The U.S. Air Force has lost effectiveness by not having enough aircraft available and not flying them enough, and is undertaking a modernization effort that does not address current needs, the conservative Heritage Foundation says in its yearly assessment of military strength.
The U.S. Air Force has deployed its B-1B Lancer to both the Pacific and Europe simultaneously, a message that the service has growing confidence in the health of a fleet that faced readiness struggles and has seen heavy cuts within the past year.
In testimony before the U.S. House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Oct. 20, NASA made it clear the agency faces significant strategic and technical challenges in developing a nuclear propulsion capability to lead the way for the human exploration of Mars by the end of the 2030s.
DHL Express plans to demonstrate the use of delivery drones for port logistics in a joint initiative with Malaysian aviation services company Pen Aviation and local cargo operator Raya Airways.
Turkish Aerospace Industries’ Aksungur twin-engine, medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system has entered service with the Turkish navy, the first customer for the platform.
Attempts to fully unfurl and latch a solar array on NASA’s recently launched Lucy asteroid probe will resume no earlier than the end of next week, NASA said on Oct. 19.
Korea Aerospace Industries is working to improve the low observable capability of its new KF-21 fighter, although the plan has yet to be approved by the Ministry of National Defense and defense procurement agency DAPA.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is putting its new Boeing CH-47F Chinooks through their paces, validating capabilities at the annual Exercise Wallaby in Australia.
Rocket Lab will attempt a controlled ocean splashdown and recovery of the Electron small satellite launcher earmarked for flight next month, the company said on Oct. 19.
Boeing is nearing the end of a winding technical analysis of a valve problem that scotched plans for an uncrewed orbital flight test of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft in August.
The European Space Agency and UK air navigation service provider NATS are exploring whether 5G cellular communications technology could help to provide a resilient positioning capability for uncrewed air systems.
Aerospace supplier Meggitt says it still expects its acquisition by Parker Hannifin to proceed, despite an intervention by the UK government over national security concerns.
NASA has named an astronaut flight training hangar in honor of the late John Young, who launched on six space missions and served as commander of the Apollo 16 Moon landing and the first space shuttle mission.
The U.S. Defense Department has announced plans to apply modular open systems approach standards on an emerging class of directed energy weapon systems.
The U.S. Air Force plans to look into how much work it will take to convert Australia’s E-7A Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft into a U.S. Defense Department-compliant platform.
The U.S. military’s logistics infrastructure is vulnerable to both physical and cyber attacks and Capitol Hill needs to help the Pentagon defend its weak points, the U.S. Air Force’s top civilian said.
