Defense and Space

Bell has selected battery developer Electric Power Systems (EPS) to provide energy storage for eVTOL and on-demand mobility aircraft now under development.

Recently published findings from a rodent experiment aboard the International Space Station are shedding light on astronaut vision problems.

What now? That was the reaction of U.S. airplane manufacturers after a ceasefire ended World War I on Nov. 11, 1918.

A potentially breakthrough quantum radar prototype is making a debut appearance at the Zhuhai Airshow.

As the U.S. pivots to an era of great power competition, the Pentagon’s research and engineering chief has directed the Defense Science Board (DSB) to study the future of military superiority that moves past modernizing equipment.

Flying at Mach 1.4 and 50,000 ft., the X-59 is designed to produce a sonic “thump” of less than 75 PNLdB, compared with the 105-110-PLdB “double-bang” sonic boom produced by Concorde.

Chinese efforts at developing reusable space launchers have progressed as far as demonstrating control technology in a vertical landing of a small test rig.

NASA has rolled out its Grand Challenge plan to help guide, foster and enable the coming generation of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles.

Chinese private space launch company Landspace suspects a broken pipe in the terminal-correction attitude-control system caused the failure of its first shot.

If the plan holds, production should begin in 2028. The defense minister suggests the Future Fighter should enter service in the early 2030s.

Joint development program is in the offing, but Japan has not landed a straightforward foreign order for complete equipment.

Aerospace and defense supplier Heico is buying its way into the silicone manufacturing industry.

Progress to finalize a new rebaselined contract between the development partners for the A400M airlifter looks likely to be delayed into 2019.

Dawn, NASA’s 11-year mission to the asteroid belt, may finally have reached its sunset.

General Atomics Aeronautics Systems is operating two company-owned MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft systems in support of the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan.

The UK’s University of Nottingham is to develop a facility for ground testing of high-speed, high-power electric propulsion systems for aircraft.

Israel’s Elbit Systems is to provide surveillance services to European nations via the European Maritime Safety Agency using its Hermes 900 UAS.

Roscosmos is preparing to resume crew launches to the ISS on Dec. 3 following the conclusion of a probe into last month’s Soyuz MS-10 launch abort.

Canada releases draft request for future fighter proposals; UTC adds capability to sensor camera; Gripen fires first missile test; IAI Wins Sky Capture Competition

Maxar Technologies will decide over the next two months what to do with its geostationary communications satellite manufacturing business.

Aerojet Rocketdyne continued its quiet but steady financial improvement in the third quarter of 2018.

Five potential suppliers have about eight weeks to respond to a draft copy of an RFP for Canada’s $15-19 billion Future Fighter Capability contract.

The last U.S. Marine Corps squadron operating the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler will return from its final deployment in early November, the service says.

UTC Aerospace Systems has developed the world’s highest resolution indium gallium arsenide near infrared/shortwave infrared camera for the U.S. Navy.

Special-mission variants of Su-34 come amid the ongoing production and modernization of the Sukhoi aircraft.