China launched its Chang’e 4 mission to study the far side of the Moon at 2:23 a.m. local time Dec. 7 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China, according to local media reports.
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U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Bongiovi became the launch systems services enterprise director one year ago, after serving as the office’s acquisition chief.
Embraer and the Brazilian federal government plan to challenge a Brazilian court order that stops Embraer and Boeing from finalizing their proposed commercial-aircraft joint venture (JV) before the country’s new administration is in power.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Lt. Gen. Rozzano Briguez as the new chief of the air force, replacing Lt. Gen. Galileo Gerard Kintanar.
The French Air Force is contributing to Franco-German studies on the FCAS and is also exerting pressure for greater availability of its Airbus A400M transports.
USAF Secretary Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein have directed a 90-day review to inform the service’s space budget plans for fiscal 2021.
In the course of investigating why a Falcon 9 burst into flames on the launchpad in 2016, SpaceX, NASA and the USAF agreed that future versions of the booster would include upgraded composite overwrapped pressure vessels.
The Pentagon’s head of research and engineering is making it his mission with the new Congress to advocate that science and technology funding is not a “red or blue” issue but is instead the colors “red, white and blue.”
The provider of the batteries for Airbus’ Zephyr solar-powered stratospheric UAV says it is working with eVTOL developers on applications for its high-energy-density lithium-ion cells.
Two current and former Purdue University professors have launched a “faculty-owned” startup called Next Offset Solutions that 3D-prints energetic materials.
British investigators probing the fatal crash of a Leonardo AW169 twin-engine helicopter have revealed that the tail rotor actuator had become disconnected from the pilot’s anti-torque pedals.
Airbus’ data sharing and analysis platform Skywise has built-in security and the airframer’s partners have provided guarantees on data protection, Airbus Digital Transformation Officer Marc Fontaine says.
