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Apr 23, 2019
The first air carrier certificate for a commercial drone delivery service in the U.S. has been awarded by the FAA to Wing, the subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet.
Apr 22, 2019
The USAF is standing up a gateway comm system at an operational base to enable certain front-line fighters, including the F-35A, to transmit data to other aircraft types without compromising its stealth signature.
Apr 22, 2019
A new agreement between aircraft-maker Boeing and aerostructures provider Spirit AeroSystems due to ongoing 737 MAX troubles should ward off the worst effects of the narrowbody’s production slowdown for the Wichita supplier.
Apr 22, 2019
A directive that accelerates NASA’s plans to return to the Moon’s surface with humans from 2024-2028 has also created an urgency that it return first with rovers.
Apr 15, 2019
Embraer’s E195-E2 has been awarded simultaneous Brazilian, European and U.S. type certification, clearing the way for initial deliveries of the stretched 146-seat airliner to begin early in the second half of the year.
Apr 15, 2019
Lockheed Martin’s Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor system flew its first flight on a Bell V-280 Valor.
Apr 12, 2019
The march toward integrating drones into the U.S. national airspace system continues.
Apr 11, 2019
An experimental Israeli spacecraft faltered minutes before a planned landing on the surface of the Moon.