The newly formed U.S. Space Command (Spacecom) has agreed with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) that in “higher states of conflict” the nation will respond to the direction of the head of the combatant command, according to Air Force Gen. John Raymond.
Germany’s Volocopter has conducted a test flight at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Finland with its prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
The U.S. Air Force will install automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) position reporting capability on its fleet of 417 Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers beginning in September.
The UK defense ministry has issued a Request for Information to industry for specialist aerial training services for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy.
Little hops and huge goals: SpaceX’s Starhopper test flight marks first step on path to next-generation Starship launch family and inter-planetary missions.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper remains unwavering that the nation will not allow Turkey to own and operate the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter while it has the Russian S-400 air defense system in its inventory.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is looking at leveraging NASA’s work on hybrid- and turbo-electric propulsion to increase the performance and capability of large unmanned aircraft, including “loyal wingman” vehicles that would support manned fighters.
NASA’s IG is calling for swift action by Congress to lift a costly requirement that the space agency use the Space Launch System rather than a commercial rocket alternative to dispatch the Europa Clipper on a $4.25 billion, high-priority planetary science mission.
L3Harris Technologies has selected Collins Aerospace to provide avionics for the U.S. Air Force’s C-130H Avionics Modernization Program Increment 2 (AMP INC 2) upgrade of 176 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Hercules turboprops.
The FAA has suspended the use of an automated system at JFK International Airport that allows drone operators to request and obtain authorization to fly in the vicinity of the New York City airport.
The pilots who will fly NASA’s X-59 QueSST low-boom supersonic flight demonstrator are evaluating the external vision system (XVS) that will provide forward visibility in an aircraft where the long shockwave-shaping nose completely blocks the view from the cockpit.
F.E. Warren AFB near Cheyenne, Wyoming, has elected to continue a license agreement to use the Dedrone detection and tracking system for small unmanned aircraft systems.
The 1,215-lb. vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft made a 64-sec. first hover flight on Aug. 14 at the Camp Roberts California National Guard Base.
