In choosing a site for the $1.1 billion system, vital for defense against North Korean weapons of mass destruction, Japanese officials used a ruler, protractor and Google Earth pictures to determine minimum elevation angles available for radars.
More than a week after an Indian An-32 transport aircraft went missing, its wreckage was discovered by the country’s air force in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh on June 11.
The US Army’s Security Assistance Command (USASAC) has completed the delivery of a $338 million foreign military sales (FMS) package of eight Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and associated training and support to Tunisia, writes Jon Lake.
U.S. defense competitions for unmanned systems, heavy-lift helicopters, as well as light attack and launch services for national security space are heating up.
Lockheed Martin has tentatively agreed to a one-year contract with two priced options with the U.S. Defense Department that dramatically lowers the unit recurring flyaway costs for the F-35A.
Executives and analysts expect the proposed merger of Raytheon and United Technologies will pass antitrust muster, and it is already winning over investors and government customers.
Canada’s Héroux-Devtek, the third-largest landing gear manufacturer worldwide, said on June 10 it bought nearby Alta Precision, a privately-owned manufacturer of high-precision landing gear components, in a $23 million deal.
The FAA on June 10 said it was investigating the cause of a satellite navigation system anomaly on Bombardier CRJ and other jets that forced several U.S. airlines to cancel flights.
Creating a sixth armed service is not in the Chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2020 defense policy bill released June 10. Committee staff said this is a result of diverging member opinions: ranging from “hell no” to supporting a full Space Force.
The head of the House Armed Services Committee is advocating that SpaceX receive monetary assistance if the company is selected for the second phase of a next-generation rocket competition to deliver National Security Space payloads.
India’s space agency has tested its indigenously developed cryogenic rocket engine in anticipation of the country’s first human spaceflight mission, dubbed Gaganyaan.
GE Aviation beat a competitor for a prized U.S. Army rotorcraft engine contract despite being assessed with an overall higher technical risk, according to a scorecard of the assessment obtained by Aerospace DAILY.
“None of the steps we are taking are irreversible,” said Ellen Lord, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. “We look forward to restoring normal program activity.”
The commercialization plan includes upcoming NASA solicitations for a commercial module to be attached to the ISS and a free-flying, commercial platform that could occasionally berth at the station.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, selected L3’s proposal from six offers for the C-130H Avionics Modernization Program Increment 2 (AMP 2) program.
The first step in extricating Turkey from the F-35 program could start on June 12 and continue through the end of July, the U.S. Defense Department announced on June 7.
