A redacted U.S. Government Accountability Office document reveals claims by Bombardier that the U.S. Air Force “effectively directed” L3 Technologies to choose Gulfstream’s G550 for the EC-X Compass Call program.
DASSAULT AVIATION performed flight demonstration of nEUROn unmanned combat air vehicle for French Defense Minister Florence Parly and defense procurement agency chief Joël Barre Sept. 4 at company facility in Istres. GENERAL ELECTRIC has $91.6m U.S. Navy contract for 24 Lot 21A full-rate production F414-GE-400 engines for F/A-18E/F aircraft.
The M-345 is an Italian single-engine advanced jet trainer (AJT) produced by Leonardo, which refers to the aircraft as the “High Efficiency Trainer (HET).”
The Pentagon’s new F-35 program executive officer is pressing to finalize a deal with manufacturer Lockheed Martin on the next batch of aircraft by Oct. 15.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center Sept. 7 as the central Florida spaceport stepped up preparations for the approach of Hurricane Irma.
Rockwell Collins would have to pay United Technologies a fee equal to $695 million if Rockwell tries to find a better buyer, according to a Sept. 6 federal regulatory filing.
GE startup Avitas Systems is taking artificial intelligence into the field to automate and optimize the inspection of industrial assets by drones and robots.
The proposed takeover of Rockwell Collins by United Technologies Corp. (UTC) will be examined by the European Commission (EC) under the EU Merger Regulation, a strict process that famously prevented GE and Honeywell from combining in 2001.
Israeli industrial drone company Airobotics has raised $32.5 million in funding and is expanding its operations into homeland security, defense and emergency services in cities.
Bell Helicopter’s V-280 Valor is ready for initial ground runs at the company’s assembly facility in Amarillo, Texas, and could fly by the end of the month.
As Johnson Space Center recovered from Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters on Sept. 6, a second massive storm barreled toward Florida, raising concerns at Kennedy Space Center.
Former U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has come out against the creation of a separate Space Corps, saying “the juice is not worth the squeeze.”
The federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation will join with Space Center Houston to administer the $5 million restoration of NASA’s Apollo-era Mission Control room.
BELL-BOEING JPO has $7.7m U.S. Navy contract for Marine Corps MV-22 integrated aircraft survivability equipment and Air Force CV-22 directional infrared countermeasures, advanced mission computer kits, validation/verification kits, delta kits, non-recurring engineering and installation. GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. formally opened new hangar at Grand Sky Unmanned Aircraft System Business Park near Grand Forks, N.D., Aug. 31.
Command of the International Space Station transitioned from Russia’s Fyodor Yurchkhin to NASA’s Randy Bresnik late Sept. 2, as the veteran cosmonaut, NASA spaceflight record-setter Peggy Whitson and colleague Jack Fischer descended to Earth in remote Kazakhstan. Their Soyuz MS-04 capsule touched down at 9:21 p.m. EDT. Whitson’s extended mission stretched to 288 days, the longest ever for a woman, while her career total over three spaceflights reached 665 days, a record for any American. Three U.S. and Russian replacements are to lift off late Sept.
India’s IRNSS-1H navigation satellite, which failed to reach its intended orbit following its Aug. 31 launch, is expected to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere in 40-60 days.
The fate of United Technologies Corp.’s proposed $30 billion takeover of avionics and cabin interiors leader Rockwell Collins could rest on savings that the newly enlarged supplier provides to all-important customer Boeing.
The Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft program has been in development since November 2015, intended to replace the U.S. Army’s C-12 Huron and C-26 Metroliner fleets.
