The U.S. Air Force’s push to regenerate its red air aggressor capability is part of a wider move to improve the fidelity and quality of training for the pilots of fifth-generation aircraft, the commander of Air Combat Command says.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has modified the payload bay of its semi-stealthy, unmanned Avenger aircraft—now dubbed “Angel One”—to deliver humanitarian relief.
Straightline Aviation (SLA), launch customer for Lockheed Martin’s LMH-1 heavy-lift cargo hybrid airship, has signed an agreement to provide dedicated shuttle services for Canadian rare-earth mining company Quest Rare Minerals.
Drone delivery startup Flirtey has begun the first commercial trials of autonomous pizza delivery, flying to customers’ homes from a Domino’s Pizza store in Whangaparaoa, north of Auckland, New Zealand.
Since releasing its Part 107 Small Unmanned Aircraft System rule on Aug. 29, the FAA as of Nov. 9 had received more than 30,000 new aircraft registrations from commercial operators and more than 22,500 remote pilot applications.
Aerospace control system and parts provider Woodward is combining its Engine and Industrial Turbomachinery systems groups into a new Industrial Systems unit.
With the U.S. presidential election season finally over, new and returning members of Congress converge on Washington this week to learn the ropes or resume their work.
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, is being awarded a maximum value $192,682,485 cost-plus-award-fee, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
Space-policy advisers to the nascent administration of President-elect Donald Trump see a revived National Space Council under incoming Vice President Mike Pence coordinating civil, military and intelligence space activities from the White House to avoid costly duplication of effort.
The NTSB determined that air traffic controllers failed to safely separate aircraft involved in two fatal 2015 midair collisions—one, near Charleston, South Carolina, involved an Air Force F-16.
The Spanish air force has exited the four-nation Eurofighter development plan in a bid to provide more timely upgrades for its fleet of Tranche 1 aircraft.
Boeing’s defense and space unit will consolidate jobs and cut its work sites by 2020, affecting thousands of positions and cutting roughly 4.5 million sq. ft. of space, the company said Nov. 15.
The NASA Advisory Council’s Human Exploration and Operations committee agreed Nov. 14 to defer deliberations on a SpaceX Falcon 9 liquid oxygen fueling concern.
The company has formed the Commercial Information Solutions business unit and launched the Quantix, a tailsitting drone that takes off and lands vertically but transitions to wingborne forward flight for increased efficiency and range.
MARKETS&MARKETS forecasts the X-band radar market will rise at compound annual growth rate of 4.1% through 2021, from $4.58b in 2016 to $5.61b annually. North America will dominate by region, although Asia-Pacific will be fastest. SES affiliate GOVSAT has commercial satellite Ku-band communications contract to support operational phase of NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS).
Technavio forecasts the global aircraft ejection seat market will rise at a compound annual growth rate of 4.42% through 2020. Military fixed-wing fleet modernization is driving the seat sector, but the analysts believe other trends will add momentum, such as the application of ejection seats in combat helicopters and light commercial aircraft. Key vendors include Martin-Baker, NPP Zvezda, SEMMB and UTC Aerospace Systems.
NASA's next steps toward its Journey to Mars plans could become a challenge without near-term action from Congress on 2017 and near-term budgets that keep pace with inflation.
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