The US Air Force has tasked Boeing and Northrop Grumman with the iteration of preliminary designs for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program – the nation’s next Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. Boeing and Northrop Grumman have each been awarded risk-reduction contracts within the GBSD program, which will see the Minuteman ...
The sixth and final Boeing Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) has been launched and will enhance NASA’s space communications network when the satellite becomes fully operational early next year. TDRS-M is the latest satellite in NASA’s TDRS constellation and will provide high-bandwidth communications to spacecraft in low-Earth orbit. The TDRS ...
Boeing is to build and test three U.S. Army CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters as part of modernization plans that is envisaged will bring another two decades of work to the company’s Philadelphia site. A recent $276 million contract will fund the helicopters, which will make technology advancements to increase the ...
Perhaps the greatest event in the 2017 global aerospace industry calendar, the International Paris Air Show looks set to reveal and confirm some major developments in the aerospace and defence sector, as defence features writer Mark Lane discovers talking to Anand Parameswaran of Cyient. Paris-Le Bourget airport is ready to welcome ...