Lockheed Martin has delivered the GPS III Contingency Operations software upgrade to the U.S. Air Force’s current GPS ground control system, allowing the service to begin commanding newly launched GPS III satellites.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending the U.S. Missile Defense Agency use the delay in delivering Phase 3 of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) to conduct more thorough testing of the system.
U.S. House members are deepening their opposition to the Trump administration’s use of emergency authority for the export of $8 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Unmanned aircraft system specialist AeroVironment said June 11 it acquired Pulse Aerospace, a developer and supplier of small, vertical-takeoff-and-landing UAS, for $25.7 million in cash.
Another element of a U.S. Air Force plan to save money during the KC-46 sustainment phase has proven unrealistic, the GAO says in a new report published on June 12.
The GAO released a 30-page decision on June 12 that forcefully rejects the Advanced Turbine Engine Company’s (ATEC) arguments for overturning the U.S. Army’s decision to award a $530 million contract to GE Aviation to develop a new helicopter engine.
International partners joining Britain’s Tempest next-generation combat aircraft technology initiatives will need to “collaborate on the strength of what they bring to the program,” the UK’s national armament director has suggested.
A deployable UAV equipped with a sensor capable of detecting submarines beneath the surface could be added to the Boeing P-8A under a new prototyping program.
Boeing’s full-scale Passenger Air Vehicle eVTOL prototype has crashed during unmanned flight testing at subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, Virginia.
British defense engineering company Marshall Aerospace and Defense has begun using additive manufacturing to rapidly prototype and produce components for military aircraft.
Copper River Technologies, Anchorage, Alaska, has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum amount of $21,000,000.
Lessons learned from research and development of an unmanned aircraft traffic management (UTM) system to coordinate small drone traffic will serve toward creating a similar system for urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles, presenters told the Uber Elevate Summit in Washington.
House lawmakers pressed without success during a June 11 hearing for answers from NASA as to how much the White House’s plans to accelerate a human lunar landing from 2028 to 2024 will cost.
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee intends to submit an amendment June 12 during markup of the fiscal 2020 defense policy bill to increase the U.S. defense budget top line from $733 billion to $750 billion.
Four NASA tech initiatives intended to improve the design and performance of spacecraft assigned to a range of future missions are among 24 small sat ride shares set to launch later this month.
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a $542 million firm-fixed price contract for the first low-rate initial production lot of Sikorsky VH-92A presidential helicopter aircraft, spares and support equipment.
