The exercise was conducted by Aurora Flight Sciences under DARPA’s ALIAS (Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System) program to develop a drop-in kit that adds high-level automation to existing aircraft.
Australia appears to be delaying major spending on its forthcoming frigate program, potentially freeing up more than $2 billion for other programs early next decade.
The U.S. Air Force’s F-35A will fly its first aerial demonstration at the Paris Air Show this year, with Lockheed Martin pilots performing aerobatics in the skies above Le Bourget Airport.
Honeywell on May 17 unveiled a roughly $100 million corporate venture capital (CVC) effort to invest in early stage, high-growth technology companies that match the Tier 1 provider’s portfolio and software ambitions.
As NASA charts a course to Mars for human explorers with ever more capable hardware and software systems, policymakers, mission managers and those who launch face some tough ethical issues.
Japan’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are accepting proposals from the international scientific community for analysis of tiny samples of the asteroid Itokawa.
On Wednesday afternoon on Capitol Hill the Senate Armed Services (SASC) subcommittee on strategic forces will discuss “Military Space Organization, Policy, and Programs.”
Boeing is forging ahead with KC-46 Pegasus FAA airworthiness certification in the hopes of getting the aircraft certified for delivery to the U.S. Air Force by year’s end.
The U.S. Army and Marine Corps are developing requirements for an unmanned aircraft able to carry 300-800 lb. of cargo 20-100 km (12-60 mi.) to lighten the load carried by soldiers.
Boeing is studying a tailsitting vertical-takeoff-and-landing design for the U.S. Marine Corps’ emerging MUX requirement for a long-range, long-endurance expeditionary unmanned aircraft.
Piasecki Aircraft is pursuing a modular multimission vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps’ emerging MUX expeditionary unmanned aircraft requirement.
India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has successfully test-fired a Derby air-to-air Beyond Visual Range missile, a major step toward the aircraft’s Final Operational Clearance.
