NASA is slowing reopening some of its facilities, including parts of the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, where work to prepare the first Space Launch System (SLS) for a static test fire has been on hiatus for two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The satellite operator Intelsat announced May 13 that it has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a financial restructuring to free up liquidity and continue operations while it awaits repayment from the government from an auction of C-band spectrum.
Lockheed Martin could still be producing 36-48 F-16s annually in 2027 if the single-engine fighter claims a string of international order opportunities, said Ken Possenriede, chief financial officer, on May 14.
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have begun a two-week quarantine ahead of a flight test of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS.)
House Republicans have stepped up a campaign spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to ground the drones that Chinese manufacturer DJI has loaned or donated to local police departments to support their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The air chiefs of France, Germany and Spain have set up a trilateral working group to establish improved connectivity capabilities for their existing Eurofighter and Rafale combat aircraft fleets.
Seeking to pave the way for unmanned aircraft systems to complete a mission beyond direct human control, Lockheed Martin demonstrated a podded, autonomous intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability, the company said.
President Donald Trump on May 14 criticized the international supply chain model adopted by his predecessors for the Lockheed Martin F-35, saying the decision to globalize parts production for the stealth fighter is an example of “stupidity.”
An estimated 5,000 spent rocket bodies and retired multinational spacecraft that circle the Earth—some with a mass of up to several tons—are part of a growing orbital debris population that poses a lingering collision threat to national security and civil space assets.
The Leonardo (formerly Alenia Aermacchi) M-346 Master is an Italian advanced jet trainer. It is powered by dual Honeywell F125-GA-200 turbofan engines.
Loon has signed a deal with African telecommunications provider Vodacom under which the Alphabet company will provide internet service to remote parts of Mozambique using its stratospheric balloons.
As many as a fifth of lower-tier suppliers in aerospace and defense could exit the sector over the next 18 months as COVID-19 disrupts the commercial aviation market and hurts the defense industrial base, seasoned supply chain experts have told Aviation Week.
A British think tank is advocating the use of the U.S. Navy’s secretive Advanced Airborne Sensor on British P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft as a potential replacement for the Sentinel radar reconnaissance platform.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has denied Airbus’ formal protest over the U.S. Navy’s decision to select Leonardo to provide its new training helicopter.
U.S. Special Operations Command plans to transfer the pilots and support crews for the U-28A fleet to the Armed Overwatch platform as the new close air support aircraft enters service, an acquisition official said on May 13.
