Two U.S. senators are leading a push to modestly boost the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) budget to an average of $113.4 million a year through fiscal 2023.
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Annual foreign sales of arms and military services by U.S.-based companies jumped 4% to $217.2 billion in 2016, according to a well-known Swedish think tank.
North Sea offshore helicopter operators have completed simulator trials of Honeywell’s Mark XXII enhanced ground proximity warning system for helicopters.
Boeing says it is “focused on the competition, not promotional flights,” having already submitted its T-X proposal in March and the corresponding flight-test data in June.
Experiment results on Europe’s Microscope mini-sat have confirmed a key principle in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, French space agency CNES says.
The contract also comes just days after Qatar signed up to purchase 12 additional Dassault Rafales from France adding to the 24 it already has on order as well as the 36 Boeing F-15QA Advanced Eagles being purchased from the United States.
Northrop Grumman on Dec. 7 formally announced it won a $750 million logistics and support services contract for the U.S. Army’s fleet of 75 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.
Japan intends to arm its new F-35 with the medium-range Joint Strike Missile following North Korea’s most recent intercontinental ballistic missile test.
Bell Helicopter is progressing toward first flight of the V-280 Valor slower than hoped, having missed the target months of September, October and November.
India is aiming to step up its satellite launches next year by having one mission per month as it tries to magnify its presence in the global space business.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has postponed the launch of the National Reconnaissance Office’s classified NROL-47 spacecraft from its previous target of this month to no earlier than Jan. 10, 2018.
The UK Space Agency announced Dec. 7 it was committing £200,000 ($269,000) for four new business incubators to try to help grow Britain’s space industry.
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will remain aboard the International Space Station for at least another three years under a fixed-price contract.
