The German Navy fleet of P-3C Orion anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft will be rewinged with a Mid-Life Upgrade under an eight-year contract. This contract, which was awarded by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), was won by Airbus Defense and Space and Lockheed Martin Overseas Services.
Learn MoreThe United States Army announced that they have retired their Northrop Grumman MQ-5B Hunter UAV aircraft after the last flight took place at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. This aircraft has been in service since 1996 and has received multiple upgrades including a USD$91.2 million reset back in 2011. It is being replaced by another Northrop Grumman model, the MQ-1C Gray Eagle.
Learn MoreOrbital ATK announced that it had secured a $23.6 million contract to launch the US Air Force’s ORS-5 satellite on its Minotaur 4 rocket. With an anticipated launch date set for the second quarter of 2017, the US Air Force’s ORS-5 space surveillance satellite, also known as the SensorSat, is currently being designed and produced by MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory. The MIT team plans to use the satellite to scan and survey the geosynchronous-orbit belt from a low-Earth orbit vantage point.
Learn MoreBall Aerospace & Technologies Corporation will support principal investigator Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University to develop a Thermal Emission Imaging System for a NASA exploration mission to Europa, a moon of Jupiter.
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