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By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy has selected Boeing for the long-awaited MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned refueling tanker contract to build four air vehicle prototypes.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
Two cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station patched a 2-mm-dia. hole in the upper section of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Parts provider and aftermarket specialist Heico on Aug. 30 announced its Flight Support Group has acquired Optical Display Engineering (ODE).
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The USAF has issued a long-awaited Request for Proposals to industry for contractor operated adversary aircraft to support training of front-line crews.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Future human exploration and science missions are the focus of 15 new techs selected by NASA for further development through its flight opportunities program.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Honeywell International is looking to generate new sales by offering up its aerospace and defense engineering and testing groups for outsourcing .
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The Qatari government has revealed it will build a second airbase which will likely support the housing of the Gulf state’s rapidly growing fighter fleet.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
A new NASA advisory committee will tackle regulatory and policy issues.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
Flight controllers in Houston and Moscow detected a minute pressure leak aboard the station around 7 p.m. EDT Aug. 29, NASA said in a status report on Aug. 30.
Defense and Space

L3 TECHNOLOGIES has $48.1m U.S. Air Force contract for F-16 Mission Training Center.

Final assembly of the first Orion spacecraft to carry astronauts is underway in Florida.

By Irene Klotz
Aside from the New Shepard on display in the lobby of Blue Origin’s new manufacturing plant at Kennedy Space Center, the company has been mostly mum about progress outfitting the factory for production of New Glenn reusable rockets.
Defense and Space

India’s first manned space flight, dubbed Gaganyaan, to be launched 40 months from now, will send three humans into space, the country’s top scientist says.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The British defense ministry says there is no danger to the UK’s plan to achieve initial operating capability from land bases with the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK has OK'd nearly $129 million in funding to back studies for the design and development of an independent positioning and timing satellite system.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Lockheed Martin Ventures is doubling down on its investment in Ocean Aero, a startup targeting the underwater unmanned vehicle system market.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
Airborne collision avoidance and tracking system developers Flarm Technology and uAvionix have partnered to supply electronic conspicuity and detect and avoid systems for manned and unmanned aircraft.
Defense and Space

By Molly McMillin
The FBI plans to purchase a new Gulfstream G550 ultra-long-range jet from Gulfstream Aerospace to support its Counterterrorism Division and for other missions.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace parts specialist and serial acquirer Heico on Aug. 28 promised plans to grab more market share and buy other companies.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Bell is closing its Lafayette, Louisiana, assembly facility after economic incentives provided by the state government were cut because the helicopter manufacturer failed to generate jobs.
Business Aviation

India’s sole aircraft carrier, the INS Vikramaditya, is receiving upgraded marine hydraulic systems to help enhance aircraft operations of the ship.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
Despite engineering a fix for green glow, a problem that obscures the vision of F-35C pilots during night operations, the U.S. Navy did not use its newly developed pilot helmet during its first, and possibly only, operational test at sea.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has reiterated his support of White House and Pentagon plans to establish a Space Force.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
Virgin Orbit is on the verge of flying its LauncherOne rocket under the wing of the company’s modified Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft for the first time.
Space