes tech transfer as one of its longest-running missions and touts the claim in the just-published 2016 edition of the agency’s annual Spinoff publication.
From the commercial-aircraft ramp-up and small-UAV explosion to U.S. defense budget pressures and Europe’s response to Russian aggression, 2016 will be a dynamic year for the aerospace and defense industry.
The Office of Naval Research’s Laser Weapon System Demonstrator will be designed to protect the U.S. Navy’s DDG-51 Flight 2 destroyers from unmanned aircraft and swarming small boats.
Humans remain at the heart of the Pentagon’s evolving strategy to restore U.S. conventional deterrence, but machines will play a key and increasing role from intelligence analysis to combat operations.
The aircraft—which has been carrying out development flying for more than a decade—received Russian certification from the Federal Air Transportation Agency on Dec. 30.
The £369 million ($547 million) contract will support the U.K. Royal Air Force’s C-130Js until 2022, despite the recent decision in the U.K.’s Strategic Defense and Security Review to keep 14 of the aircraft in service until 2030.
