Airbus Defense and Space and Thales Alenia Space have signed contracts with French space agency CNES to study a future space-based civil and military Earth observation system.
The U.K. is rapidly building up confidence and capability on its new A400M airlifter, but its introduction is creating some unexpected headaches, test and evaluation officials say.
The denial emerged after Airbus executive Steve Whitby briefed journalists here Sept. 9, saying that the company was in final negotiations for a contract with the U.K. defense ministry.
A program to extensively modernize the radar, command and surface-to-air missile systems of Australia’s Anzac Class frigates is running on schedule and on budget, BAE Systems says.
This week’s Check 6 marks the start of a series of special features running before Aviation Week & Space Technology’s 100th anniversary in 2016 with a discussion of stealth and counter-stealth technology.
Much of the history of stealth has taken place under a shroud of secrecy that often hid important events from insiders as well as the public. It’s been a vast and often chaotic development, driven by technology, economics and geopolitics—and even the goals set 30 years ago have yet to be met.
The new shape of the Air Force’s bomber fleet relies on the outcome of a secretive project to lay the foundation for a new generation of U.S. stealth aircraft.
INMARSAT and AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA finished safety evaluation of satellite-based oceanic flight-tracking system on commercial flights by Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia. SIERRA NEVADA CORP. launched program to work with spaceports/commercial airports to designate them preferred landing sites for company’s Dream Chaser spacecraft.
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) is concerned that a new Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS Case 2013-D034) proposed by the Pentagon could hamper participation by cutting-edge commercial firms. The regulation “sends a signal that DOD has little interest in realistic commercial acquisition practices and will continue to operate under its archaic, defense-unique, cost-based oversight system,” McCain wrote Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
