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The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully flew the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter off the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109), marking the unmanned system’s first at-sea flight […]

The U.S. Army installed the first Ground-Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) system radar at Ford Hood, Texas, it said on Dec. 15. Fort Hood has two MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered the fourth payload of the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected military satellite to the AEHF prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] 4 ½ months […]

The Air Force pushed the Dec. 11 NROL-35 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to Dec. 12 due to weather, according to launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA). Launch […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V carrying a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload was scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., on Dec. 11, the […]

NASA pushed back its Space Launch System (SLS) first launch goal to roughly June 2018 from its previous estimate of December 2017, a key official said Dec. 10. NASA Associate […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in the early stages of creating its own space situational awareness (SSA) capability, much like the Defense Department’s Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) Mission […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] said Dec. 9 it contracted with United Launch Alliance (ULA) for an Atlas V launch in the fourth quarter of 2015 with an option for a second […]

The Sweden Defence Material Administration (FMV) gave a $76 million order to Saab to remain a supplier for the continuing support and upgrade of the Gripen aircraft that Sweden leases […]

Airbus Helicopters delivered the first two Tiger attack helicopters of the HAD Block 2 version to the French Army, the company said on Dec. 11. The HAD Block 2 Tiger […]