Arms export company Ukrspetseksport has established a joint venture with Baykar Makina to develop the 5.5 metric ton, twin-engine platform, details of which were first revealed by the company in 2018.
Based on the new Iridium Next constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites, which entered full operation earlier this year, Certus is a high-speed, L-band satcom service that can be received using small antennas and terminals.
Government officials signed off on the €827 million ($916 million) contract with the Brazilian manufacturer in Evora, Portugal, on Aug. 22, paving the way for first deliveries in 2023.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has canceled the Redesigned Kill Vehicle subsystem and will kick off a competition for a new, next-generation interceptor.
Russia’s Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft is expected to dock with the International Space Station Aug. 24, part of a test of the upgraded Soyuz 2.1a rocket’s ability to launch cosmonauts and astronauts to the ISS beginning in March 2020.
The Indonesian police force reportedly has signed a letter of intent for the purchase of 11 twin-engine, medium-size Leonardo helicopters—nine AW169s and two AW189s.
With NASA looking at nuclear technology to speed journeys to Mars, as well as provide power on the surface of the Moon and move heavy payloads in cislunar space, the U.S. has issued new guidelines for the safe launch of space nuclear systems.
Taiwan F-16 buy gets State Department nod; Brazil flies upgraded AEW jet; Ford carrier’s AAG clears milestone; Rafael offers Spike NLOS for UK military helos.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has reportedly told the founding family of British defense supplier Cobham that he will be looking into concerns about its takeover by a U.S. private equity firm.
Roughly one-fifth of military aircraft operated by the U.S. Defense Department will be equipped for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) Out by the FAA’s January 2020 compliance date, according to numbers released by the Pentagon.
The start of deliveries of fighters from the intended order looks likely to dovetail with the tailing off of a program to upgrade Taiwanese F-16 Block 20s to the F-16V standard.
The U.S. State Department has approved a proposed sale of 66 F-16 Block 70 aircraft to Taiwan despite the intense opposition of the Chinese government.
Although NASA still is officially targeting late 2020 for the SLS debut in the Artemis-1 test mission, the agency is widely expected to acknowledge the slide as part of the outcome of an ongoing review associated with recent leadership changes in its exploration programs.
The U.S. Navy’s Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR), a version of the modular SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) under development by Raytheon, has completed its first system-level tests at Wallops Island in Virginia.
