The top managers for six large U.S. aerospace companies are meeting with executives from five French, German and Italian companies to outline teaming for a new multibillion dollar air/missile defense system sparked by reinvigorated transatlantic cooperation.
The X-31 program appears to have reached its conclusion with the exhaustion of funds in March, but participants have contributed to this week's planned flight demonstration at the Paris air show.
In a reversal, the Air Force is looking for a near-term replacement for its retiring RF-4Cs until a long-term manned reconnaissance capability can be developed.
Uzbekistan defense officials have proposed incorporating a formerly classified satellite-tracking site into the U.S. space surveillance network, which could improve capabilities to detect orbital debris.
A senior U.S. Navy official believes the stealthy attack aircraft the service wants from the Joint Advanced Strike Technology program will also meet the Air Force's requirement for an F-117 and F-15E replacement.
A wide-ranging French research program on ramjet/scramjet engine technology is entering a critical test phase that will pave the way for hypersonic propulsion.
THE U.K. DEFENSE MINISTRY is expected to order as many as 30 Lockheed C-130J Hercules military transports before the end of the year for deliveries beginning in 1996.
