WASHINGTON -- The latest evolution of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Avenger, an armed unmanned aerial system, took flight at the company's Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility in Palmdale, California – lifting off at around 9 a.m. local time on Oct. 27. This “extended-range” version can fly for 20 hr. compared to 15 hr. for the baseline design, which first flew in 2009.
Warship-maker Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), the U.S. Navy’s only provider of aircraft carriers, is expanding into offering government customers technical services.
As the dust settles after one of the most fractious and raucous presidential races in U.S. history, the defense sector is now pondering life under a Donald Trump administration, and it has some words of advice for the president-elect.
A study of meteorites on Mars suggests its harsh, cold conditions have been 10 and possibly 10,000 times drier than those on Earth for millions of years, which suggests a low probability of extant life.
Tactical Air Support (TacAir) is to become the world’s largest private operator of Northrop F-5s after snapping up the Royal Jordanian Air Force’s remaining inventory of 21 single and dual-seat E/F models, including spare parts and engines.
Spirit AeroSystems is looking at ways to grow its core aerostructures business, which could include business jet, regional jet, military and space programs, the company’s top executive said during a speech at a Wichita Aero Club luncheon here Nov. 10.
Layoffs continue at Textron Aviation, with an undisclosed number of employees at its Cessna Aircraft facility being dismissed Nov. 10 as the company continues to reduce costs.
Air BP is to buy 50 million gal. of sustainable jet fuel annually for 10 years as part of a $30 million investment by energy company BP in biofuels producer Fulcrum BioEnergy.
Lockheed Martin and a cast of supporting companies held what the company said was a first-of-its-kind public demonstration of multiple unmanned aircraft systems.
Honeywell International Chairman and CEO Dave Cote continues to defend his company’s failed bid early this year to take over United Technologies Corp. (UTC).
An Ariane 5 launcher is scheduled to propel four Galileo satellites into orbit on Nov. 17, marking the first-ever quadruple launch for the navigation constellation.
Defense Conseil International, the French defense ministry’s international training company, is planning to expand its helicopter fleet to meet foreign training demands.
India is progressing toward launching its second lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-2, with the start of some ground tests and other events planned in the coming months.
A Denver-based startup is drawing investor attention with plans for a relatively inexpensive mass-produced spacecraft bus that would use a proprietary “isolation system” to enable its use with any payload in its weight class on any launch vehicle.
