As Boeing works to repair deficiencies in the KC-46 tanker’s fuel management system design, U.S. Air Force officials are undergoing a major review of the project’s master plan.
A Royal Australian Air Force Airbus KC-30A multi-role tanker transport is expected to continue tanking tests with a USAF Lockheed Martin F-35A through October.
Airbus Helicopters has asked engine manufacturers for information on higher-power turboshafts for the U.S. Army’s UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter.
The FAA needs to provide the government with more details to justify increasing its budget for regulating the space launch industry by 9%, the GAO says.
The U.S. Navy is letting contracts for upkeep and upgrades of the current submarine fleet to mitigate expected sub force shortfalls in the coming decades.
Top NASA managers are pledging further reforms in managing the cost and schedule of major programs in response to recommendations from the agency’s IG.
India’s first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory, Astrosat, has been successfully launched into orbit with six foreign satellite secondary payloads.
The U.K. is extending the intelligence gathering mission of its Raytheon Sentinel radar-reconnaissance aircraft against the Islamic State for an extra year.
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. are keen to increase momentum for production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. But ongoing budget turmoil in the U.S. and elsewhere and political changes in Canada could pose real hurdles for the program.
