Orbital ATK’s eighth resupply mission to the ISS will carry a number of forward-looking scientific research and technology demonstrations to be staged aboard microsats.
Australia has given its clearest indication so far of the timing of a submarine program that will dominate its defense budget until the middle of the century.
A possible visit to Jakarta by Russian President Vladimir Putin is raising the possibility that Indonesia will sign a contract for 11 Sukhoi Su-35 Flankers this month.
The $1.2 trillion cost of modernizing the nation’s nuclear arsenal over the next 30 years has renewed debate about whether all of the Pentagon’s new programs are actually necessary.
CAE Defense and Security is working with the Canadian government to test its new sensor on the Royal Canadian Air Force’s submarine-hunting Lockheed CP-140 Aurora.
Key goals are accelerating the safe integration of beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations, including package delivery, and addressing safety and security concerns with operations close to people and critical infrastructure.
The head of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center forecasts a significant funding bump in the service’s fiscal 2019 space budget for more prototyping, demonstration and experimentation programs.
Development of a system designed to convert any helicopter to autonomous operation for unmanned resupply or medevac missions is entering the final stages of demonstration.
Civilian casualties caused by airstrikes conducted by U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces increased by 52% during the first nine months of 2017 over the same time period one year earlier.
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson says the incidents were the culmination of declining standards in seamanship and watch-standing skills among crews over a “sustained period of time.”
U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS and F-16 aircraft will be some of the armed service’s first to undergo a predictive maintenance trial fueled by artificial intelligence (AI) and so-called Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, the winning contractor for the service said Nov. 1.
The Federal Claims Court in Washington on Oct. 31 sided with the State Department in awarding a contract to AAR for the Worldwide Aviation Support Services program.
Five companies will share kickoff funds totaling about $2.4 million to study options for a solar power and propulsion module for NASA’s proposed Deep Space Gateway.
The U.S. State Department approves of a potential sale worth up to $1 billion for construction, cybersecurity and force protection infrastructure connected to Qatar's Boeing F-15QA fighter program.
