AAR AIRLIFT secured 1-year, $15m contract extension from U.S. Military Sealift Command to perform vertical replenishment (VERTREP) services, including search and rescue (SAR) and pax transport, for U.S. Naval vessels in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. NORTHROP GRUMMAN’s Hand Held Precision Targeting Device (HHPTD) completed developmental test with U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force.
TORONTO – Engineers helping NASA develop a solar-powered mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa have concluded the proposed spacecraft, with a solar array/magnetometer boom combination 22 meters wide, could pass through the plumes of water ice that may be erupting from cracks in the frozen surface and stay on course. Thomas Magner of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory told a symposium on Solar System exploration at the 65th International Astronautical Congress here that the “Europa Clipper” project passed i
LONDON — The U.K. is rethinking its strategy of downsizing its fleet of Panavia Tornado GR4 fighter bombers as operations against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq intensify. A decision to reduce the Tornado fleet to two squadrons from three next April has been postponed by a year, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Oct.
LOS ANGELES — As Boeing moves into the final few months of C-17A assembly at its soon-to-close airlifter production line in Long Beach, California, the Australian government has requested pricing and availability data on two additional aircraft to take its fleet to eight. The Royal Australian Air Force began flying its first C-17A in 2006 and currently operates six from Amberley in Queensland.
The U.S. Navy successfully completed a critical design review (CDR) earlier this month for a new command, control, communications, computers and navigation (C4N) suite for the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicle. The LCAC C4N suite, also known as the command module electronics package, is the equipment the crew uses to operate the craft.
HOUSTON—U.S. and European astronauts are prepared to resume NASA-managed maintenance spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS) next week, following a lengthy wait to overcome difficulties with shuttle-era spacesuits that surfaced during a July 2013 excursion when the helmet worn by Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano leaked internal cooling system water. U.S.
LONDON — The Danish government is deploying F-16s to Kuwait as the country joins U.S. air strikes against Islamic State (IS) fighters in Iraq. Some 140 personnel with four F-16 Fighting Falcons, along with three in reserve, are being sent to an air base in Kuwait after the Danish Parliament voted in favor of contributing to the military action against IS on Oct.
