Piaggio Aerospace has been given a €125 million ($137.2 million) maintenance contract by the Italian defense ministry to look after the country’s fleet of P.180 turboprop utility aircraft.
The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has performed its first unmanned air system delivery to a ship in a demonstration that could reduce pressures on the transport network around Europe’s largest seaport.
The U.S. Air Force’s top general in Africa Command warned on May 26 that Russia’s next move in Libya could be to deploy permanent, long-range air defense systems.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) ninth resupply mission completed a 4-ton cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) early May 25.
NASA completed a two-day Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the Demo-2 test mission, confirming a launch attempt on May 27 for SpaceX’s first human spaceflight and NASA’s first launch of astronauts on a U.S. system since 2011.
NATO and European nations have expressed regret at the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Open Skies Treaty but have said they share U.S. concerns about inconsistent flight restrictions imposed by Moscow.
British aerospace services company Marshall Aerospace and Defense Group says it withdrew from participating in a program to convert Boeing 737s into E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft for the UK Royal Air Force because the work was not “commercially viable.”
China will increase its military budget in 2020 despite the possibility of dramatically reduced economic growth, maintaining pressure on neighboring countries to keep increasing their defense spending.
Satellite imagery obtained by Aerospace DAILY confirms the presence of MiG-29s on an airfield reportedly controlled by a faction in the Libyan civil war supported by the UAE and a Russian mercenary group.
