Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) hopes to begin developing an upgrade for the H3 medium space launcher in 2022, only a year after the first flight, with the aim of driving payload up and unit costs down.
The U.S. Navy is stepping up plans to integrate into Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), which is the Defense Department’s concept to connect sensors from all the military services into a single network.
“Aether Spy will enable significant improvements in surveillance and battle management missions in the future battlespace,” AFRL technical advisor for sensor subsystems Thomas Dalrymple said.
GE’s Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE), which jointly funded by the Army, is not planned to transition into an aircraft, but component technologies could be inserted into the 7,500 shp-class T408 turboshaft engine.
Both companies will serve as prime contractors for the definition phase of the European Large Logistics Lander, supporting NASA's Artemis human lunar missions.
UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah, signed a statement of intent on Oct. 14 to strengthen the bilateral defense relationship.
The first countries to sign bilateral Artemis Accords agreements with the U.S. are Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
Although the U.S. Marine Corps is retiring the AH-1W Super Cobra aircraft, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is contemplating what the aircraft’s post-operational life will look like.
The Netherlands plans to accelerate the replacement of its C-130 Hercules airlifter fleet with a procurement program planned to deliver new aircraft from 2026.
The aircraft will be operated by the 15th Attack Squadron. The unit specializes in tactical air support, light attack, surveillance, air interception, counter-insurgency and advanced training.
Chinese engineers have designed and tested equipment for aerial recovery of space launcher main engines, which they regard as offering advantages over powered descent by fully reusable first stages.
Rotating crews of astronauts and cosmonauts have been living aboard the orbital outpost for 20 years. Here are some other numbers behind the milestone.
