French space agency CNES has tapped Zodiac Data Systems for the development of an autonomous range safety system at its Kourou, French Guiana launch site.
Contractor CTSi completed flight testing in July of an integrated comm and navigation system that will allow UAS to fly in contested and GPS-denied areas.
At the Farnborough Airshow, Orlando Carvalho, Lockheed Martin’s executive vice president for aeronautics, discussed offering a fifth-generation derivative aircraft to Japan, the fate of the F-16 and F-35 contingency plans.
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BOEING announced $98.4b in orders/commitments for commercial aircraft and $2.1b in commercial and defense services orders/agreements at Farnborough Airshow.
A bill introduced in the U.S. House would provide DHS and DOJ authorities to protect buildings and people from threatening unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
The FAA says it has exclusive authority over aircraft operations within navigable airspace, although state and local governments can regulate landing sites.
A propellant leak during a June test firing of launch abort engines developed for Boeing’s Commercial Crew CST-100 Starliner is delaying the company’s pad abort test at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.
As awareness of cyber vulnerability grows, Raytheon and its commercial cybersecurity division, Forcepoint, ensure they are practicing the simple, pragmatic basics.
The first flight of the Zephyr S—the production configuration of Airbus’s record-breaking high-altitude, solar-powered unmanned aircraft—is taking place now.
