Expected to begin launching in 2014, Iridium NEXT extends and enhances Iridium mobile communications services and opens up new business and Earth observation opportunities for commercial and government customers and partners.

EADS and Eurocopter signed an agreement to develop helicopter activities in Kazakhastan. A Eurocopter EC135 is shown in the Western Asian country.

The training and engineering test facilities for the U.S. Army’s fleet of MQ-5B Hunter Unmanned Aircraft Systems are being moved to the new Rapid Integration and Acceptance Center (RIAC) in Utah.

The Learjet 85’s carbon fiber structure will maximize cabin volume with thinner structural sidewalls, providing for a large stand-up cabin.

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, which ATK is developing the large solar arrays for, will circle the Earth approximately once every 100 min, monitoring environmental conditions and collecting, disseminating, and processing data about the planet's weather, atmosphere, oceans, land, and near-space environment. Northrop Grumman