The USAF has revealed its life cycle cost estimate—$18.5 billion—for the new helos to guard nuclear missile sites and transport VIPs around Washington.
Rolls-Royce plans to make parts and assemble a military version of the BR725 turbofan engine in Indianapolis, if the company later this year wins a USAF competition to re-engine the B-52H bomber fleet.
Raytheon will develop and deploy a powered and extended-range variant of the JSOW-ER to attack land and maritime targets from within the weapons bay of the F-35A and carrier-based F-35C fighters, the U.S. Navy says.
An RAF Eurofighter Typhoon has performed its first strikes using MBDA’s Brimstone 2 low-collateral, air-to-ground missile against Islamic State militants.
Europe has launched a research program to address the need for reliable detection and discrimination of different types of icing condition, to protect aircraft against supercooled large droplets (SLDs)
The U.S. Air Force absolved the Embraer A-29’s flying characteristics from blame after investigating the cause of a crash during the Light Attack Experiment last June that killed a U.S. Navy pilot.
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The flight was crewed by Virgin Galactic chief pilot Dave McKay alongside lead trainer pilot Mike Masucci, with Beth Moses, chief astronaut instructor, monitoring conditions in the passenger cabin.
After U.S. President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon to a establish combatant command for space the department has determined it is not feasible unless a law is repealed and is petitioning Congress for help.
NASA has selected a dozen small science and technology demonstration payloads that could be launching to the surface of the Moon using new commercial launch transportation services as soon as the end of 2019.
An Earth-imaging satellite owned by Egypt reached orbit on Feb. 21 despite a glitch with its Russian Soyuz-2 launcher, a problem that is delaying next week’s flight for OneWeb.
An privately owned Israeli spacecraft hitched a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 21, aiming to become the first commercial expedition to the surface of the Moon.
BAE Systems has warned that Germany’s unilateral arms embargo on Saudi Arabia could have a damaging effect on the company’s future financial performance and relationships.
Hard on the heels of Boeing making a significant investment in Aerion, one of its biggest suppliers has signed on to design the forward fuselage for the supersonic business jet developer’s Mach 1.4 aircraft, the AS2.
Airbus hopes to fly its CityAirbus electric vertical takeoff and landing urban air mobility demo aircraft in March after a series of successful ground runs.
India’s state-run military airframer HAL is offering a naval variant of its Dhruv light helo in response to the Indian Navy’s requirement for 111 utility helos.
