U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter previewed the fiscal 2017 U.S. defense budget: The $582.7 billion top line will conform to last fall’s bipartisan budget agreement but will also be a “major inflection point” in terms of long-term re-equipment of the force.
Appointment of a successor to Pentagon director of operational test and evaluation (DOT&E) Michael Gilmore will spark a lobbying war in Washington, fueled by Gilmore’s harsh criticism of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, according to defense analyst Pierre Sprey and Tom Christie, the Pentagon’s first DOT&E.
Demand for a commercial human facility with International Space Station research capabilities is not a foregone conclusion, and may develop only slowly if at all as the station approaches the end of its service life in 2024 or later, academics and engineers say.
Cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko and Sergey Volkov retrieved, deployed and conducted experiments outside the Russian segment of the International Space Station during a Feb. 3 spacewalk.
The critical pressure vessel for the Orion capsule has arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for testing leading up to its use on the first uncrewed flight test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket in late 2018.
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson is visiting India through Feb. 6 to help deepen maritime partnerships between the two countries, Navy officials say.
The Taiwan Aviation Safety Council (ASC) successfully deployed a UAV as part of its investigation into the July 23, 2014 crash of a TransAsia Airways ATR-72-500 on the island of Hoko, west of Taiwan.
NASA space shuttle-era astronauts Brian Duffy and Dr. Scott Parazynski will enter the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame during May 13-14 ceremonies at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex near Cape Canaveral.
SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. (SJC) has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin for the JCSAT-17 telecommunications satellite that will be based on the updated A2100 spacecraft bus.
The U.S. Navy recently awarded a follow-on, omnibus contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems that continues a broad scope of work for fire control systems and subsystems aboard the U.S. Navy’s and U.K. Royal Navy’s nuclear ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN),
Luxembourg aims to become a hub of European space exploration under a new government-backed initiative that will promote the mining of minerals from asteroids and other near Earth objects.
The burgeoning space economy needs government regulation before it spins out of control, a young conservative House Republican congressman urged space-industry representatives Feb. 2.
The new U.S. defense budget to be published Feb. 9 will include initial development of an “arsenal plane” which would operate in conjunction with Lockheed Martin F-22s and F-35s and “act as a very large magazine,” according to Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
Both the MH-60R and MH-60S Seahawk helicopter models face testing challenges for certain specific missions, according to a recently released report by the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) office.
The U.S. Marine Corps is considering resetting its Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion heavy helicopter fleet in order to address concerns about poor reliability and readiness.
The U.K. defense ministry will spend £1.1 billion ($1.58 billion) on the modernization of fixed-wing flying training for the country’s three armed services.
While the proposed Aegis combat system improvements are generally going well, the U.S. Navy faces some testing hurdles, a recently released report by the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation office says.
With China on the rise and maritime territorial disputes growing in the Asia-Pacific region, Okinawa is becoming more important for U.S. strategic interests, according to the Congressional Research Service.
