Bell is closing its Lafayette, Louisiana, assembly facility after economic incentives provided by the state government were cut because the helicopter manufacturer failed to generate jobs.
Despite engineering a fix for green glow, a problem that obscures the vision of F-35C pilots during night operations, the U.S. Navy did not use its newly developed pilot helmet during its first, and possibly only, operational test at sea.
Virgin Orbit is on the verge of flying its LauncherOne rocket under the wing of the company’s modified Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft for the first time.
The FAA has granted 1,960 waivers to operators of small UAS—mostly to fly at night—in the two years since its Part 107 reg governing the commercial use of drones took effect.
One of 12 U.S. men and women selected in 2017 from a record 18,354 applicants to train as a NASA astronaut candidate is leaving the agency for personal reasons.
Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39A has been outfitted with a sleek steel-and- aluminum walkway to allow the boarding of SpaceX Dragon capsules.
The Senate has passed an $857 billion “minibus” package that includes $675 billion in defense funding for fiscal 2019 and signals Congress may avoid a government shutdown this fall.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have begun building a new ground-to-ground missile unit to protect Israeli civilians from rocket and artillery attacks.
India’s defense ministry has cleared a proposal from the navy to buy 111 Naval Utility Helicopters at a cost of more than 210 billion rupees ($3 billion).
