LUXEMBOURG — Today, the second Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) aircraft was delivered to the Multinational MRTT Unit (MMU), at the Main Operating Base in Eindhoven (The Netherlands).

Upon completion of the acceptance process, the ownership of the aircraft was transferred (through OCCAR) from Ai…

On Saturday 15 August, Ariane 5 completed a flawless launch from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, orbiting two satellites and a life extension vehicle: Galaxy 30 for Intelsat, MEV-2 for SpaceLogistics LLC and BSAT-4b for B-SAT.

The launch marked Ariane 5’s 109th fligh…

Lockheed Martin, maker of the F-35 Lightning II family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft, together with Israel’s Foreign Investment and Industrial Cooperation Authority, signed a new Industrial Cooperation Agreement (ICA) in a ceremony that was held at Lock…

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completed its 11th independent steaming event (ISE 11) Aug. 5, and is now more than halfway through her post-delivery test and trials (PDT&T) phase of operations.

During ISE 11, Ford completed many major PDT&T milestones designed to exercise installed systems and condu…

CANNES, France — Thales Alenia Space, a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has signed a contract with SES to build SES-22 and SES-23, geostationary communications satellites. These two new satellites are designed to provide digital broadcasting services over N…

Fighter jets from Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force reportedly crossed the “middle line” of the Taiwan Straits at around 9 am Monday morning, an hour before top US health official met with Taiwan regional leader Tsai Ing-wen.

The PLA operation is considered a strong response to the…