SpaceX’s 13th NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station splashed down under parachute in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja, California on Jan. 13.
India’s state-run military aircraft maker HAL is working with Safran Helicopter Engines to establish a unit in Goa for servicing military helicopter engines.
SIKORSKY has $193.9m U.S. Army foreign military sales contract for eight Saudi Arabian National Guard and nine Royal Saudi Land Forces Airborne Special Security Forces UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.
Robert Lightfoot, NASA’s longest-serving acting administrator and a force in advancing spacecraft propulsion, will receive the 2018 National Space Trophy in April. Lightfoot, who has served as the agency’s top executive since January 2017, joined NASA in 1989 at Marshall Space Flight Center, where he started his career as a test engineer and program manager.
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Jan. 16-18, 2018—Electronic Warfare 2018: Evolving EW and Cyber Capabilities to Counter New Threats, Marriott Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. For more information go to electronic-warfare.eu/index.php
Delivery of two Korean Aerospace KAI T-50s to the Royal Thai Air Force has been delayed indefinitely after the trainers suffered unspecified technical faults.
Thrush Aircraft is considering development of an “optionally piloted” version of its Model 510 agricultural aircraft for aerial surveillance and fighting fires. &
Shares of specialty aerospace and defense electronics provider Astronics skyrocketed as much as 17% in price by midday Jan. 12 after the company raised its sales outlook.
Following years of preparation, civil and military air traffic controllers are working “shoulder to shoulder” at Schiphol-East, the oldest part of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Dutch government announced.
AFwerX-Vegas will have laboratory and prototyping facilities where outsiders can test their concepts.The Air Force says it is particularly interested in new drone technology.
The U.S. Air Force's fourth Space Based Infrared System missile warning satellite is on track to launch next week aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
Leonardo will lead 42 industry and government organizations from 15 European countries on the European Defense Fund’s Ocean2020 unmanned maritime system demo.
The 44.4-meter tall Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C40) lifted off at 9.29 a.m. India time Jan. 12 after a 28-hr. countdown from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency had been planning to take over Boeing’s position as the lead integrator of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, but has concluded it's not ready yet.
