A student team from the Technical University of Munich has won a competition to design an environmentally friendly future commercial aircraft, organized by NASA and German aerospace center DLR.
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A graduate student team from the University of Maryland and Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics in China has won a competition to design a reconfigurable VTOL aircraft.
Israel’s navy will acquire the Barak-8 air and missile defense system, jointly developed with India, to arm its new corvettes and safeguard its economic zones and strategic facilities.
Since USAF student and instructor pilots returned to flying the T-6 trainer in February, the service is averaging abouty 7.8 physiological events per month.
Funding has been identified for a fly-off between competing armed scout rotorcraft prototypes and will not impact the budget for development of a replacement for the UH-60 Black Hawk, the U.S. Army says.
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) demand for Western-designed attack helicopters will increase 14.3% over the forecast period, from $5 billion in 2018 to $5.7 billion in 2027, for a total demand of $55.4 billion.
AERO VODOCHODY performed first flight of first L-159T2 trainer for the Czech Air Force Aug. 2 at Aero Vodochody Airport. Three aircraft are due to be delivered by the end of this year.
USN test pilots have successfully demonstrated MV-22 operations from the flight deck of a carrier at heavier weights than those permitted for the aging C-2A.
The White House says it “strongly objects” to a provision in the Senate’s fiscal 2019 defense appropriations legislation that would eliminate $209 million in launch funding for the Space Test Program-4 (STP-4) mission.
Intel Corp. debuted a “beacon” capability for identifying and tracking small drones during an Aug. 15 event hosted by the Choctaw Nation near Durant, Oklahoma.
The U.S. Army is seeking information on autonomous cargo aircraft for use in a prototyping program to investigate the operational impact of unmanned resupply on sustaining ground forces.
Israel’s navy will acquire the Barak-8 air and missile defense system, jointly developed with India to safeguard its economic zones and strategic facilities.
