Major parts for the Racer, a high-speed compound helicopter demonstrator being developed under Europe’s Clean Sky 2 research program, have begun arriving at Airbus Helicopters for assembly.
Proposed sales of both the F/A-18 Super Hornet and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Finland have been given a green light by the U.S. State Department.
NASA is allocating $19.3 million for 21 studies on the physical and psychological issues astronauts will face as the agency prepares to return to the Moon’s surface in 2024 and advance to Mars in the 2030s.
As NASA continues feasibility studies into nuclear propulsion for deep space missions, DARPA has awarded an initial contract to help pave the way toward possible orbital tests of a nuclear-powered rocket for U.S. military use in and around cislunar space.
A Russian-funded program to develop technologies for a low-boom supersonic passenger aircraft has kicked off with a virtual meeting of the research consortium in late September led by the project’s coordinator, the TsAGI aerohydrodynamic research institute.
Faster delivery of fresh fruit from grower to consumer is the promise of a test program unveiled by California-based produce company Giumarra and autonomous aircraft startup Reliable Robotics.
The Pentagon has distributed its first-ever data strategy, which is integral for the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept that will link military equipment across the future battlefield.
There are several intriguing scientific findings among a half-dozen research efforts published just ahead of the NASA Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission’s scheduled Oct. 20 touchdown on Bennu.
France has begun retiring the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker as it modernizes its aerial refueling capacity around the Airbus A330 Phenix Multi-Role Tanker Transport.
HAPSMobile has announced the first stratospheric flight of its AeroVironment-developed Sunglider high-altitude pseudo-satellite, the fifth test flight of the solar-powered long-endurance unmanned aircraft.
The U.S. Air Force had already run Kubernetes in ground-based aircraft tests, but the Sept. 22 flight aboard a U-2S marked a new landmark in advanced software applications for military aircraft.
An electronic-intelligence aircraft converted from a Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) C-2 airlifter prototype moved to a tactics development unit on Oct. 1, bringing new but undisclosed signals-interception capabilities closer to operation for Japan.
Honeywell said Oct. 7 it acquired privately held Rocky Research, a Boulder City, Nevada-based specialist in thermal, energy and power management solutions, and will add the boutique to its Honeywell Aerospace division.
Boom Supersonic is readying the XB-1 demonstrator for ground tests at its Centennial Airport, Colorado, headquarters following a virtual rollout event on Oct 7.
The U.S. military's interest in adapting a space launcher for the cargo resupply mission is entering a new phase, with a formal collaboration proposed with SpaceX for a proof of principle demonstration next year.
Astronics Corp. has announced FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval of its Max-Viz 1400 enhanced vision system installation on the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 aerial firefighting tanker.
