“I will tell you, as the program executive officer I am not satisfied,” Pentagon F-35 chief Vice Adm. Mat Winter told reporters during a Feb. 28 media roundtable.
France’s armed forces ministry has launched a program to renew the country’s fleet of electronic intelligence aircraft with three special-mission Falcon jets.
Even though the DOD plans to spend over $8 billion on space in fiscal 2019, those in Congress and experts on space and budgeting say the U.S. needs to do more.
The active electronically scanned array radars will soon enter operational service with Marine Air Control Sqdn.-1 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, and MACS-2 of MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina.
India’s indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has successfully carried out a hot refueling, one of the capabilities highly desired in combat situations.
Robinson Helicopter is stepping up studies of a diesel-powered variant of its R44 light helicopter as part of plans to hike performance and reduce fuel burn.
United Technologies Aerospace Systems, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, has been awarded a maximum $2,500,000,000 for aviation-related spare parts and related services.
The first 20,000-ft.2 facility, located at Spirit’s Wichita headquarters, will support existing customer contracts as well as new work in the global aerostructures market, the company said.
Favorable forecast and range conditions await the launch of the second in a series of four advanced Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, GOES-S.
The Trump administration would prefer to “preserve the viability” of the INF Treaty with Russia rather than withdraw or commit its own violations, the DOD says.
A devastating pilot shortfall, particularly in the fighter community, is forcing the U.S. Air Force’s training enterprise to get creative with very limited resources.
The White House and Boeing have reached a $3.9 billion deal for two new presidential aircraft to replace the legacy Air Force One, the company said Feb. 27.
With its K-Max external-lift helicopter back in production, Kaman Aerospace has launched a review to identify new markets for the unique “flying truck” that will keep the restarted line rolling.
