New crewmembers are settling in aboard the International Space Station—the number of astronauts assigned to the outpost’s U.S. segment rose from three to four July 28.
Boeing has reportedly been negotiating with the U.S. Air Force for the sale of two white-tail aircraft that were already in production when St. Petersburg-based OJSC Transaero Airlines filed for bankruptcy in October 2015.
Moon Express Inc. recently agreed with the International Lunar Observatory Association to collaborate on the first in a succession of compact, multi-user astronomical observatories at the Moon’s South Pole by 2019.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is in the market for two secondhand Gulfstream G550 business jets to replace its 1970s-vintage Gulfstream IIB test observation platforms.
The U.S. Air Force’s OA-X capability assessment has another entrant, with Texan firms L3 Platform Integration and Air Tractor entering their AT-802L Longsword.
Affinity Flying Training Services has performed the first training sorties with its Grob G 120TP Prefect trainers on behalf of the UK’s Military Flying Training System (MFTS).
Automotive manufacturer Daimler has invested in German startup Volocopter, which is developing a multirotor electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Mice reared in a centrifuge aboard the International Space Station returned to Earth with far more bone mass and 10% bigger muscles than mice that were not exposed to artificial gravity, a study shows.
A definition study for a joint European medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system has decided that the aircraft will have a twin-turboprop configuration.
Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft, Cosmic Girl, is being readied for a series of ground and flight tests in the build-up towards captive-carry evaluations of the company’s LauncherOne small satellite launch vehicle.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $51.1m U.S. Navy contract for Trident II (D5) missile production and deployed system support. Work complete September 2017. SIKORSKY has $7.5m Defense Logistics Agency contract for H-60R Recovery Assist, Secure and Traverse (RAST) probe assemblies. Work complete November 2021.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that would provide $16.7 billion for the FAA in fiscal 2018, including $1.1 billion for the NextGen air traffic modernization effort.
The aircraft performed four arrestments and four launches using heavily scrutinized General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (Emals).
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The nation’s planetary defense forces that are set to deal with a possible asteroid or comet impact plan to assess still-emerging global efforts to detect, characterize and potentially deflect a threat by observing the close approach of an actual asteroid.
As the U.S. Air Force prepares to solicit industry for development of an air-launched hypersonic conventional strike weapon, the service for the first time is outlining its approach to operationalizing high-speed capability for a wide range of roles.
Japan’s first privately developed launch vehicle, the Momo suborbital sounding rocket, was launched by Interstellar Technologies on July 30, but the flight was terminated shortly after liftoff.
GE Aviation’s new advanced turboprop for the Cessna Denali is crucial to growth plans that call for its business and general aviation powerplants to generate more than $1 billion a year by 2023.
