Airbus is preparing to test fire precision-guided missiles and bombs as well as the Eurofighter Typhoon’s cannon from its C295 as part of its development work for an armed version of the airlifter.
The program will remove obsolescence and add new capabilities to the fleet, senior UAE officials told journalists here on the third day of the Dubai Airshow.
PAL Aerospace has unveiled a surveillance platform that it plans to offer on an on-demand basis for governments urgently needing additional reconnaissance capabilities.
Orbital ATK’s eighth NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission capsule reached the International Space Station early Nov. 14 with a 7,400-lb. cargo intended to support a wide range of activities.
Launching of the NOAA/NASA Joint Polar Satellite System-1 spacecraft was rescheduled for early Nov. 15 following the call for a 24-hr. delay late in the first countdown on Nov. 14.
Japan will delay a decision scheduled for the fiscal year beginning in April 2018 on how to procure a replacement for its Mitsubishi Heavy Industries F-2 fighters, Reuters reports.
In what might be an example of the industrial effect of subdued U.K. defense spending, England’s Ultra Electronics said Nov. 10 that CEO Rakesh Sharma “stepped down” immediately.
The U.S. Defense Department is on course to begin a three-year pilot program to charge losers of contract bid protests under a provision of the recently agreed on defense authorization compromise for fiscal 2018.
Japan’s defense technology organization is proposing a five-year research program for an electric laser for missile defense of ships and ground targets.
Approval of the UAE’s request to buy the F-35 hinges on the Gulf nation’s agreeing to take steps to protect the fighter’s sensitive technology and vast data bank of critical information.
The major supplier to China’s space program says it is conducting tests in preparation for space launches from a ship starting next year and also plans to fly a spaceplane around 2020.
In developing the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation fighter capability, the service’s No. 2 military officer is backing a return to a “Century Series” model.
Lockheed Martin’s radar experts in Syracuse are introducing new air surveillance technologies to counter emerging threats from quadcopters to reentry vehicles.
With several embryonic pan-European development programs on the horizon, Airbus Defense and Space is looking to position itself to lead on them. But it also faces a big task on completing development on existing programs such as the complex A400M airlifter.
The U.S. government is in the early stages of discussions about selling the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the UAE and other allies in the Persian Gulf, according to top brass.
