U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) forces successfully connected and tested a 2-mi.-long temporary fuel transfer pipeline from a U.S. Naval vessel to Anmyeon Beach in South Korea earlier this month as part of the Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (CJLOTS) 2015 exercise.
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier CVN 73 USS George Washington, conducted high-intensity land strike training with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) earlier this month in the Timor Sea as part of exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 (TS15).
The U.S. Marine Corps has completed an operational readiness inspection of its first F-35B squadron, the last major hurdle before the service can assess whether VMFA-121 in Yuma, Arizona, is suitable to declare initial operational capability.
The U.K. Royal Air Force has set a target of December 2018 to have the weapons and capability of the Panavia Tornado GR4 fleet integrated into its Eurofighter Typhoon force.
Contract negotiations are underway between India and Dassault Aviation on the Indian air force’s (IAF) planned purchase of 36 Rafale fighters, with the French company agreeing to an extended period of maintenance responsibility for the aircraft.
The audit arm of Congress urges more frequent independent cost and schedule appraisals of the long-running SLS initiative — which has yet to receive a full cost estimate — that NASA is counting on for eventual human missions to Mars.
Lockheed Martin is expecting to propose its Legion pod for a forthcoming U.S. Air Force solicitation to put an infrared search-and-track (IRST) sensor on its legacy F-15C/D fleet.
India has moved a step closer to being able to orbit heavy satellites with another test of its most powerful, indigenously created cryogenic rocket engine.
The Russian air force continues to upgrade its fleet, receiving a total of seven fixed-wing and six rotary-wing aircraft in the second quarter of this year.
The demo took place during the annual Remote Area Medical clinic in Wise, Virginia, on July 17 and was overseen by the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership using its certificate of authorization as an FAA-designated UAV test site.
The planned $9 billion purchase could be more defining for Lockheed, the Pentagon’s leading prime contractor, than helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky or even the rotorcraft market.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James says SpaceX’s failed Falcon 9 mission on June 28 bolsters the service’s argument to get access to more RD-180 engines from Russia, but she adds that it should not hurt the company’s chances of winning U.S. Air Force work.
Sikorsky's technology work could add to Lockheed Martin’s portfolio, but also could overlap, forcing internal decisions on which of various competing approaches to pursue going forward.
Without new orders, the F-16’s production run — more than 4,500 aircraft, second only to the F-4 Phantom among Western supersonic fighters — will end in 2017.
Egypt accepted the first three of 24 Rafale combat jets from Dassault Aviation July 20 during a handover ceremony at the company’s Istres flight-test facility in France.
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is once again advancing closer to the large asteroid Ceres, following a 17-day hiatus during which ground controllers identified and responded to a mechanical issue with the gimbaling of the No. 3 ion propulsion engine.
In choosing FHI and the well-established Bell 412 for the army’s UH-X program over a Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) offer, the defense ministry has minimized spending and risk in development.
