Sikorsky has called for Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) and tail rotor inspections of the S-92 utility helicopter following an incident on a North Sea offshore platform in December.
As the Pentagon postpones a final decision on the fate of the aging Warthog, the aircraft’s maintainers are challenged to keep up with demand from the field.
Beware Booz Allen Hamilton, General Electric (GE) and other federal providers with Pentagon contracts expiring in 2017: you, too, could come under the bull’s-eye of a Trump administration looking to make good on campaign promises to cut costs.
NASA’s planned Psyche mission to study a unique metallic main-belt asteroid will use spacecraft technology developed by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for geostationary communications satellites, including solar electric propulsion (SEP) thrusters that will allow the Discovery-class probe to orbit the distant body.
India has signed a satellite launch technology agreement with France to improve cooperation on future space launchers and an upcoming lunar rover mission.
Under a contract announced last week with Babcock Mission Critical Services, the French air force will use the Pilatus PC-21 turboprop at an intermediate phase of fighter pilot training.
MD Helicopters will begin delivering six MD 530G light scout attack helicopters in March, filling a Malaysian army requirement of more than two decades.
LYON, France—Three members of the French government have reiterated their support for the country’s aerospace industry, in what sounds like a response to complaints about plummeting public research funding from the industry lobbying group Goupement des Industries Francaises Aeronautiques et Spatiales (GIFAS).
Aircraft and space systems parts and electronics provider Ducommun will welcome a new chief executive Jan. 23, with United Technologies Corp. (UTC) alumnus Stephen G. Oswald taking over as CEO and president.
The Philippines has reissued a request for tenders for six light attack aircraft to replace long-serving OV-10 Broncos, emphasizing economy and sustainability.
France ordered more AASM Hammer precision-guided air-to-ground munitions from Safran Electronics & Defense on Dec. 29 that will include improved production processes.
Britain’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has developed a smartphone app which could analyze laser events with aircraft and provide law enforcement agencies with the information they need to prosecute offenders.
India is set to conduct a launch escape system trial later this month, verifying the rescue systems for future human spaceflight missions in case of an emergency.
Two Joint Strike Fighters caught fire in 2016, the latest version of the logistics system is delayed, and the final warfighting software still has problems.
