A trick that mutes a blaring horn when the autopilots on Boeing models are manually disconnected could potentially cause an entry-into-service delay for the KC-46 Pegasus tanker, a derivative of the 767-2C freighter.
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The USS Coronado (LCS 4) operating off the coast of Guam successfully hit a target with a Boeing Harpoon Block 1C anti-ship cruise missile, with targeting support from Northrop Grumman’s unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout.
JSC management was to huddle Aug. 28 to assess the status of the center, which employees about 10,500 federal civil servants and contractor personnel, and when it might re-open.
Dubbed Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)-5, this mission marked the Minotaur’s first launch from Cape Canaveral, and the first time Space Launch Complex-46 has hosted a rocket flight since 1999.
NASA’s Voyager 2 probe should join its twin, Voyager 1, by departing the Solar System in 2–3 years, according to one of the project’s longest-serving science team members.
With a possibility of another government shutdown, government contracting veterans recommend that companies proactively approach their contract officers now about how to prepare for a sudden work-stop.
The U.S. Air Force’s first operational F-35 squadron is slated to receive its critical 3F software next month, as the service contemplates sending the stealth fighter to the Pacific.
Taiwan’s defense technology agency, with a strong background in military simulation, is working on a system for training several crews operating a variety of helicopters at one time.
European enthusiasts planning to attend the event planned for Sept. 23-24 have been informed by their travel agencies that the show’s preparatory committee has decided cancel it. It is unclear whether the show will go ahead next year.
Microsoft is teaching an unmanned sailplane to autonomously find and use thermals for soaring as part of efforts to develop artificial intelligence (AI) that works in the uncertainties of the real world.
Taiwanese electromagnetic-intelligence equipment supply provider SystemCom expects to sign a memorandum of understanding with the defense ministry’s technology agency that will set the company up for future domestic and perhaps export orders.
Russian Helicopters’ Mil Moscow design bureau has been contracted by the Russian defense ministry to work on the concept of a high-speed attack helicopter.
A group of drones will do battle this fall as part of a competition hosted by U.S. Special Operations Command and the Pentagon’s secretive innovation office.
