The ruling clears the U.S. Air Force to solicit a bid from Textron for one to three AT-6s to be delivered to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to support the Light Attack Experiment Phase III.
“We see numerous companies that are pushing really cool technology that has a chance to really change the world,” Air Force acquisition executive Will Roper says.
U.S.-operated F-35s, which already are equipped with a system that prevents controlled flight into terrain, also will be protected against air-to-air collisions.
Azerbaijan looks set to become a customer of Leonardo’s M-346 advanced jet trainer following the signing of agreements between Azeri and Italian ministers.
BAE Systems Chairman Sir Roger Carr has described the company’s planned acquisitions of Collins’ Aerospace Military Global Positioning System and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios business as being at the “sweet spot” of the company’s strategic ambition.
Making Airbus the Spanish lead for the development of the European Future Combat Air System would have relegated Spanish industry to “tasks of lower added value,” Indra’s chairman and CEO says.
China will launch a prototype of its new crewed spacecraft in April, the government’s Xinhua news agency reported, two months after the rocket to be used for the mission returned to service following a 2017 failure.
The first depot maintenance job on a Pratt & Whitney F135 module outside the U.S. has been performed by TAE Aerospace, the Australian company that is supporting the engine in the Asia-Pacific region.
Australia and Boeing are declining to disclose exactly where the company and its suppliers are building prototypes for the Airpower Teaming System (ATS), a loyal-wingman drone program that could lead to production of at least hundreds of units.
While lawmakers always declare the president’s request dead on arrival on Capitol Hill, this year there was more than the usual dismissal by a rival branch of government.
Congress intends to keep “very tight eyes” on the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift, which needs to cost below $10,000 per flight hour to be effective, according to a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC).
A flurry of nine small satellites has been successfully deployed from the International Space Station, after having been launched to the orbiting science lab aboard SpaceX Dragon and Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply missions in early December and November.
A National Academies study of advanced aerial mobility requested by NASA concludes the commercial cargo market is likely to be an early adopter of autonomous air vehicle technology for rural cargo operations, including “middle mile” distribution and “last mile” package deliveries.
As the U.S. Army pursues an aggressive schedule to downselect to two vendors for an armed aerial scout replacement by the end of March, Sikorsky is arguing the company’s S-97 Raider-X is an affordable option for the service.
