This year’s winners will be recognized March 14 at a black-tie gala in Washington, when the Grand Laureates and Lifetime Achievement awards also will be presented.
Triumph Group is rushing toward the potential climax of its three-year restructuring, the major aerostructures provider’s chief executive indicated Feb. 7.
Virgin Galactic pilots Mark Stucky and C.J. Sturckow received their commercial astronaut wings Feb. 7 at the headquarters of the U.S. Transportation Department.
A U.S. defense expert says the U.S. Navy should redesign the Lockheed Martin F-35C to perform a future role as a fleet defense fighter and long-range bomber escort.
Aireon announced Feb. 7 that it has formally received control from Iridium of the final six receiver payloads it has placed on new Iridium Next satellites, completing its space-based aircraft surveillance network.
Expect to see the U.S. Air Force continuing investment in the small satellite launch industry because it is more responsive than traditional providers.
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine see new promise for scientific discovery as well as commercial lunar lander advances in NASA’s Lunar Science and Exploration Initiative.
India’s two new Boeing 777-300 ERs, being modified to carry heads of state, will soon be equipped with missile warning and countermeasure dispensing systems.
Airbus has signed a five-year memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Dassault Systemes to cooperate on the implementation of a full suite of software tools.
The in-development Ariane 6 launcher can only be seen as a transitional solution to compete with SpaceX’s rockets and must evolve rapidly, says the Cour des Comptes, the French equivalent of the U.S. GAO.
Being in the black is always a good thing in business, and being in black programs is a favorite place for many defense primes. But sometimes there is a price to pay, like now.
