KAI has begun ground testing the prototype LAH battlefield helo with engines running, the last step before a first flight planned for no later than June.
Germany’s Hensoldt, the former Airbus defense electronics unit, continued its stand-alone growth strategy on April 12 with the announcement it will buy Nexeya’s test and integration and services business as well as major parts of its mission management and power conversion businesses.
India is developing directed energy weapons for aircraft and warships designed to destroy enemy ballistic missiles, akin to systems being tested by the U.S.
Astronaut health experts are emphasizing the need for more research involving a greater range of subjects assigned to the ISS for two, six and 12 months.
The Falcon Heavy rocket’s side boosters returned to dual landing pads at the southern tip of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, touching down in synchrony about 8 min. after liftoff.
The head of India’s Defense Research and Development Organization insists the debris created by India’s anti-sat missile test will not be a danger to the ISS.
The University of North Dakota, Harris Corporation and the Northern Plains UAS test site have completed initial field testing of a ground radio control system that supports drone flights beyond the operator’s visual range.
The U.S. Army said plans to lock in the design of the operational version of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft within three to six months after first flight of the prototype.
When asked for an example of how the U.S. Air Force is speeding space acquisitions, senior leaders tend to point to the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program to upgrade the service’s missile warning constellation. But staying on that accelerated acquisition path may depend on more funding than usual up front.
The architecture is based on repurposing hardware developed for Orion, including structural components and the propulsion system from its European-built service module.
USAF Secretary Heather Wilson expects to get feedback from the Army, Navy, Office of the Secretary of Defense and the NRO on the five-year Space Force plan.
The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center may partner with the nascent Space Development Agency (SDA) by providing launch and contracting services.
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s road to financial recovery may have become harder now that Spruce Point Capital has issued a report arguing the California missile and space propulsion provider is overvalued.
The Space Development Agency (SDA) plans to issue a request for information this summer followed by a draft solicitation by the end of the fiscal year on a future space architecture.
The B-1B, C-5M and KC-135 fleets are now scheduling maintenance actions using algorithms designed to predict failures based on its condition in real-time.
