Defense

Northrop Grumman undercut its rivals’ price to win the bomber contract, and the Pentagon’s requirements could have given it the chance to do so.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
Italy is in line to be the second country after the U.K. to receive U.S.-made MQ-9 Reapers that can fire weapons.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. House and Senate armed services committees have reached a new accord on the fiscal 2016 defense authorization bill that trims nearly $5 billion from the bill’s original total.
Defense

Pentagon officials plan to keep up destroyer patrols to prove the U.S. Navy’s freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA is seeking astronaut applicants, the agency’s first hires since 2013.
Defense

Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) 6, the future USNS Brunswick, recently completed acceptance trials, the U.S. Navy says.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Lockheed Martin expects a full program of 134 F-16 upgrades will fit into a cash-strapped South Korean modernization project that has been delayed again.
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While the U.S. Marine Corps seems to be generally on the right track with the acquisition of its Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV), there is some risk, the GAO says.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Johnson Space Center will provide safety training and other support services to the Houston Airport System under a Space Act Agreement signed Nov. 4.
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By Tony Osborne
The Spanish government has given the green light to the country’s defense ministry to purchase General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper medium altitude, long endurance UAVs.
Defense

By Jay Menon
GSAT-15 will be lifted onboard an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on Nov. 10.
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By Tony Osborne
The French and U.K. governments have marked the fifth anniversary of the Lancaster House defense treaties by signing an agreement on the creation of missile centers of excellence.
Defense

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Elta division has unveiled a radar warning and location (RWL) system for fighters, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Fernando Alonso, who took over the division in March, says he and his team have stabilized the industrial layout of the A400M, paving the way for increased rates of production and focusing to bring tactical capabilities on the aircraft on stream.
Defense

Leaders representing all eight coast guard agencies of the Arctic nations signed a joint statement officially establishing the Arctic Coast Guard Forum.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Australia, finding itself unaccustomedly close to a major theater of potential hostilities, is inclined to offer more support to the U.S., including access to its territory.
Defense

By Angus Batey
A new nonrotating, multistatic radar technology generates 2,304 beams to achieve uninterrupted coverage of airspace.
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By Tony Osborne
The head of Airbus Defense and Space’s military aircraft division says that the aerial refueling of helicopters by the company’s A400M airlifter is now the subject of a research project after admitting it will be impossible to achieve in the aircraft’s current configuration.
Defense

This F-35A completed the first three airborne gunfire bursts from its internal four-barrel 25mm Gatling gun system embedded in the left wing of the aircraft.

Defense

By Mark Carreau
The six-person International Space Station marked its 15th year of continuous human operations on Nov. 2.
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By Tony Osborne
Airbus Defense and Space is developing a system to refuel helicopters for its C295 twin-turboprop airlifter.
Defense

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Gulfstream G550-based Multimission Airborne Reconnaissance Surveillance System airborne ground surveillance system is now in full development.
Defense

Lockheed Martin has built in extra time to develop, build and test the Long Range Discrimination Radar, a Lockheed official says.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has emphasized the need for the “so-called six-party talks to call for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.”
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The head of the company’s military aircraft division, Fernando Alonso, says the aircraft could be used more flexibly while flying racetrack patterns in the sky waiting to provide fighters with fuel.
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