Fearing cyberattacks that could disable essential systems, U.S. Office of Naval Research is developing a technique to protect onboard computers from being hacked.
Dec. 11 is close to Christmas and ought to bring tidings of good cheer. But as the new “fiscal cliff” deadline approaches, it could feel a lot more like Halloween.
The U.S. Navy has released videos of the F-35C Lightning II undergoing the second phase of developmental tests aboard USS Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean.
The system integration laboratory for the team’s SB-1 Defiant demonstrator will fire up this year, followed in 2016 by the propulsion system test bed for the rigid coaxial-rotor compound helicopter.
Darpa’s Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems (Talons) program harks back to World War II, when Focke-Achgelis FA-330 rotary-wing kites were towed behind German U-boats.
The Astraea (Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment) program just completed 18 months of work on a virtual certification process, but has no funding in place for its next phase.
Antrix Corporation Ltd., the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), has been ordered by an international tribunal to pay compensation and damages totaling $672 million to Devas Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.
Boeing could have sustained the venerable C-17 line profitably for at least few more years, but several factors dictated that closing it is the smarter way to go.
Wide-area imaging for ScanEagle; parafoil sensor extends ship’s horizon; new look at anti-misting kerosene to prevent fuel explosions; new variable-stability helicopter with train test pilots; hybrid cargo airship nears design freeze.
Sikorsky looks forward to working with Lockheed Martin, post-merger, on defining the next steps for the so-far industry-funded S-97 Raider high-speed helicopter program.
The key challenge to integrating the two systems is to avoid scenarios in which evading one threat might inadvertently put the aircraft in danger from another type of collision.
After being the monopoly rocket supplier to the U.S. government for national security launches for nearly 10 years, the tables have turned for United Launch Alliance.
Having flown its S-97 Raider high-speed rotorcraft a second time, Sikorsky is looking forward to the merger with Lockheed Martin and to working closely with the defense giant on missionizing the light tactical helicopter for potential customers.
The Kestrel Maritime ViDAR system has been developed by Australian computer-vision software company Sentient and ScanEagle sensor supplier Hood Technology for installation on the Block D version of the UAV now deployed with most customers.
Hybrid-airship developer Aeros plans to freeze the configuration of its ML866 66-ton-payload cargo airship by year’s end. Work underway includes developing test articles for structural components and the buoyancy-management system.
Calspan has received a $1.57 million contract to provide a next-generation variable-stability system (VSS) for a Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter flown by the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (NTPS) at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have developed a new polymeric fuel additive that could reduce the intensity of post-impact explosions, potentially without adversely affecting engine performance.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is still voicing concerns about the trend of mergers, acquisitions and consolidation involving major defense contractors.
Though the bulk of ULA’s work is still with the U.S. government and will remain so for years to come, CEO Tory Bruno is posturing the company to be more competitive in the commercial market.
