India is planning to deploy electric propulsion technology to power satellites that will allow them to carry more transponders by saving weight on chemical propellants.
Once the development phase of the contract has been completed in 2018, the program will transition into a modernization program worth more than $50 billion, focused on cost reduction.
The need to provide the proper air defense for carrier strike groups is the driving force behind the U.S. Navy’s cruiser modernization plan, which sidelines the ships for some time.
At NASA’s Johnson Space Center, four women – a flight controller, scientist, medical doctor and aeronautical engineer – are simulating the most dynamic phases of a notional 715-day roundtrip mission to an asteroid.
German aerospace center DLR is teaming with Stanford University to test solutions to the familiar but often tense communications blackout that occurs when manned spacecraft re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
Lockheed Martin has confirmed its choice of a modernized Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X advanced trainer competition.
Boeing’s stock price closed down almost 7% on Feb. 11 in volatile trading on Wall Street after investors digested a list of relatively negative headlines regarding the OEM and prime defense contractor.
NASA plans to expand tests of morphing flap technology on a modified Gulfstream III to assess the effect on aircraft noise as well as the potential lift and load shifting benefits from axially twisting the flap to different angles from one end to the other.
The U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2017 budget request includes a notable increase in the number of ship- and aircraft-fired missile that starts a solid inventory growth over the future year’s defense plan (FYDP).
Swedish aerospace firm Saab has enjoyed a bumper year of growth thanks to significant contracts from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the Swing-Role Surveillance System (SRSS) and from Brazil’s partnership with the Gripen fighter.
