Boeing and Saab are concerned about the Canadian government's decision to re-write a draft tender for 88 fighters to ensure Lockheed Martin's F-35 can participate.
Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Alexey Ovchinin kicked off a maintenance spacewalk at the International Space Station with a tribute to the world’s first spacewalker.
The greenfield facility in Gyula—close to the border with Romania—will produce precision metallic parts for the dynamic systems of helicopters spanning the complete Airbus product range.
DARPA has ended investment in the Ares program to develop an advanced vertical-lift unmanned aircraft system, but efforts and under way to find funds to get the unique vehicle into the air.
Wednesday will see a spacewalk aboard the International Space Station by cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Alexey Ovchinin, who will retrieve experiment hardware, clean lab windows and jettison old cables, among other maintenance tasks.
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Groton, Connecticut, has been awarded a $497,012,105 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously-awarded contract
NASA appears committed to sustaining a presence in LEO aboard the International Space Station or as a paying customer aboard follow-on commercial platforms.
On May 24, amateur astronomers spotted the Starlink train of satellites glistening in reflected sunlight as they circled overhead, sparking concerns about interference with ground-based astronomical observations.
After at least six years of research and technology work on the Avionics 2020 demonstrator, Thales’ efforts toward creating a more intuitive cockpit have crystallized into the FlytX avionics suite.
Thailand has contracted Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to upgrade four T-50-family trainer-attack aircraft to the light-attack standard, including radar.
Poland has made a formal request to buy up to 32 Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighters, the country’s defense minister, Mariusz Błaszczak, has confirmed.
Airbus says its collaboration accord with Siemens to develop hybrid-electric propulsion systems for the experimental E-Fan X demo and other vehicles is concluding a year ahead of schedule.
Airbus says it has received a “surprisingly” large response to its contest challenging computing experts, academics and professionals to solve five key flight physics questions using quantum computing to improve aircraft design.
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