The U.S. Air Force will receive the first of its long-awaited Boeing KC-46A aerial refueling tankers in October. The multirole aircraft is capable of air refueling using both boom and hose-and-drogue systems and can carry cargo, passengers and patients.
As countries modernize their rotary-wing fleets, they are bringing much-needed relief to the helicopter manufacturers suffering from a downturn driven by oil and gas industry woes.
Lockheed Martin, General Atomics and Boeing are competing to build the U.S. Navy’s carrier-based unmanned aircraft as the contest comes down to the wire.
Engineers from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and The Boring Co., a tunneling business, spent last weekend repurposing a Falcon 9 liquid oxygen transfer tube into the hull of a 31-cm sub that could be used in the ongoing rescue of a boys’ soccer team.
The acquisition program could take the form of a domestic developmental effort or a foreign off-the-shelf purchase, defense ministry officials said in an interview.
Airbus is reporting progress for two missions in Solar System exploration and exoplanet characterization—the Mars Sample Return mission and the Cheops satellite.
European industry needs to unite around one fighter program to compete with U.S. rivals, Airbus officials have suggested. European industry is currently producing three different fighters, the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Dassault Rafale and the Saab Gripen.
The Farnborough Airshow will be buzzing around the digitalization of the aerospace and defense industries. Forget composite materials and Sharklets; think blockchain and artificial intelligence.
As Airbus heads to Farnborough Airshow, it faces potentially devastating fallout of a hard Brexit and the challenges of many changes in top leadership.
Money is central to many of the Joint Strike Fighter’s issues, ranging from whether to repair or replace, to clearing testing and driving down the per-unit price.
Over a dozen countries have varying needs for upgraded combat aircraft or fleet replacements, with the major OEMs in a fierce competition for their business.
The F-35 Defense Acquisition Board meeting to finalize Joint Strike Fighter follow-on development is delayed because entrance criteria needed for the meeting are incomplete.
NASA has initiated a two-phase effort leading to a possible February 2019 contract award for a second Mobile Launcher at Kennedy Space Center for the Space Launch System heavy rocket.
