Insitu has developed a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system with a satellite communications antenna for beyond-line-of-sight operations, the Boeing subsidiary says.
Turkish Aerospace has rolled out the first locally-assembled T-70 Black Hawk helicopter to be built under the Turkish Utility Helicopter Program (TUHP).
The program’s goal is to renew France’s capability in electromagnetic signal intelligence, notably the interception of voice radio communications and radar waves.
The NASA Orion capsule assigned to the first joint test flight of the Space Launch System (SLS), the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, reached Ohio by air transport from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 24.
The next trend in sats is multiuse constellations, typically combining telecoms and Earth observation, says Guy Perez, sat manufacturer OHB chief tech officer and head of telecoms sats.
Designed to help a geostationary satellite reach its final orbit or deliver constellation spacecraft into more orbital planes, among other potential uses.
Canada’s Stratodynamics Aviation, which in September set a record by releasing an unmanned glider from a stratospheric balloon at 11,434 ft., is to conduct research flights for NASA under a contract awarded to the University of Kentucky.
House lawmakers are calling on the FAA to preserve airspace safety and efficiency as it develops a regulation to simplify launch and re-entry requirements for commercial space operators.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked for Navy Secretary Richard Spencer’s resignation Nov. 24 due to what the top U.S. defense official said was a loss of confidence.
Spirit AeroSystems professional and technical employees represented by the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace have received an offer of a new, six-year contract.
Airframe vibration led the control system on Aurora Flight Sciences’ Pegasus passenger air vehicle to shut down the lift motors during landing, causing the eVTOL prototype to crash, the preliminary report into the June 4 accident says.
The Government Accountability (GAO) office defended the U.S. Air Force’s National Security Space Launch procurement in three areas outlined in a protest filed by Blue Origin.
Omega Air took delivery of the first of two former Royal Netherlands Air Force KDC-10 aircraft that they could potentially use to provide a tanking service to the U.S. Air Force.
Eyeing potential opportunities for F-35 sales in Spain, Portugal and elsewhere, Lockheed Martin aims to eventually produce 4,000 of the fifth-generation fighters, a company official said Nov. 21.
Two spacewalking astronauts teamed for the second of four planned spacewalks outside the ISS on Nov. 22 to advance an upgrade of the thermal control system on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
A Pakistani company has entered the high-altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) business with a platform it believes can sell at one-tenth the cost of systems like Airbus’ Zephyr.
Defense against maneuvering hypersonic missiles will probably require interception while weapons are still climbing, former U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command chief Gen. Herbert Carlisle said.
Taurus is promoting the KEPD 350 cruise missile to Japan for the Boeing F-15, despite a government statement in 2018 that it would acquire the Lockheed Martin AGM-158 Jassm for the fighter.
MBDA sees a possibility of selling Meteor long-range air-to-air missiles to Japan despite the defense ministry’s current acquisition of Raytheon AIM-120C-7 Amraams.
New Zealand has received State Department approvals to purchase five Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules following the type’s selection as its future transport aircraft.
