Good requirements resolve security issues with drones, according to an executive with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), which operates a large fleet of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that includes DJI drones made in China.
Canada will expand its CH-149 Cormorant search-and-rescue helicopter force with at least two more aircraft as the fleet undergoes a midlife update, Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan has announced.
To be sure an emphasis on lunar field geology is not overlooked as NASA races to return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024, NASA is being called on to set a high bar for training in the discipline for its future lunar and Mars astronauts.
The U.S. Navy is developing an On-Demand Hypoxia Trainer to provide awareness of the condition and is garnering pilot feedback on how to make improvements before it enters the fleet in 2021.
The U.S. Congress returns to work this week after its summer recess, with Senate appropriators marking up the 2020 defense spending bill Tuesday morning.
Missile manufacturer MBDA is developing concepts for new short-range air-to-air missiles that could be one of the armaments for the UK’s future Tempest combat aircraft.
A fire broke out during final preparations for launch of a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIB rocket carrying a cargo ship to the International Space Station for JAXA.
GTA Containers Inc., South Bend, Indiana, has been awarded a $9,478,079 contract modification (P00004) to previously awarded FA8533-16-D-0001 for collapsible fuel tank production.
HAPSMobile, the joint venture between AeroVironment and Japan’s SoftBank, is preparing to fly the Hawk30 high-altitude pseudo-satellite at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center on Edwards AFB in California.
President Donald Trump has dismissed his third national security adviser, John Bolton, a defense hawk who advocated for more DOD spending and to keep troops in Afghanistan.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has been testing since the middle of the year an autonomous drone that inspects paintwork or structural damage on Airbus A320 aircraft.
The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee has advanced the Pentagon’s fiscal 2020 budget request and would provide the Defense Department with $694.9 billion in accordance with the 2019 Bipartisan Budget Act.
A Polish company is developing a heliport monitoring system that can warn a pilot of potential obstacles near a landing area before the helicopter arrives.
The Sikorsky HH-60W program will meet with U.S. Air Force leadership Sept. 24 to determine if the new search-and-rescue helicopter is green lighted for low-rate initial production, a company executive says.
Efforts by the Indian Space Research Organization to re-establish comms with the Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lunar lander continued Sept. 9, a day after imagery revealed Vikram had landed in one piece but hard.
