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Airbus Helicopters delivered two upgraded AS532 Cougars to the French army, the company said on March 13. Airbus was awarded a modernization program for 26 Cougars operated by the French […]

United Technologies Corp. [UTX] is exploring the divestiture of its $7.5 billion helicopter business because the long-term growth and earnings outlook at Sikorsky Aircraft doesn’t fit with the rest UTC’s […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—MD Helicopters has experienced growth in its military helicopter business while its competitors’ sales have declined, according to company CEO Lynn Tilton. “We’re sort of on the ‘other end’ […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on March 12 unveiled its offering for NASA’s second Cargo Resupply Services (CRS-2) program, which could be worth as much as $14 billion. The technologies behind the […]

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden warned a Senate panel March 12 that commercial crew contractors Boeing [BA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) could miss their 2017 launch readiness deadlines if […]

NASA and Orbital ATK [OA] conducted the first qualification ground test of a five-segmented rocket motor planned to be used for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the company said on […]

The Air Force is developing plans to compete additional Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellites, starting with space vehicle 11, and hopes to have a request for proposals out around […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully launched a Falcon 9 mission containing the EUTELSAT 115 West B and ABS-3A communications satellites March 1. The launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force […]

Rocket Lab on March 2 said it has completed a new round of financing with its existing investors and Bessemer Venture Partners and will receive a strategic investment from Lockheed […]

The first F-35A Lightning II assembled internationally was rolled out in Italy, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on March 12. Final assembly of the aircraft took place at the Cameri Final […]