Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier says he does not believe there will ever be a merger of Europe’s two future combat air systems, despite calls from partners at Airbus for such a combination.
A proposal by Senate Republicans seeks to add billions for defense spending to the COVID-19 relief package, including new money for F-35, P-8 and C-130J procurement.
Logos Technologies is to conduct proof-of-concept flight tests of a wide-area motion imagery sensor on the Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack small tactical unmanned aircraft system operated by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
Luxembourg looks set to expand its role in the European Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) by enabling the purchase of a ninth Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker-Transport (MRTT).
Starting this fall, Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), a Textron company, will provide adversary air training for pilots at two U.S. Air Force bases.
The State Department’s unilateral reclassification of formerly Missile Technology Control Regime Category 1 aircraft has no impact on sales of large unmanned aircraft systems in the near-term. The move could even create new uncertainty in the long-term about the status of an emerging class of autonomous “Loyal Wingman” UAS.
Garmin on July 27 said that aviation applications were among the company’s web-based platforms returning to service following a cyberattack four days earlier.
Freshly trained Indian Air Force pilots on July 27 ferried five Dassault Rafale fighters to Ambala Air Force Station, where they will become part of the N°17 Squadron “Golden Arrows.”
Spaceflight’s new Sherpa-FX orbit transfer vehicle is to be deorbited after its first mission in low Earth orbit by deploying Tethers Unlimited’s drag-increasing Terminator Tape.
The policy changes means the U.S. government unilaterally reclassifies any unmanned aircraft system that flies slower than 800 km./hr. (497 mph)—including the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-9 and Avenger, and the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C—as a Category 2 aircraft under the Missile Technology Control Regime.
The AFRL awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments a $2.72 million contract for an all-up round of the Hypervelocity Projectile, which includes a flight body and launch package, for an upcoming experiment funded by the Advanced Battle Management System program.
U.S. Africa Command (Africom) has confirmed the presence of Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer fighter bombers in Libya after releasing satellite imagery of the Libyan National Army-controlled Al-Khadim airbase.
Boeing plans to return to flight testing its MQ-25 test asset this fall, but this time the air vehicle will be outfitted with a U.S. Navy refueling store.
