The Pentagon has agreed to “resolve critical deficiencies” with the F-35 program before full-rate production begins, according to its response to a government watchdog report.
“Our strategic divestiture of EES helps AeroVironment focus on our leading small UAS [unmanned aircraft systems], tactical missile systems, high-altitude pseudosatellite, and commercial information solutions businesses," said AeroVironment CEO Wahid Nawabi.
"Experts from the transport policy community outside of aviation will also need to be engaged in the policy debate on drones,” the International Transport Forum says.
SpaceX is examining a deployable, inflatable aeroshell with a built-in flexible thermal protection system able to protect the Falcon 9's upper stage through atmospheric entry.
The remote airfield at Wyndham, in the state of Western Australia, also will be used to perform trials of the various payloads envisaged by the Zephyr customers, which include the U.K. defense ministry.
The ship-to-shore system will build on Skyways, the mail delivery drone that Airbus is currently testing in conjunction with the Singaporean mail service.
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PRATT & WHITNEY has $2b U.S. Navy contract for F-35 Lot 11 F135-PW-100 engines: 10 for the Navy, 51 for the U.S. Air Force, 24 for the U.S. Marine Corps.
Raytheon said it is investing $100 million in a new 50,000-sq.-ft. facility in east Mississippi that will be a “hub” for test, integration and production of S-band radars, including the U.S. Navy’s SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar program.
FAA plans to issue a request for information (RFI) this week to the seven UAS test sites, after which it will choose some or all of the sites to conduct a UAS traffic management demonstration.
Darpa envisions an operational constellation of 60-200 satellites at 500-1,300-km altitude, each carrying one or more payloads and each costing less than $6 million including its launch.
The first director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization. says Iran has been using Yemen as a “battle laboratory” and has supplied a wide range of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.
The rotary-wing UAV is a response to the need for real tactical intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance missions at sea and on land, Steadicopter says.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is developing plans for a demonstration of detect-and-avoid technologies enabling operations in the potentially busy airport terminal area.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to investigate whether the government is still employing UAVs manufactured by China-based DJI despite espionage concerns.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early June 4 to deliver a powerful new communications satellite into orbit for Luxembourg-based SES.
NASA’s upcoming Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) promises a deeper look into the processes by which cosmic rays penetrate the heliosphere to pose a radiation threat to the humans.
A three-person U.S, Russian and Japanese International Space Station crew descended safely to Earth early June 3, the first step in a five-day exchange of personnel aboard the orbiting science lab.
