U.S. astronauts could be flying to the International Space Station (ISS) on Russian Soyuz capsules as late as the end of 2020, under a modification in NASA’s previously announced plans to procure six more Soyuz seats as a backup to the U.S.-built commercial crew vehicles now under development.
Helicopter manufacturers expect Malaysia to order rotorcraft for at least search and rescue (SAR) missions in 2016-2020, possibly adding military functions to the requirement.
While the U.S. Navy still expects delivery of the CVN 78 Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier in about a year, there is still one potential showstopper: successful testing of the advanced arresting gear (AAG).
A new diesel generator simulator recently delivered to Pearl Harbor naval facilities by the TechSolutions program at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) will help train sailors working on the U.S. Navy’s most advanced attack submarine generators, Navy officials say.
After eyeing a low-cost launch opportunity on a Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) rocket, Airbus Defense and Space has selected an Ariane 5 to lift its second European Data Relay System (EDRS) spacecraft to geostationary orbit in the first quarter of 2017.
Germany is backing away from the global arms export trade, China is closer to becoming a net exporter, and the U.S. and Russia are almost neck and neck in providing the most weaponry abroad.
The restructuring of Italian aerospace and defense conglomerate Finmeccanica is already having a positive effect on the company’s results, CEO Mauro Moretti says.
With concrete accomplishments in the previous year, the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class submarine replacement program (ORP) looks to be in good shape, according to the recent annual report of Pentagon reviews by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
GENERAL ATOMICS has $132m U.S. Army contract for 19 Gray Eagle UAVs, 19 Satcom Air Data Terminals, spares & support equipment, due May 31, 2017. Meanwhile, Predator/Gray Eagle fleet reached 1m cumulative flight hours – 90% in combat – on Feb. 20 after flying 78,606 sorties; first flight occurred in Palmdale, CA, on Feb. 2, 2001.
NASA’s inspector general has warned the agency that it may be moving too fast on developing the ground infrastructure for launching its planned heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion crew capsule.
The transition is coming as the Army has secured funding for the 3,000-shp future helicopter engine program, from fiscal 2016 and beyond despite ongoing defense budget pressure.
The U.S. Air Force has released the initial request for information (RFI) for a replacement for its T-38 trainer, the T-X Advanced Pilot Training Family of Systems (ATP FoS).
The Australian army’s Tiger helicopters, still not fully operational for service more than 10 years after the first aircraft were delivered, are on track to meet a key availability target next year, manufacturer Airbus says.
The need and obstacles in continuing the U.S. rebalance to what the nation’s maritime services now call the Indo-Asia-Pacific region are highlighted in the service’s “Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: Forward, Engaged, Ready,” released earlier this month.
The vision impairment was outlined in the American Academy of Ophthalmology in late 2011 and experienced by two-thirds of astronauts assigned to the International Space Station.
