Construction of the new factory at Roussillon in the Rhone-Alpes region of France will support the company’s aerospace customers as demand grows for composite materials.
During the last five years, a resurgent Russia has increased its defense spending by 50% and plans to modernize its conventional air, sea and land force.
ALIS is reportedly so large that if it were separated from the overall F-35 budget it would still be one of the biggest defense procurement programs of all time.
Rafael brought the Litening 5 to Paris, which employs a new sensor pack that utilizes an optical assembly and larger aperture for increased identification and recognition distance.
Israel’s UAV company Aeronautics introduced several new versions of its unmanned systems at the Paris Air Show, among them a new version of the Orbiter – the Orbiter 1K.
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently provided the Marine Corps with a 3-D computer-simulation program that measures equipment weight, distribution and effects on body mechanics and individual warfighter performance.
LONDON — Sikorsky has begun work on the development of a standardized Flight Crew Operating Manual (FCOM) for its S-92 heavy helicopter. FCOM’s development is the result of the creation of the HeliOffshore industry association, which has charged member helicopter manufacturers and operators with developing improved safety measures and building standards across the industry. Part of this work involves the development of FCOM for every helo type currently used to support offshore oil and gas activity.
Tuesday morning House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) will speak at the Atlantic Council in Washington, discussing “America’s strategic priorities in a tumultuous and dynamic security environment.” Then on Wednesday afternoon, Thornberry’s committee will discuss strategy against Islamic State militants with analysts from Rand Corp. and the American Enterprise Institute, among others.
Some of the first color New Horizons images of Pluto and its largest moon Charon have answered one question – what color are they? But they have raised another – why are the two bodies in the same “binary dwarf” different colors?
PZL-Swidnik, AgustaWestland’s Polish partner for the country’s multirole utility helicopter requirement, has filed a lawsuit over the tender processes used by the country’s defense ministry.
After nearly 14 years of record-setting orbital operations and more than 1.1 billion mi. on its virtual odometer, NASA’s Mars Odyssey mission spacecraft is stocked with enough fuel to remain active for another decade.
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Getting a right read on Arctic changes is making it difficult to properly plan for military operations there, a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says.
A Scottish court has ordered the U.K. Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) to release the cockpit voice recorder data from a North Sea helicopter accident in order to make it available for prosecutors.
The U.S. carrier strike groups (CSGs) employ and operate a network of sensors to defeat the most hotly contested and defended areas, says Rear Adm. Michael Manazir, director of Navy air warfare.
While the U.S. is providing more money for its Aegis ballistic missile shields, there are still unresolved operational issues, according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) June 22-26 — AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas. For more information go to www.aiaa-aviation.org/
BOEING has U.S. Air Force contract worth up to $466.5m to continue maintaining guidance systems for Minuteman ICBMs. SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL (SSL) will build BSAT-4A direct-to-home TV satellite for Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation of Japan, based on SSL 1300 bus, featuring 24 Ku-band transponders and 15-year design life. VISIONGAIN estimates global geospatial intelligence market for defense and homeland security reached $9.7b in 2014.
The U.S. Senate’s first version of the fiscal 2016 defense-authorization bill is expected to include provisions that would re-insert the leadership of the four armed services in the Defense Department into the acquisition decision-making system. The move would unwind a major reform of the landmark 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act, which forced the military to become more “joint” and coordinated across the board. Furthermore, it would cut the oversight of the Pentagon’s acquisition czar.
