Ever since the birth of the Aviation era at the turn of the 19th-century, the quest for sustainable propulsion has been a key drive. We sample the highlights.
Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain were major contributors to the creation of gas turbine engine-powered aircraft and the world of airpower we know today.
If the U.S. is to maintain its technical advantage in aerospace and defense, it must move to actively integrate the technology and aerospace industries at the supply chain/service provider level.
Although the U.S. Air Force “remains committed” to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Secretary of the Air Force is not ruling out a potential slowdown in the production of the advanced fighter.
Rain and thick clouds over Cape Canaveral forced mission managers to delay the planned Dec. 3 launch of an Orbital ATK Cygnus commercial cargo vehicle with more than 7,300 lb. of supplies for the International Space Station.
South Korea’s KF-X indigenous fighter program will tread water again in 2016 but has at least survived a risk of cancellation that it has faced over the past few months.
NASA may have to focus its cost-constrained technology investments on human missions launched into an Earth/Moon proving ground through the 2020s rather than placing boots on the Martian terrain in the decade to follow, members of the NASA Advisory Council suggest.
A Colorado-based startup that hopes to use a constellation of small radio-occultation satellites to deliver weather data commercially has signed a contract with Antrix Corp. Ltd. to launch on India’s Polar Space Launch Vehicle beginning late next year.
India is hoping to soon activate its newest satellite tracker in Vietnam, which will help monitor satellites launched from India and receive data from them.
JAXA will spend a week assessing the trajectory of the Hayabusa 2 asteroid explorer mission spacecraft after a scheduled flyby of the Earth early Dec. 3.
Poland may upend tenders for Raytheon’s Patriot, Airbus helo; KRET to upgrade Tupolev Tu-160 bomber avionics; U.S. Navy wraps up Fire Scout assessment, demos targeting comms integrated among multiple aircraft.
Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov is studying options to westernize its heavyweight An-124 airlifter to reduce its reliance on Russian suppliers.
Germany is set to join the Netherlands, Norway and Poland in the creation of a European multinational tanker force flying the Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport.
Germany is considering retaining at least 24 C-160 Transall airlifters due to concerns that the defensive aids suite on its A400Ms will not be ready for service.
Certain existing U.S. Navy aircraft, Pentagon radar systems and advanced communications networks can help the DOD map out successful electronic warfare acquisitions, a CSBA report says.
