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Space

Rocket Lab Says Electron’s First Flight Cut Short By Ground Equipment Glitch

By Marc Selinger

Monday, August 7th, 2017

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Rocket Lab Says Electron’s First Flight Cut Short By Ground Equipment Glitch

Rocket Lab's Electron rocket lifts off in its first flight test. (Courtesy of Rocket Lab)

Rocket Lab’s new Electron rocket did not reach orbit during its first flight test in May because a ground-equipment problem forced the flight to be ended early, the company announced Aug. 7.While the two-stage rocket made it into space after lifting off from a company launch site in New Zealand (Defense Daily, May 25), data-gathering equipment owned and operated by an independent contractor temporarily lost contact with the rocket four minutes into the flight, requiring range safety officials to terminate…

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]