The pressurized Perlan 2 is designed to reach 90,000 ft., but chief pilot Jim Payne is hoping to reach 60,000-65,000 ft. this year, enough to beat the record of 50,727 ft. set by Perlan 1 in 2006.
The House’s version of the defense policy bill, if passed, would authorize the Pentagon to take the next step toward an international F-35 “block buy” valued at as much as $40 billion.
Boecore Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been awarded a $93,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for shared early warning system (SEWS) support.
Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold, principal deputy director of the Pentagon’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office, says after almost 60 years of laser development, high-power laser technology is finally on the cusp of delivering battlefield utility.
The CST-100, along with SpaceX’s crewed Dragon, is one of two space capsules in development under NASA Commercial Crew contracts to fly U.S. astronauts to the ISS...
The Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA), a power generator with an experimental deployment mechanism launched to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this month, was jettisoned earlier this week after it failed to retract.
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has approved legislation that would boost weapons procurement by $18.6 billion above President Trump’s budget request, adding aircraft across the armed services.
The factory in Toulouse already has produced two “qualification satellites” for ground-testing purposes. Production of 10 “pilot satellites” has now started.
Able to detect, track, identify and defeat small unmanned aircraft, AUDS will be used to protect critical assets and personnel. The contract is estimated to be worth about €2 million ($2.3 million).
Images released by the company show a rail-mounted laser weapon capped by the company’s electro-optical infrared Multi-Spectral Targeting System, typically carried by the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper.
Senior staffers for the committee confirm that the proposal by the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee to create a Space Force has been carried forward to be voted on.
THALES and RELIANCE DEFENSE formed joint venture to develop Indian capabilities to integrate and maintain Radar and Electronic Warfare sensors. AIRBUS has French Gendarmerie order for an additional EC145; delivery in 2018. THALES unveiled Ground Fire family of multifunction ground radars June 19 at Paris.
Safran Helicopter Engines has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its Ardiden 3G helicopter engine, which powers Russian Helicopters’ Ka-62 medium twin. The helicopter hovered in 2016, but the test campaign was interrupted until the “official maiden flight” on May 25, 2017. During its maturation and certification ground trials, the Ardiden 3 has accumulated more than 8,500 test hours.
The first spacecraft is in storage, awaiting launch in 2018, and the second is integrated and ready for environmental testing, according to Lockheed Martin.
The launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) was the second mission for SpaceX in three days, following Friday’s deployment of Bulgaria’s first communications satellite.
