U.S. officials are in advanced discussions with Pakistan for a permanent agreement to use that country’s air space for counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan, and are still talking with other nearby nations such as Tajikistan and Uzbekistan for potential basing, a top Pentagon official told lawmakers.
In July 2019, research and development center Tecnalia in Spain’s Basque region conducted tethered indoor test flights of the prototype of an unusual “drone of drones” design for an autonomous air taxi. Now Spanish unmanned aircraft services provider Umiles has acquired the design from Tecnalia with the goal of producing the first 100% domestically developed electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
Italian and French airport operators have formed a company, Urban Blue, with international ambitions to design, build and manage the vertiport infrastructure for urban air mobility.
The UK and U.S. have agreed to extend the support arrangements to maintain the operation of the Royal Air Force’s Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint signals-intelligence aircraft through 2035.
NASA and SpaceX this week will focus on closing out an assessment of changes made to the toilet aboard the Crew-3 Dragon spacecraft prior to its scheduled Oct. 31 launch to the International Space Station.
Kratos has received a $17.7 million contract to build and fly an Off-Board Sensor Station for the Air Force Research Laboratory within a year, the Defense Department said on Oct. 25.
The U.S. Air Force’s potential Advanced Tactical Trainer, recently announced in a request for information, is expected to serve as a bridge for pilots graduating from initial training in a T-38, or eventually a Boeing-Saab T-7, before entering the cockpit of an operational fighter.
The U.S. Air Force has started to claw back from an engine shortage in its F-35 fleet that has grounded dozens of the aircraft, as Pratt & Whitney and the service’s depot have changed some processes and sped up production.
A team of heritage and new space companies headed by Blue Origin and Sierra Space plan to build, launch and operate an International Space Station-class commercial outpost in low Earth orbit that can be tailored and expanded to accommodate a broad array of scientific, technological, business, entertainment and other pursuits.
The U.S. Air Force’s potential Advanced Tactical Trainer, recently announced in a request for information, is expected to serve as a bridge for pilots graduating from initial training in a T-38, or eventually a Boeing-Saab T-7, before entering the cockpit for an operational fighter.
Startup ZeroAvia has partnered with Mitsubishi’s CRJ support division, MHI RJ Aviation, to develop hydrogen-electric propulsion for regional jets, aiming for market availability in 2028.
After conducting four crewed spaceflights, including a commercial mission without NASA oversight, SpaceX has won Russia’s backing to fly cosmonauts on its Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Twenty years after winning the Joint Strike Fighter contract, Rick Rezabek still remembers a mistake Lockheed Martin made at the beginning of the design for the X-35.
The commander of the United Arab Emirates Air Force has visited Israel for the first time, as defense relations between the two countries warm following the normalization of diplomatic relations.
Bell has begun handing over AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command in preparation for delivery to export customer Bahrain.
Chinese Tesla rival XPeng has unveiled a “flying car,” a two-seat, supercar-style electric vehicle that transforms into a twin-rotor helicopter, under development by its affiliate HT Aero.
Airflow has signed a memorandum of understanding with Honeywell to explore use of the avionics manufacturer’s IntuVue RDR-84K compact multimode radar for detect-and-avoid on its planned electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Citing increased confidence following static tests of its ultraquiet electric propulsors, startup Whisper Aero has accelerated plans to use the technology in a quiet, efficient electric general aviation aircraft.
South Korean defense agencies and manufacturers are in the exploratory stages of developing manned-unmanned teaming to operate alongside KF-21 fighter.
With the initial Space Launch System (SLS) assembly now complete at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the agency is looking to a Feb. 12-27 launch window for its uncrewed Artemis I test flight to the Moon.
