The aircraft was launched from the Virginia Space UAS runway at Wallops on Oct. 18 on a planned seven-day flight, but with thunderstorms looming was recovered early, landing with 64 hr. of fuel remaining.
SPACEX has $40.8m U.S. Air Force contract for the development of Raptor rocket propulsion system prototype for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
The Pentagon is ramping up pressure on Congress to approve a new round of military base closures to save money, saying it has 19% too much infrastructure.
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The aircraft are being adopted by the Coast Guard from the military for maritime patrol and search-and-rescue missions through an inter-governmental transfer deal directed by Congress in the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act.
Prague has requested to purchase 12 UH-1Ys along with engines, sensors, spares and support for $575 million as part of its program to replace its fleet of Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters.
An executive order signed by the president Oct. 20 gives the U.S. Air Force the power to recall up to 1,000 retired airmen, but there are no plans for an involuntary recall.
The expected order for 12 helicopters will help fill a Republic of Korea Navy requirement for 40 new shipborne rotorcraft for anti-submarine and anti-ship operations.
NASA’s second extension of the Dawn probe's mission will allow low-altitude observations of the Texas-sized asteroid Ceres during its close pass of the Sun next year.
Inmarsat still expects the European Aviation Network (EAN) to be operational by the end of the year, despite an attempt by rival satellite operators to block it.
NASA is laying the groundwork for spacewalking International Space Station astronauts to repair vital internal cooling system pumps on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
