Raytheon Co., Dulles, Virginia, was awarded a $663,060,634 firm-fixed-price contract for Troposcatter Transmission System, spares, repairs, warranty, system engineering, field support, training and sustainment.
The readiness rate for the MV-22 Osprey is at a dismal 52% and will not hit the target of 80% set by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis “soon enough,” according to the program manager.
The U.S. Navy has defined a mission and an operational concept for a Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter that rules out a joint aircraft development project with the U.S. Air Force.
Research organization Mitre Corp. has developed a concept architecture for commercial space operations that envisions “surface-to-space” traffic management.
Turkey’s Tubitak Sage research and development institute has begun development work on a modular guide bomb that could be fitted with a range of guidance systems and warheads.
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship made an early-morning rendezvous with the International Space Station May 6, while the investigation continues into how a Crew Dragon test capsule was destroyed on a test stand in April.
Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer delivered 11 commercial aircraft and 11 executive jets in the three-month quarter ended March 31, including the first E175 jet to Mauritania Airlines, the first of this model to the African continent.
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Lockheed Martin’s promised discounts so far fall short of the U.S. government’s expectation’s for a long-sought multi-year procurement contract for the stealthy fighter.
President Donald Trump said on May 3 that negotiations will begin soon on nuclear arms controls with Russia, then later expand to include China in a three-way agreement.
A ground-based laser weapon has shot down multiple air-launched missiles in a successful test of a surrogate for a planned aircraft-mounted demonstrator.
Lockheed Martin says there is a path to achieve the Defense Department’s $25,000 flight hour stretch goal for the F-35A by 2025, although Pentagon officials disagree.
The largest trade association representing U.S. aviation manufacturers is calling on the U.S. Senate to confirm three nominees to the Export-Import Bank’s board of directors.
