The second version of China’s Long March 5 rocket, intended for building the country’s planned space station, will fly in mid-2019, a year later than planned.
Olin Corp.-Winchester Division, East Alton, Illinois, was awarded a $51,136,258 modification (P00020) to contract W52P1J-16-C-0003 for 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50 small caliber ammunition cartridges.
The F-35 Joint Program Office has delivered the flight clearances, simulators, threat information, and logistics system required for the Air Force’s F-35As equipped with the latest software load to employ all of its weapons throughout the full flight envelope.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $8.9m U.S. Navy contract for completion of development and fielding of the Aegis Baseline 9 weapon system and integrated Aegis combat system on remaining Aegis technical insertion (TI) 12 configured destroyers and TI 12/TI 08 cruisers.
GOES-S, the second of four spacecraft in the NASA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-R series, was launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral on March 1
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Lockheed Martin Chief Executive Marilyn Hewson says she has not spoken to President Donald Trump regarding potential U.S. trade tariffs and their consequences.
Share prices of Ultra Electronics plunged around 10% after the defense supplier abandoned the acquisition of Sparton, an electromechanical parts provider.
China will conduct five missions with Long March 11 solid-propellant launchers this year, confirming the fast-response rocket is finally regarded as mature.
Famed Silicon Valley venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz has led a Series A funding round into Astranis, “a new space startup producing small satellites that are cheaper and faster to build and launch than anyone else in the game,” representatives said March 1.
President Donald Trump’s decision to impose U.S. tariffs on imported steel and aluminum should have only a minor negative effect on aerospace manufacturers, but could set off a trade war with China, according to financial analysts.
Buying more Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings is an option, the Asahi newspaper says, adding the ministry also has looked at extending the life of the F-2, which is due to retire in the 2030s.
France’s armed forces ministry launched a program on Feb. 28 to renew the country’s fleet of electronic intelligence aircraft with three special-mission Falcon jets.
The Pentagon advanced research agency plans to launch a program, called Blackjack, in fiscal 2019 to leverage commercial mass-production capabilities to demonstrate a proliferated smallsat constellation in low Earth orbit that can constantly keep track of “very large numbers” of targets.
The European Space Agency's Inspector General is satisfied with the action plan ArianeGroup and Arianespace presented to correct the problems identified after the Ariane 5's trajectory mishap last month.
