Troubled Italian defense and aerospace group Finmeccanica will focus on its core businesses of aerospace, defense and space in a bid to return to profitability.
An “advanced aeronautics” prototyping project, including airframes and propulsion, is one of a number of new and accelerated technology projects in the fiscal 2016 defense budget, according to Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work.
The U.S. Navy has some gaps to plug for the ship-defense testing of its LHA amphibious assault ship USS America, the Pentagon Director, Operational Test and Evaluation says.
The U.S. Navy’s MK-54 torpedo is coming up short for antisubmarine warfare missions, the Pentagon Director, Operational Test and Evaluation says in its recently released annual report.
The effort to prepare the six-person orbiting lab for dockings by Boeing CST-100 and SpaceX crewed Dragon capsules will require an estimated seven spacewalks and hardware deliveries on most of the five commercial resupply missions remaining this year.
Five teams competing for the Google Lunar XPrize will share $5.25 million in prize advances awarded for “key technological advancements” en route to robotic landings and operations on the surface of the Moon.
Observations made with NASA’s Kepler space telescope suggest that the formation of Earth-like planets around stars similar to the Sun has been under way since the earliest era of the universe.
The planned merger of Orbital Sciences Corp. (OSC) and the Aerospace and Defense Groups of Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is set to close on Feb. 9, following approval of the deal Jan. 27 by stockholders of both companies.
The Pentagon has finished a secret analysis of alternatives (AoA) for the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) project, a cruise missile to replace today’s AGM-86 Air-Launched Cruise Missile
A winter 2013 Pentagon appeal to Congress to equip Yemen’s lagging air force with four “precision strike” aircraft signaled a bold stride toward meeting one of the core Yemeni objectives laid out in President Barack Obama’s June 2011 National Strategy for Counterterrorism.
Airbus Helicopters enjoyed a record year of deliveries for its heavy helicopters in 2014, but is facing a continuing downturn in its light helicopter line.
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 3 Fort Worth’s MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and MQ-8B Fire Scout UAV are proving to be the stars during the ship’s Western Pacific deployment.
The LPD 20 USS Green Bay departed San Diego earlier this month for Sasebo, Japan, where the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship will join the U.S. 7th Fleet’s Forward Deployed Naval Forces.
Eleven military personnel were killed and 21 others injured in the crash of a Greek air force F-16 Fighting Falcon during a NATO exercise in Spain that also damaged or destroyed several aircraft on the ground.
Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contracts awarded to the two companies in September – $4.2 billion to Boeing and $2.6 billion to SpaceX – will lead to an average per seat cost of $58 million versus the $76 million currently charged by Russia for three-seat Soyuz flights.
CAE is to take over running the NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) program following its agreement to acquire Bombardier’s military aircraft training business for C$19.8 million ($15.4 million).
The competition to build South Korea’s proposed KF-X indigenous fighter will probably come down to price, putting Korean Airlines at an advantage, according to a government official.
The Planetary Society is preparing for the first test flight of its LightSail experiment in May, which is designed to assess the deployment mechanism for the four-part, 344-sq.-ft. Mylar sail from a three-unit CubeSat.
The project could give partners Lockheed Martin and Kaman an opportunity to demonstrate the combat-tested K-Max unmanned helicopter to a potential civilian government customer.
Russia will combine the functions of its Roscosmos space agency with the holdings of United Rocket and Space Corp. (URSC) to create a massive state-owned entity that consolidates most of Russia’s space sector.
