Lockheed plans to flight test an improved version of its Miniature Hit-To-Kill (MHTK) missile in July as it readies the weapon for an expected U.S. Army competition for a counter rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) interceptor.
A new Orbital ATK venture set up to develop commercial on-orbit satellite-servicing capabilities has signed Intelsat as its first paying customer, with launch of the initial Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1) to an out-of-service Intelsat bird as early as 2018.
As U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar concluded meetings earlier this month during the Pentagon chief’s visit to India, the two countries agreed to strengthen their military and industrial defense bonds.
Lockheed Martin is leveraging power, environmental control, galley and waste compartment systems already under development for its Orion crew exploration capsule for an in-space habitat the company is developing under one of a dozen NASA commercial partnership agreements.
Oklahoma Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine hopes to build consensus around space policy issues that could feed into a number of other bills – defense authorization, NASA reauthorization or FAA reauthorization — before the year is out.
A Texas-based company has signed a five-year agreement with Spaceport America in New Mexico to begin commercial flights of its reusable suborbital launch vehicle later this year.
Nearly two years after the last E-4B flew from Boeing’s facility here, a new large aircraft completion center, Emerald Aerospace, has opened inside the former Boeing hangar.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is embarking on some major Pentagon organizational reforms — including clarifying the role of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and potentially creating a full-fledged cyber combatant command.
An assessment of telemetry streaming back to Earth for the remainder of this week could permit the planet hunter to join a novel joint microlensing observation campaign that got underway April 7.
NASA is denying reports that its Cassini spacecraft is experiencing “unexplained deviations in its orbit around Saturn,” which some attribute to the gravitational pull of a possible undiscovered planet in our Solar System. “While the proposed planet’s existence may eventually be confirmed by other means, mission navigators have observed no unexplained deviations in the spacecraft’s orbit since its arrival there in 2004,” NASA says.
PRATT & WHITNEY signed work agreements worth $17m over 10 years with Italian aerospace suppliers AEREA SPA, APR SRL, MEPIT SRL, and NCM SPA to manufacture F135 engine components for F-35 Lightning II. BOEING wins $922.6m U.S. Army contract for 117 AH-64E remanufactured Apache helicopters. Work to be performed in Mesa, AZ; complete by May 31, 2018. DUTCH AIR FORCE completed testing April 4 to certify KDC-10 tanker to refuel F-35A. Dutch F-35 was refueled during the day, at dusk, at night in flights at Edwards AFB, CA.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has cleared its Douglas KDC-10 aerial tanker to refuel the F-35, paving the way for the fighter’s public debut in June.
U.S. and Indian defense and industry officials are conducting more discussions on fighter production, continuing on their existing aviation deals, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says.
A successful multinational strategy to reach Mars with human explorers in the 2030s will require the commitment of a long-term, risk-tolerant investor, according to the most recent joint assessment from Explore Mars, Inc. and the American Astronautical Society.
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), the manufacturer of the Airlander 10 hybrid airship, has been given clearances by European and U.K. aviation regulators to start flight tests.
The president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association plans to promote a set of steps the government can take to help the U.S. space industry compete on the international market.
