Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has taken temporary charge of the Indian defense ministry after previous defense chief Manohar Parrikar stepped down.
Russian state corporation Rostec says it is testing technology to convert solar energy into laser energy that can be beamed to Earth from an orbiting power satellite.
SpaceX beat out United Launch Alliance (ULA) to win a $96.5 million contract to launch a next-generation GPS III satellite to orbit, a huge victory for Elon Musk’s space venture.
Japanese online retailer Rakuten has formed a joint venture with low-altitude airspace service provider AirMap to provide air traffic management for UAVs, or UTM, in Japan.
A who’s who of U.S. aerospace and defense companies is offering industry’s cover to help make sure Washington passes a Republican tax regime that is in part expected to cut corporate rates.
Three crewmen are missing and presumed dead after the March 14 crash of a Sikorsky S-92 search and rescue helicopter operated for the Irish coast guard.
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is slated to launch the EchoStar 23 communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center.
Blue Storm Associates Inc., doing business as Pemdas Technologies and Innovation, Alexandria, Virginia, was awarded a $49,500,000 order dependent contract.
Amid intensifying government and commercial interest worldwide in systems to counter the threat from UAVs, startup Department 13 has demonstrated its software-based Mesmer system in Australia.
The U.S. Air Force recently launched a review of the propulsion system used to boost Lockheed Martin’s military satellites into space following undisclosed “observations” during transit between orbits.
Even as the USAF looks to accelerate procurement of a next-generation ground surveillance and battle management fleet, a new study shows the fuselage of the existing J-Stars aircraft has more life.
The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute is seeking study proposals on nine fronts that range from genetic diagnostic techniques to surgery and synthetic food production.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $750m Defense Logistics Agency contract for flight line spare parts through March 31, 2022. BAE, CONTINENTAL MARITIME and GENERAL DYNAMICS have $383.1m U.S Navy contract for maintenance, repair and modernization of amphibious ships homeported in San Diego, CA, through March 2018.
The global satellite industry is closely watching President Donald Trump’s “America First” trade policy rhetoric – because decisions in this area can make a big difference in such a competitive market. Continued mixed messaging on the Export-Import Bank, for example, is warmly welcomed by non-U.S. companies. And other changes in U.S. politics can help foreign competitors as well. “If relations between the U.S.
Engine manufacturers are lining up to upgrade or replace the Boeing B-52H’s outdated and inefficient Pratt & Whitney TF33 low-bypass turbofan engines to keep the mighty Cold War bomber flying beyond 2050.
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