An ad hoc coalition of space stakeholders is coming together to maintain a set of “living” safety best practices, according to an announcement made at the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference in Maui, Hawaii.
The aircraft, a public service mission version for Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police), was handed over during a ceremony at the company’s facility in Verigiate, near Milan, on Sept. 20.
“There was a high possibility that the fire spread due to the static electricity generated by oxygen dripping from the engine exhaust port during the propellant filling operation,” MHI said in a statement Sept. 20.
The proposed regulations bolster the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews certain transactions involving foreign investment in America to determine the effect of such transactions on national security.
The Pentagon says a continuing resolution would delay implementation of new technology development and procurement efforts such as the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).
AirAsia has rolled out the first eight aircraft with a new onboard Wi-Fi system which it intends to deploy across the rest of its narrowbody and widebody fleets.
The UK government is to provide 50% of the cost of a 30-month, £18 million ($23.3 million) demonstrator project to convert the nine-passenger Britten-Normal Islander to hybrid-electric propulsion for short-range flights such as inter-island routes.
Alphabet company Wing has named courier and retail partners for its first drone delivery service in the U.S., scheduled to launch next month in Christiansburg, Virginia.
The House voted 301-123 on Sept. 19 to pass a stopgap continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded through Nov. 21, and the Senate is expected to vote on the measure next week.
Three small U.S. drone manufacturers are mounting a buy-American campaign, arguing that widespread use of drones made in China is suppressing the domestic industry for small unmanned aircraft types and helping to develop Chinese military capabilities.
As it seeks to steer a transition in oversight of research and development on the International Space Station and other low Earth orbit activities to the U.S. private sector, NASA is committed to avoiding a repeat of the decision to retire the space shuttle fleet without a still-absent capability to launch its own astronauts,
New Northrop Grumman Chairman, CEO and President Kathy Warden will reorganize her company into four main divisions starting next year, the company announced late Sept. 18.
U.S. Air Force intelligence officials are conducting sweeping reviews of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets from space to the subsurface domains, says Lt. Gen. Veralinn Jamieson, deputy chief of staff for ISR and Cyber Effects Operations.
Northrop Grumman is preparing for the first launch of its Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), a spacecraft designed to supply propulsion to in-orbit satellites that would otherwise run out of fuel.
