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Airbus Helicopters presented the first of six EC725 rotorcraft, acquired for combat search and rescue (CSAR) missions, to Indonesia at the company’s Marignane, France facility on Nov. 6. Members of […]

Canada and Peru have awarded General Dynamics [GD] Canada a multi-million dollar contract to upgrade and overhaul five SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters for delivery to Peru, the company said Oct. […]

CACI International Inc [CACI] was awarded a two-year (one base year plus one option year) $32.5 million contract to support the development of specialized technologies for the Night Vision and […]

An Air Force investigation has found that a fuel leak is to blame for an October 2012 GPS IIF-3 launch RL-10B anomaly, the service said last week. The fuel leak […]

The Air Force’s eighth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-series satellite (GPS IIF-8) signaled to controllers it is functioning properly about 3.5 hours after the Oct. 29 launch, according to prime […]

More discussion is needed about the potential limitations of satellite disaggregation for the Defense Department, including changes that would be made to interconnecting systems and the financial investment those changes […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] will not stop work on its Cygnus space capsule that contains the cargo delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) following the Oct. 28 launch failure that […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] CEO David Thompson said Oct. 29 there is no specific provision in the agreement for company’s proposed $5 billion merger with ATK [ATK] covering launch failure and […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] is in discussions with rival launch providers, two domestic and one European, over hosting future NASA Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) missions while its Antares launch vehicle is […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] on Nov. 3 announced the following individuals will comprise the Antares launch failure Accident Investigation Board (AIB), which is being led by Orbital under the oversight of […]