The USAF has quietly awarded a contract to York Space Systems using its Space Enterprise Consortium for Tetra-3, a microsatellite that will be used to prototype missions and tactics, techniques and procedures.
Confronted with unexpectedly rocky terrain, NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission will spend an additional four months assessing its target, the primitive 500-m-wide planetary object Bennu.
A decade-long effort to upgrade Russia’s Mi-28N attack helicopter recently paid off, with a Russian government order for 98 Mi-28NMs, with deliveries through 2027.
A new corporate review may indicate that Textron could be looking to become an aerospace and defense-focused company similar to other large rivals, according to analysts.
A new corporate review may indicate that Textron could be looking to become an aerospace and defense-focused company similar to other large rivals, according to analysts.
A senior Pentagon official has explained why the former Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) director was fired and the need for the office to reside under DARPA management.
If Advent’s proposed $5 billion take-private acquisition of Cobham is successful, the British provider of aerial refueling, avionics and other aerospace and defense products is sure to see many changes, including possibly changing its home country, consultants and observers say.
The Russian Aerospace Forces expect to complete join evaluation trials of the Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter this year, Lt. Gen. Sergey Dronov, the service’s deputy commander, told local media on Aug. 12.
The Israeli Defense Ministry has issued a price and availability request to the U.S. Navy’s international programs office for the acquisition of the Boeing V-22 aircraft.
Blue Origin has filed a pre-award bid protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) because of what the company called a “flawed” Air Force launch service procurement (LSP) strategy.
South Korea’s Hyunmoo 2 short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) is capable of a pull-up maneuver, the government and local media say, describing a previously undisclosed characteristic that complicates defenses.
Last month, the Pentagon sent Congress a $160 million reprogramming request for the program, which service officials have previously said is underfunded by roughly $625 million because of a change in the acquisition strategy to accelerate the development schedule.
The end is near for Wesco Aircraft’s turnaround plan as the aerospace fasteners and machined parts provider announced Aug. 9 it has struck a deal to be acquired by new private equity investors for almost $2 billion.
The DOD is on track to establish a U.S. Space Command this month, and there is “a lot of angst” in the U.S. Army over determining roles and responsibilities.
The Pentagon continues to rally Congress to fund hypersonic missile programs, but is still falling short as a top House appropriator says he intends to not fully fund the effort in fiscal 2020.
The U.S. is stepping up work on defending against hypersonic missile even as its pursues several, seemingly competing high-speed strike weapon programs. Defense editor Steve Trimble and senior editor Guy Norris, talking with technology editor Graham Warwick, dig deep into what we do and don’t know about what the Pentagon is up to in the rapidly evolving field of offensive and defensive hypersonics.
Just having major operations within one state did not seem to tip the scale in PwC’s aerospace manufacturing attractiveness rankings. But one state has it all.
“None of this will happen if our team is unable to convince the Congress that we need to take a right turn in our space architecture,” Mike Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said.
The Range Systems Branch of the Armament Directorate at Eglin AFB, Florida, has opened a market survey to evaluate options for replacing the ubiquitous P5 Combat Training System.
