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Airbus Helicopters announced Jan. 31 it has successfully demonstrated the ability to fire Thales’ laser-guided rockets (LGR’s) from its H145M helicopters. The tests were conducted in Dec. 2017 at the […]

Columbia Helicopters has received a new task order to continue providing rotary wing airlift support to U.S. Central Command in Afghanistan. The latest deal boosts their total contract value another $35.7 […]

The Army has won an appeal against Leonardo’s lawsuit attempting to block its pursuit of sole-source contracts for Airbus’ UH-72 Lakota helicopters. The U.S. Court of Appeals announced its decision Jan. 23 […]

Ann Roosevelt, a veteran defense trade reporter who capped her career as deputy editor of Defense Daily before retiring in 2014, died peacefully at her home on Jan. 26 in […]

The House Armed Services Committee intends to closely monitor how the Department of Defense implements the space management overhaul recently mandated by Congress, the panel’s chairman said Jan. 16. The […]

SpaceX has delayed the first two flights of its new Crew Dragon spacecraft by several months because the company’s development work needs more time, a NASA official said Jan. 17. Crew […]

Rocket Lab, whose new Electron launch vehicle recently reached orbit for the first time, revealed Jan. 23 that the rocket included a previously undisclosed kick stage designed to increase orbital […]

SpaceX fired the Falcon Heavy’s engines on a launch pad for the first time Jan. 24, moving the new rocket closer to its long-awaited first flight test.  The company tweeted a […]

The U.S. Air Force’s fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO-4) missile-warning satellite lifted off late Jan. 19 on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket from Cape […]

The Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) expects to start transitioning the hypervelocity gun weapon system (HGWS) to the services over the next year, an official said Jan. 25. Vincent […]