As it pursues plans to build a low-boom supersonic X-plane, NASA is testing an air-data probe that could be used to measure the intensity of shockwaves from aircraft, to improve design tools and reduce sonic boom loudness.
The U.S. Air Force is requesting information from industry on technologies that could produce lower-cost engines for future subsonic “Group 5” unmanned aircraft systems.
EA-18G Growler acquisition costs increased $1.3 billion to $15.7 billion, or about 8.9%, due primarily to a $751.5 million charge for an additional seven aircraft.
U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa has established a new command — Commander, Task Force 64 (CTF64) — focused on ballistic missile defense (BMD) in Europe.
U.S. services’ plans to fly the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for longer than originally intended have pushed up the estimated total program cost, according to the Pentagon’s latest selected acquisition report (SAR).
The U.S. Navy has already started working on ship changes and control station adaptations for the Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (Cbars), according to a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.
The U.S. Army has begun firing different missile interceptors from a ground launcher designed by the service itself under what it says is “the first development of a major acquisition program by the organic government industrial base in 30 years.”
French aerospace research center Onera is studying an unusual hybrid-electric unmanned aircraft concept combining agility with a wide speed range and both vertical- and short-takeoff-and-landing (V/STOL) capability.
Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), a former A-10 pilot, worries that the U.S. Air Force intends to replace the close-air support specialty platform before it has the chance to compete directly with the F-35 for the job.
Support for a NASA Evolvable Mars Campaign strategy that would establish a single Exploration Zone on the Red Planet is growing, according to those within the agency nurturing the concept.
A Chinese aerospace businessman arrested two years ago as part of a years-long scheme to hack into the U.S. defense industry has pleaded guilty, the Justice Department has announced.
Companies have started registering for the 52nd International Paris Air Show, which is slated to take place June 19-25 next year at the Le Bourget exhibition center northeast of the city.
A high-power microwave weapon last tested in 2012 and capable of knocking out computer systems is being taken out of mothballs and refurbished for a new round of testing and possible early operational fielding.
Paris-based Eutelsat has selected Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to produce the high-power Eutelsat 7C commercial communications satellite, the fleet operator’s fifth all-electric spacecraft.
The Pentagon should consider treating the F-35 Block 4 as a new acquisition when it comes to requirements and reporting procedures, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.
