Bombardier surprised many last month when it announced it was shedding the Q400 regional turboprop program, the last of its de Havilland products.

By October, 17 months after the first flight, two C919s had flown for less than 150 hr. The program reportedly needs a total of 4,200 hr.

Captive carry tests of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne low-cost space launch system began on Nov. 18.

Connectivity and data processing challenges are key priorities in Franco-German fighter studies.

Aircraft developers, systems and air traffic management providers respond to NASA’s Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge.

As the U.S. pivots to an era of great power competition, the Pentagon’s research and engineering chief has directed the Defense Science Board (DSB) to study the future of military superiority that moves past modernizing equipment.

Airbus and British academia are studying the potential of very large satellite communication antennas to be placed in orbit.

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