The Low-Observable UAV Testbed (LOUT) is a 4-ton representative scale model of a 20-metric ton, twin-engine diamond-shaped subsonic unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) developed to prove stealth technologies.
An array of ground recording systems would be deployed to gather acoustic data across the entire sonic-boom carpet under the flight path of the aircraft.
The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has completed critical test points while some of its technical problems remain unresolved.
Illinois-based Air USA says it is close to finalizing plans to import F-5E/Fs from an undisclosed country to support the U.S. Air Force’s adversary air training contract.
The Yuzhnoye Design Bureau is well known for developing Soviet-era intercontinental ballistic missiles and modern space launchers, but hasn’t been publicly linked to a tactical missile program with ramjet propulsion.
Over the six-month acceleration program, the startups from nine countries will receive support from Airbus and access to networking opportunities and co-working spaces.
The U.S. Air Force has sworn in its 25th secretary, Barbara Barrett, former chair of the Aerospace Corporation, and the Senate has confirmed Navy Vice Adm. Chas Richard as the next commander of U.S. Strategic Command.
A live webcast of the pad abort test showed the capsule’s airbag-assisted touchdown apparently unaffected by the failure of one of three main parachutes to deploy.
The UK division of Norwegian-based aerospace and defense company Nammo will be the first company to announce a non-flight application for Reaction Engines’ advanced heat exchanger cooling technology.
The technology, initially developed for armored vehicles on the battlefield, rapidly discharges a smoke screen to prevent enemy personnel from seeing the helicopters landing.
Eurocae announced the working troup will focus on the detection and surveillance aspects of systems designed to locate rogue unmanned aircraft systems “around the airfield.”
Northrop Grumman’s 12th Cygnus resupply mission capsule successfully initiated the second round of NASA-contracted cargo deliveries to the International Space Station early Nov. 4.
Nov. 4-8—International Astronautical Federation, 4th COSPAR Symposium, “Small Satellites For Sustainable Science and Development,” Daniel Hotel, Herzliya, Israel. For more information go to www.speednews.com/conferences
NASA welcomed new capabilities offered by Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus capsule as the company initiates a second round of agency contracted resupply missions to the six-person orbiting science laboratory.
Desktop Metal, a U.S. startup that produces low-cost, high-speed metal 3D printers for rapid prototyping and mass production, has introduced a system that can print carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic parts.
U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has directed his department to stop using drones manufactured in China or made with Chinese parts, pending a review.
