The follow-on award comes seven months after the same team completed the last of three successful tests for the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept program.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says the House's addition of $558 million for the force's Adaptive Engine Transition Program is akin to "throwing money away."
The global space industry is worth more than $400 billion, 80% of which comes from commercial activity, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
An audit of NASA's Deep Space Network recommends—among other suggestions—transmitter upgrades as part of the Deep Space Network Aperture Enhancement Project.
The Metrea Strategic Mobility-owned tanker offloaded nearly 90,000 lb. of fuel during 13 boom contacts with an RC-135 and E-3 during Exercise Resolute Hunter.
Leonardo has been awarded a €134 million ($151 million) contract that will enable aerospace engineering company 2Excel Aviation to begin modifying the Boeing 757 airliner.
The announced selection by the Indian Navy of a French fighter is another blow to the future of Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet assembly line in St. Louis.
The Indian Defense Acquisition Council on July 13 approved the acquisition of 26 Dassault Rafales for the Indian Navy, based on an intergovernmental agreement.
New fighters could become obsolete if they cannot quickly take on board emerging quantum computing technology when it becomes available, a UK minister says.
