Looking to deploy for the first time since 2004, the amphibious assault ship LHD 1 USS Wasp successfully completed its recent combat systems ship qualification trial (CSSQT).
The U.S. General Accountability Office has followed an encouraging 2015 assessment of NASA’s stewardship of major spacecraft development efforts with some frank warnings about the future.
The U.S. is fully justified in its decision to rebalance its interests and military forces back to the Asia-Pacific region, Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) says. But the country has failed to follow through with those plans.
There will likely be two next-generation fighter X-plane prototypes, one for the U.S. Air Force and one for the Navy, under the Pentagon’s Aerospace Innovation Initiative (AII), a senior Darpa official says.
Recent claimed and demonstrated advancements in nuclear weapon and delivery technology by certain nations has the attention of the U.S. Strategic Command, says Adm. Cecil Haney, its commander.
Adding flexibility and resilience to maritime systems is an area of focus for Darpa, says Deputy Director Steve Walker. He cites the Upwards Falling Payloads (UFP) program to develop a globally distributed undersea payload-dispensing architecture on the deep ocean floor.
With the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) 1 USNS Spearhead receiving rave reviews in the African Obangame Express 2015 exercise, JHSV 5 USNS Trenton is one step closer to joining the fleet with the completion earlier this month of the ship’s acceptance trials.
Peru’s first Earth observation satellite will share a ride to low Earth orbit with four small Skybox Imaging satellites planned to launch next year on a European Vega rocket.
The favored “Option B” strategy outlined March 25 by NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot – robotically nabbing a boulder from the surface of a larger asteroid in deep space and steering the catch into a stable orbit around the Moon – adds complexity and an estimated $100 million to the price tag of its “Option A” rival.
USAF and SpaceX are modifying the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement signed two years ago to outline what has become the contentious process to certify the Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket for use in launching national security payloads.
By training pilots from the outset on the twin-turbine, glass-cockpit Lakota, the Army is hoping for a more efficient transition to the Boeing AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk in its operational fleet.
Dassault Aviation delivered the first two of 49 upgraded Mirage 2000 fighter jets to the Indian air force during a handover ceremony March 25 at the company’s flight test center in southern France.
Sierra Nevada Corp. and the Houston Airport System (HAS) have signed agreements that could lead to landings of the company’s unpiloted Dream Chaser cargo variant at Ellington Airport.
The U.K. government is spending £280 million ($415 million) to boost the defenses of the Falkland Islands in view of new assessments of the threat posed by Argentina.
A French court has reversed its decision in a long-running legal battle between Bell Helicopter and Airbus Helicopters over patents related to the production landing skid design used on Bell’s Model 429 twin-engine helo.
