The U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will tighten regulations for air displays following the crash of a former military Hawker Hunter at the Shoreham air show last September that killed 11 people.
The French space agency CNES signed a letter of intent on Jan. 25 with the Indian Space Research Organization for French participation in what will be India’s second interplanetary space mission.
With the growing proliferation of missiles in the Asia-Pacific region, Adm. Harry Harris, the commander of Pacific Command, sees a possible need for increased ballistic missile defense (BMD).
Airbus Group’s tie-up with Uber to test-market extending ridehailing services to include helicopter flights has stumbled after local opposition prompted the speedy halt of a pilot project at the Sundance Film Festival, but further trials are planned this year.
A Russian company is set to assemble Airbus H135 twin-engine light helicopters in the Urals to support the growth of aeromedical evacuation helicopters.
Two years after the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter failed to make its planned international debut in the U.K., the U.S. Marine Corps has pledged to get the new fighter to a pair of U.K. air shows this summer.
Federal services provider Leidos will pay lead Pentagon contractor Lockheed Martin about $1.8 billion to take the latter’s portfolio of federal information technology business, the companies announced Jan. 26.
Airbus Defense and Space and OneWeb Ltd. have announced the creation of OneWeb Satellites, a 50-50 joint venture that will build a new global communications system comprising hundreds of Internet satellites circling in low Earth orbit.
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ RQ-21A Blackjack UAV received the official green light for operation earlier this month, marking a major milestone for the program, service officials say.
The space division of Airbus Defense and Space will report record sales for 2015, with orders for several telecommunications and Earth observation satellites, as well as 900 small spacecraft being developed for OneWeb Ltd.’s planned global-Internet constellation in low Earth orbit.
The U.S. Navy (USN) and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) have some gaps to fill in the Asia-Pacific region when it comes to air operations, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) says in a recent report.
A Russian company is set to assemble Airbus H135 twin-engine light helicopters in the Urals to support the growth of aeromedical evacuation helicopters.
RAYTHEON has $2.5m DARPA Phase One contract for Squad X Core Technologies (SXCT) program, designed to speed development of new, lightweight, integrated infantry systems. U.S. AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND Remote Sensing Systems Directorate completed Space-Based Infrared System’s Block 10 Integrated Test/Evaluation Readiness Soak.
The first 4 of 20 A-29 Embraer Super Tucanos have been delivered to the Afghan air force and are expected to enter service in April, according to a spokesman for operations in Afghanistan. “This will be a significant increase in their capability to provide their own close air support,” says the spokesman, Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner. The aircraft is designed for hot weather operations and rugged terrain and the ability to accurately deliver weapons.
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Oil-and-gas-support helicopter industry body HeliOffshore has begun research into how helicopter pilots monitor flight instruments by using eye-tracking research.
