In preparation for Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura hitting the Gulf Coast, the U.S. Air Force Reserve has relocated 20 aircraft from Mississippi to South Carolina and Texas.
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier chosen to host the F-35C for its first-ever deployment left Washington state Aug. 23 for sea trials before the ship sails to San Diego for operational training.
The FAA has issued separate notices seeking information from industry on providing counter-unmanned aircraft systems technology for deployment at civilian airports and for testing capacity to determine the risk associated with a large jet engine ingesting a small drone.
The report calls on Congress to “enact, without delay, appropriations and any required authorities" for the Office of Space Commerce "to build this critical capability with requisite personnel, office infrastructure and authorities.”
The practice of mining estuaries, harbors and other rmaritime chokepoints by aircraft began in World War II, but the low-altitude and slow-speed nature of the delivery mission has made it increasingly risky in modern warfare.
The agreement to provide 25 million gal. per year of renewable hydrocarbons is the largest yet for Gevo and takes the Englewood, Colorado-based company to more than $1.5 billion in long-term contracts.
Once the Abraham Accord is formalized, the U.S. should approve UAE’s long-standing request to receive access to the F-35, according to Emirati Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash.
China has verified operation of a lightweight, low-power technology for inter-satellite laser links, which should be valuable for mass constellations of low-orbit communications satellites.
The rate of the leak has "slightly increased, so the teams are working a plan to isolate identify, and potentially repair the source,” NASA says, stressing that it poses "no immediate danger to the crew or the space station.”
