Japan has chosen the Lockheed Martin Long Range Discrimination Radar over the rival Raytheon SPY-6 as the sensor for the country's Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense program.
Only UK companies are being allowed to tender for a sovereign program for a low-cost unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), according to the Royal Air Force.
A Minuteman III ICBM test launch was terminated over the Pacific Ocean early in the morning on July 31, according to the U.S. Air Force’s Global Strike Command.
The Indonesian Air Force says it will begin receiving five Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules in 2019, followed by a first batch of Sukhoi Su-35 fighters.
In agreement with the Brazilian Air Force, Embraer has determined the twin-engine airlifter will enter service in 2019 rather than at the end of this year.
U.S. AIR FORCE began its own depot maintenance at Robins AFB, GA, for E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft July 17, supplementing contractor efforts to deliver aircraft faster and increase the number available for operations.
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A consortium led by Garuda Robotics has been selected to develop an urban airspace management system for unmanned aircraft in the city-state of Singapore.
“In our judgment, NASA’s current plan to transition the station to commercial operation by 2025 is fraught with challenges and uncertainty,” the agency's inspector general says.
With backing from Airbus Ventures, commercial space situational awareness provider LeoLabs is to expand its ground-radar network to track smaller objects in low Earth orbit.
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is expected to transmit its first extra solar system planet search data back to Earth in early August.
Sofia has requested formation from France, Germany Israel, Italy, Portugal, Sweden and the U.S. Among the types requested include new-build F-16 Block 70s from the U.S.
“The three firms and their partners will work with the URSC to [each] assemble at least three small to medium satellites every year, to have 27 satellites by the end of 2021,” ISRO says.
The aircraft carrier modifications needed to accommodate the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned refueling tanker revolve around preparing mission control space and installing control and connectivity testing.
As the UK prepares to leave the European Union, its aerospace research universities are joining forces to create a national aviation consortium to provide a single point of engagement with the global aerospace industry.
