SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $105 million contract to deliver a GPS ground control system as the Next-Generation Operational Control Segment (OCX) program winds down, continuing the company's role in sustaining and modernizing U.S. GPS ground infrastructure for military and civil users.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Knight Aerospace completes Critical Design Review for Royal Netherlands Air Force's C-390 aeromedical evacuation system, clearing the program for production.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Apex to develop larger satellites for missile defense, space-based computing Apex to develop larger satellites for missile defense, space-based computing.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: The first mass production example of a new South Korean unmanned air vehicle designed to monitor North Korea has been rolled out, with service entry set for 2027.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: Australian Air Force tests casualty air evacuation capabilities in multinational medical exercise alongside New Zealand and US Pacific Air Forces personnel.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The move is a rare use of the probe-and-drogue method for in-flight refuelling by the US Air Force, which typically conducts such missions via a fuel transfer boom.
Air & Space Forces Mag
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: India’s Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) program is entering a decisive phase, with local media reports indicating that Airbus’ A400M is increasingly viewed as unsuitable due to its size and cost.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Textron Aviation Defense will display a simulator for the Beechcraft M-346N advanced jet trainer at the Sea-Air-Space event from April 20 to 22 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
