Germany is considering retaining at least 24 C-160 Transall airlifters due to concerns that the defensive aids suite on its A400Ms will not be ready for service.
Certain existing U.S. Navy aircraft, Pentagon radar systems and advanced communications networks can help the DOD map out successful electronic warfare acquisitions, a CSBA report says.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded M1 Support Services of Denton, Texas, a $304.9 million fixed-price, performance incentive and award fee contract with cost-reimbursable line items for Nellis Aircraft Maintenance Backshop operations and maintenance services, the Pentagon announced Nov. 30.
NASA’s Journey to Mars envisions a U.S. role in a human “return to the Moon,” even if not in the same sense the agency carried out six spacecraft landings under the agency’s banner during the Apollo era.
The Spanish government and Airbus Defense and Space have formalized an agreement to postpone the delivery of 13 of Spain’s 27 planned A400M airlifters.
DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL (Texas) has $61m U.S. ARMY contract for Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command aviation program; estimated complete by January 2021. TRAX INTERNATIONAL (Nev.) has $8m U.S. ARMY contract modification for research/development/testing/evaluation at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
Helicopter operator CHC has partnered with two Dutch companies to find a way to mitigate the effect of birds on the helidecks of offshore oil-and-gas platforms.
Likely enlargement of Australia’s frigate force will add pressure to eventually add a third replenishment ship to the Royal Australian Navy, a Canberra, Australia, think tank says.
The German government plans to send Panavia Tornados for operations over Syria in response to a French request for assistance following the terror attacks on Paris earlier this month.
The Russian defense ministry says that no warnings of airspace infringement were received by the crew of a Sukhoi Su-24 fighter bomber shot down by Turkey.
Russia plans to strengthen its forces in Syria with increased air defenses and a larger fighter jet presence, after Turkish F-16s downed a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M tactical bomber near the Syrian-Turkish border on Nov. 24.
Scientists believe they can take the “missing” out of the missing carbon mystery linked to a changing Martian environment that evolved from warmer, wetter conditions 3.8 billion years ago to the current cold, dry realm that persists today.
The U.S. Air Force erred in making some past performance determinations in a recent contract award for F-15 support service in Saudi Arabia, the GAO says.
