As the U.S. Air Force presses forward with its J-Stars Recapitalization competition, a 10-aircraft Compass Call requirement has manufacturers vying for special-mission work.
The contract between France and India is welcomed by French officials as a diplomatic coup, but it also looms large as part of the arms race between India and some of its neighbors—namely Pakistan and China.
Without a clear idea of what kind of capabilities an FVL Medium power plant might need, the program office will leave the engine choice up to the contractor eventually selected to build the new aircraft.
In a modest facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, a small team of experts leads an effort to develop the dashboard displays that will enable astronauts to interact with Orion.
A new aerospace and defense technology incubator effort comes back to Washington Sept. 27 with a twist: established aerospace and defense companies will pitch funded innovation projects to qualified startups looking for partners.
Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority and the European Aviation Safety Agency are studying whether offshore helicopter safety could benefit from an ETOPS specification to improve system reliability.
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has appointed a new chief financial officer as its continues a shake-up designed to cut costs after profit warnings and concerns from investors.
Aviation Week editors break down some of the highlights at this year’s Air Force Association symposium – from the Air Forces plans to pursue a weaponized KC-Z tanker.
Double-bubble D8, Blended Wing Body, Transonic Truss-Braced Wing, Hybrid Wing Body and a small-airliner-size BWB – the configurations NASA is considering for planned ultra-efficient subsonic transport demonstrators.
In this week’s Washington Outlook, American Airlines and others continue fight to overhaul the FAA; U.S. needs to move faster to counter Chinese and Russian space prowess; rethinking Syrian conflict; Boeing can sell aircraft to Iran.
Development of a deep-space propulsion system that uses hydrogen superheated by a nuclear fission reaction for highly efficient in-space propulsion could move rapidly with enough funding and industry cooperation, according to Todd May, director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).
Bell Helicopter has unveiled the V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor it is proposing for an emerging U.S. Marine Corps requirement for a ship-based expeditionary endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
A Philippine order for Russian or Chinese armed helicopters is looking likely, following President Rodrigo Duterte’s Sept. 13 statement that Manila would turn to those countries for weapons.
