Germany’s Rheinland Air Service (RAS) has delivered a second heavily modified ATR-72 regional turboprop to the Pakistan Navy for maritime patrol duties.
“Approximately two minutes after liftoff, shortly after ignition of the Zefiro 23 second stage, a launcher anomaly occurred, leading to the premature end of the mission,” according to Arianespace, the launch operator.
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft touched down on the asteroid Ryugu late July 10 for a second time within five months to obtain samples of the primitive Solar System body for return to Earth.
The final, unpowered flight test of Virgin Orbit's two-stage, liquid-fueled LauncherOne expendable rocket clears the way for a trial run to space possibly by late summer.
Israeli startup Airobotics, a provider of fully automated drones for industrial tasks such as inspection and security, has unveiled its first sensor payload to be developed and manufactured in-house.
Australia is sticking by a plan to replace its 22 Airbus Tiger ARH attack helicopters in the mid-2020s, issuing a request for information on a prospective order for 29 rotorcraft.
The French government is under investigation for a possible violation of U.S. export control terms after a cache of Javelin missiles originally delivered to France were discovered inside a Libyan rebel compound, a State Department official said on July 10.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return mission spacecraft initiated a three-day attempt late July 9 to collect a subsurface sample of Ryugu.
British defense ministers are hopeful that issues dogging the reliability and serviceability of the UK’s A400M airlifter fleet will be solved by the third quarter of 2020.
India’s defense research agency recently conducted four successful tests of the Nag anti-tank guided missile, moving closer to its induction into the country’s military.
The USAF continues to defend its middle-tier acquisition practices strategy for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared missile warning satellite.
Dynetics, Inc. will join Maxar Technologies in the development and demo of operations for the cornerstone power and propulsion element of NASA’s Gateway.
The lengthy statement of administration policy highlighting concerns in the areas of aviation, the nuclear enterprise and space, among others, was sent to the House Rules Committee July 9. Aerospace DAILY obtained a copy of the letter.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $41.3m U.S. Navy contract modification for flight test instrumentation and data processing for Tech Refresh-3 and Modernization Block 4 configuration of F-35 test aircraft.
China-based drone manufacturer DJI said the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has authorized the use of customized “Government Edition” (GE) versions of its multirotor models following a 15-month assessment that included data security testing.
The 344-sq.-foot, four-segment, reflective Mylar Light Sail 2 will undergo additional testing of the altitude control system and possible spacecraft software updates.
The update package, named LRASM 1.1, includes unspecified changes to the shape of the wing for better range, a Lockheed spokesman confirmed to Aerospace DAILY on July 9.
The world’s largest military institution—the Pentagon—“is a place with a strong compass or a deep keel,” former Defense Secretary Ash Carter said July 9. “No organization … can move forward without a leader.”
