India’s Reliance Defense Ltd. wants to establish a naval ship-building facility in the country at an estimated cost of 50 billion rupees ($748 million).
It appears China landed three aircraft earlier this month on a newly built airfield located on an artificial island over Kagitingan, the Pentagon confirms.
With the goal of eliminating the arrays for nonstructural aerials on current intelligence-gathering aircraft, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is developing spray-on and load-bearing conformal antennas.
Astronauts on the International Space Station will deploy a pair of cubesats as early as next month to test the ability of the tiny spacecraft to receive and distribute ground commands, and to find the best route to send data back to Earth autonomously.
Airbus and German aerospace center DLR are working to improve computational tools and wind-tunnel testing for accurately predicting the maximum-lift performance of transport aircraft.
The recent North Korean nuclear bomb test shows the need for discussing all options for South Korean defense, including potentially deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad), Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook says.
Scientists prepare to save dollars for research; officials call for increased missile defense presence after North Korean test; and the FAA signs up 181,000 small UAS owners.
Canada’s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, the robot commonly referred to as Dextre, is set to get a new set of eyes for inspections and other operations outside the International Space Station.
NASA should take a deep look at the activities expected of astronauts launched on future missions to the lunar environs, near Earth asteroids and Mars to better address their spacesuit needs, a panel of experts says.
Large aerospace companies in Europe benefited from low oil prices last year and will continue to do so in the coming year, French aerospace suppliers group Gifas says.
French procurement agency DGA has ordered six NH90-TTH tactical transport helicopters from NHIndustries, a purchase enabled by a mid-term spending boost to the nation’s military program law, a six-year funding scheme covering the period 2014-19.
The Slovakian defense ministry has said a government-to-government deal with Sweden to lease Saab Gripen fighters could be finalized in the next few months.
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory says it recently completed testing of cooperative autonomous soaring algorithms used to keep unmanned sailplanes aloft for sustained flight durations.
U.S. Air Force eyes GPS satellite options; ULA stocks up on Russian engines; Lockheed wins C-130 multiyear contract; India test-fires the Barak-8 missile.
