China unveiled a hypersonically gliding surface-to-surface missile, the DF-17, at its national day parade on Oct. 1, saying the weapon is non-nuclear and has the powerful ability to penetrate defenses.
The USAF's Space and Missile Systems Center and the NRO has awarded a $1.18B sole-source contract modification to the United Launch Alliance to support five Delta IV heavy launches over five years.
The U.S. Air Force is conducting market research on “capable industry sources” for providing two separate follow-on sustainment services contracts to the current Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), but is open to considering a teaming approach.
High altitude long endurance aircraft and High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites have attracted the U.S. Force Service’s interest for monitoring wildfires and relaying communication signals.
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Woburn, Massachusetts, has been awarded a modification on indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract HQ0147-18-D-0002.
A NASA contract has provided confirmation that a turbine-based combined-cycle (TBCC) engine under development by DARPA to power reusable hypersonic vehicles is built around a Rolls-Royce Adour turbofan.
The U.S. Marine Corps intends to accelerate the Unmanned Logistics System-Air effort by conducting a prize challenge competition in late January 2020 at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.
China’s state space-launcher industry is turning to private enterprise for propulsion technology in an apparent attempt to overcome long development cycles.
Link Space is working toward a 2022 first flight of a reusable rocket intended to place 180-kg payloads in Sun-synchronous orbits for a price of 20 million yuan ($2.8 million).
NASA has selected 14 companies under its Space Technology Mission Directorate’s tipping point initiative to help advance key tech on six fronts needed to achieve its human deep space exploration ambitions.
BAE has completed final assembly of around 240 production Typhoons, and is gearing up to begin assembly for the Qatar Emiri Air Force, the first of which will be delivered in 2022.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Kounotori H-II Transport Vehicle (HTV) reached the International Space Station (ISS) early Sept. 28 to deliver more than four tons of crew supplies and equipment.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $1.36b U.S. Navy contract for nonrecurring/recurring engineering for production and delivery of nine E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft for Japan.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg and two other company representatives, including the 737 chief pilot, will testify before a U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the 737 MAX scheduled for Oct. 30.
Sept. 30-Oct. 1—4th Annual UAV Technology Conference, Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, U.K. For more information go to smi-online.co.uk/defence/uk/conference/uav-technology-eastern-europe
