Described by the Defense Department as a “new intercontinental, nuclear-armed, undersea autonomous torpedo,” the weapon's development was first revealed in 2015 when a diagram of an ocean-going vessel leaked to the press.
Swedish defense firm Saab is vehemently denying reports that it would split from a deal with Embraer to build Gripens fighters for Brazil if a tie-up between the Brazilian airframer and Boeing goes ahead.
Jakarta is behind in its monetary contributions. The finance ministry has refused to authorize a payment of $124.5 million due at the end of 2017 for the program.
Terma North America Inc., Warner Robins, Georgia, was awarded a $44,300,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a 3D audio system for F-16 C and D model aircraft.
Bombardier has made a last-ditch attempt to reopen the U.S. investigation into pricing of the C Series, but may have been misled by reporting on the increased range Embraer is now quoting for the E190-E2.
Indonesia is considering the Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-16V, industry sources say, with the Saab Gripen and Dassault Rafale also considered likely candidates.
The Google-backed $30-million contest to fly and operate a privately funded spacecraft on the Moon before March 31 is ending without any contestants ever blasting off.
The International Space Station's crucial arm received a much-anticipated upgrade during a Jan. 23 spacewalk by NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is implementing a series of congressionally mandated measures that effectively strip the U.S. Air Force of much of its space authority, and may develop a roadmap for establishing a separate military department for space activities.
EUROSAM consortium of MBDA and THALES has new five-year In Service Support contract from Occar for French and Italian land and naval systems (SAAM-Fr, SAAM-It, PAAMS and SAMP/T) and Aster missiles (Aster 15, Aster 30 and Aster 30 Block 1) from France, Italy and the UK.
Retired NASA astronauts Scott Altman and Tom Jones will join 95 other men and women as members of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in ceremonies scheduled for April 21 at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
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Turkey warned the U.S. before its air strikes against positions in Northern Syria occupied by U.S.-backed forces Jan. 20, Defense Secretary James Mattis says.
