A “self-contained and free-flying orbital outpost” could enter an engineering and design phase later this year, followed by fabrication and testing of a prototype, depending on the approval of funding in fiscal 2020.
The finance ministry is strongly opposed to the program because of the cost of developing the proposed large, twin-engine type to build a mere 100 units, the Jiji news agency said.
Armaments agency Armasuisse will perform the evaluations of both the MBDA/Thales Eurosam SAMP/T and the Raytheon Patriot system at a site in Menzingen, an air defense facility that previously housed the Bristol Bloodhound missile until its 1999 retirement.
India’s premier space agency has signed an agreement with Russian firm Glavkosmos to help select and prepare astronauts for the country’s first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan.
The future of the pan-European EuroMALE (medium altitude, long-endurance) unmanned air system has become hazy after French government officials described the platform as “obese” because of German requirements.
Two Republican senators from Iowa have raised concerns about Boeing’s exports of commercial satellites to companies that allegedly are financed by state-owned Chinese firms or provide bandwidth rented by entities on behalf of the Chinese military.
NASA has selected a dozen science and technology missions for launches to the Moon as payloads aboard the agency’s recently initiated Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
The U.S. Air Force has implemented the first virtual reality training system for airfield management students so that they get more of a hands-on learning experience.
The successful abort test sets the stage for the next milestone in the U.S. human lunar return—the Artemis 1 flight test, a planned multi-week, uncrewed SLS/Orion trip around the Moon set for late 2020 or early 2021.
Boeing has started the T-X flight test program for the engineering, manufacturing and development program with the first two modified, company-funded prototypes.
Congress is either wildly for or against middle-tier acquisition practices because the process is new and information lacking, a U.S. Air Force official says.
Israel’s SpaceIL is evaluating options for the mission of Beresheet 2 (Genesis 2), the successor to the journey of its robotic lander that crashed into the Moon.
With a massive air force expansion under way, the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF). will need to significantly boost its training system. As Jon Lake reports, BAE Systems hopes that its Hawk will provide the solution to the emerging requirement.
Embraer has unveiled a digital platform designed to connect and synchronize the different services and resources required to minimize downtime caused by unscheduled aircraft maintenance.
Karem Aircraft has teamed with Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to bid for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Competitive Prototype (FARA CP) program.
The Pentagon is learning lessons on executing middle-tier acquisition approaches like rapid prototyping and fielding and will issue a policy later this year, according to a senior official.
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce will develop an advanced military technology demonstrator, leveraging the company’s experience with the F-35 lift fan.
Allegations are flying in the back-and-forth between rival pump-and-valve makers Crane and Circor as the former tries to take over the latter in a stock buyout.
Airbus and European armaments agency OCCAR have signed a new support contract for the A400M airlifter in a move that will streamline support for the aircraft across the operating nations.
City officials broke ground June 28 on the first phase of infrastructure development for the Houston Spaceport, which was licensed by the FAA in June 2015 for runway-based, suborbital commercial space operations.
