The U.S. Air Force has elected to extend the time between major repair overhauls for its stealthy B-2 bombers by two years and decrease the time needed for each overhaul.
The last aircraft, the 279th off the line, was rolled into the facility’s paint shop at the end of August and will shortly begin engine and systems checks.
Deliveries of Royal Australian Navy MH-60R helicopters from Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin are running ahead of schedule, because U.S. budget-control measures are forcing delays in acquisition for the U.S. Navy.
U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler pilots fired an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile off the coast of Virginia during a Tactical Support Wing training event earlier this month, marking the first time Electronic Attack Squadron 209 (VAQ-209) has employed the Raytheon-built missile.
The FAA is proposing to update its decades-old rules that do not formally recognize launch and recovery operations for high-powered amateur rockets on U.S. soil.
Russia’s Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft docked with the International Space Station early Sept. 4, delivering a three-man crew for a week of spacecraft and personnel exchanges as well as technology demonstrations and science experiments.
Denmark’s first astronaut plans to join with ground-based researchers at ESA’s Telerobotics & Haptics Laboratory in The Netherlands over his weeklong stay aboard the International Space Station to demonstrate technologies for the orbital control of robots on planetary surfaces.
Boeing says it is on track to fly its CST-100 commercial crew vehicle in September and December 2017 for the first U.S.-launched human missions to the International Space Station since 2011.
Terrafugia is threatening to move its TF-X small UAV flying car research and development work out of the U.S. if the FAA does not grant the company an exemption for its work.
Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio have signed agreements valued at €182 million ($205 million) with Italian space agency ASI to begin work on the next phase of Italy’s dual-use COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) radar satellite program.
China announced a cut of about 13% in armed forces personnel on Sept. 3 ahead of a parade that marked the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II.
The first two Lockheed Martin F-35As for the U.S. Air Force’s initial operational Joint Strike Fighter unit were delivered to the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB, Utah, on Sept. 2.
Four helicopter manufacturers will compete to fulfill Poland’s accelerated attack helicopter requirement, replacing the country’s fleet of Russian-built Mil-24/25 Hinds.
Airbus Helicopters is planning to halt production of its AS355 Ecureuil 2 (Twin Squirrel) twin-engine light helicopter in favor of its more modern products, the company has confirmed.
The Obama administration says it wants to accelerate the acquisition of a replacement heavy icebreaker to 2020 from 2022, begin planning for construction of additional icebreakers and call on Congress to help provide sufficient resources to fund the “critical” investments.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier CVN 76 USS Ronald Reagan departed San Diego recently for Yokosuka, Japan, to replace the CVN 73 George Washington as the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier, patrolling the 7th Fleet area of responsibility in the Asia-Pacific region.
U.S. Marines in training used Office of Naval Research (ONR)-developed augmented-reality technology for the first time as part of recent live-fire training exercises, the Navy says.
