Dell Federal Systems LP, Round Rock, Texas, has been awarded a $35,800,000 firm-fixed-price contract for mobile interceptor platform and deployable interceptor platform.
Gyroplane developer Skyworks Global has struck a deal with the government of Serbia to produce a five-seat aircraft, targeted at developing nations, that can operate without requiring runways.
The future of the pan-European EuroMALE (medium altitude, long-endurance) unmanned air system has become hazy after French government officials described the platform as “obese” because of German requirements.
Two Republican senators from Iowa have raised concerns about Boeing’s exports of commercial satellites to companies that allegedly are financed by state-owned Chinese firms or provide bandwidth rented by entities on behalf of the Chinese military.
NASA has selected a dozen science and technology missions for launches to the Moon as payloads aboard the agency’s recently initiated Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
The U.S. Air Force has implemented the first virtual reality training system for airfield management students so that they get more of a hands-on learning experience.
The successful abort test sets the stage for the next milestone in the U.S. human lunar return—the Artemis 1 flight test, a planned multi-week, uncrewed SLS/Orion trip around the Moon set for late 2020 or early 2021.
Boeing has started the T-X flight test program for the engineering, manufacturing and development program with the first two modified, company-funded prototypes.
Congress is either wildly for or against middle-tier acquisition practices because the process is new and information lacking, a U.S. Air Force official says.
Israel’s SpaceIL is evaluating options for the mission of Beresheet 2 (Genesis 2), the successor to the journey of its robotic lander that crashed into the Moon.
The European Aviation Safety Agency has brought the rollout of VTOL flights one step closer with the release on July 2 of a special condition to enable the safe operation of hybrid and electric VTOL aircraft.
Embraer has unveiled a digital platform designed to connect and synchronize the different services and resources required to minimize downtime caused by unscheduled aircraft maintenance.
For Signature Flight Support, an accord to provide ground-based operations for Uber’s nascent aerial-ridesharing service is part of a strategy to make more use of its network of FBOs.
Karem Aircraft has teamed with Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to bid for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Competitive Prototype (FARA CP) program.
The Pentagon is learning lessons on executing middle-tier acquisition approaches like rapid prototyping and fielding and will issue a policy later this year, according to a senior official.
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce will develop an advanced military technology demonstrator, leveraging the company’s experience with the F-35 lift fan.
Allegations are flying in the back-and-forth between rival pump-and-valve makers Crane and Circor as the former tries to take over the latter in a stock buyout.
AeroVironment will build two more of its newly rolled out Hawk30 solar-powered high-altitude, pseudo-satellite (HAPS) unmanned aircraft for certification purposes.
