An impact from a Ceres-sized planetary object early in its history may explain some of the more mysterious characteristics of Mars, researchers in the U.S. and Japan say.
Chris Kubasik’s long-expected rise to become the next CEO of L3 Technologies was confirmed late July 19 when the New York company said current Chairman and CEO Michael Strianese will retire Dec. 31.
Singapore has offered to send a detachment of UAVs for surveillance or reconnaissance in operations against militants claiming allegiance to the so-called Islamic State in the southern part of the Philippines.
A team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers is parlaying high-resolution imagery of hurricanes and typhoons taken by International Space Station crewmembers into a new business venture to improve storm forecasting worldwide.
NASA has awarded Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc., of Greenbelt, Maryland, a potential $1.12 billion, long-term contract to provide technical, administrative and managerial services at Johnson Space Center.
“Though the review is still in process, the SM-3 Block 2A interceptor and Aegis Combat System have been eliminated as the potential root cause,” MDA Director Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves tells Aviation Week.
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is trying to help attract the brightest minds to uncover the cause of the mysterious problems service pilots have experienced with symptoms of hypoxia.
UAC president Yury Slyusar said July 19 that the light transport is now expected to take off in the first half of 2018, almost a year behind the initial schedule.
NASA has taken delivery of a second P2006T fuselage from Tecnam for use in the X-57 Maxwell distributed electric propulsion flight demonstration program.
As aircraft become more integrated, and their systems more interconnected, traditional design tools are struggling to manage the increasing complexity.
Textron Aviation revenue decreased $25 million during the second quarter of 2017, with a decline in demand for Caravan and King Air turboprops and lower volumes on Beechcraft T-6 military trainers.
NASA has issued a request for information for in-space electric propulsion concepts which could potentially power the agency’s proposed Deep Space Gateway.
A South Korean government watchdog has criticized the Korea Aerospace Industries Surion military helicopter project amid an investigation into corruption at the company.
India’s space agency and NASA have begun building hardware for the joint Nisar dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite, due for launch in 2021.
