The Pentagon is already using cutting-edge machine learning to identify objects on the battlefield.

A sporty-looking black-and-white Falcon 9 rocket was rolled out to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for a static engine hotfire before SpaceX’s newest booster, known as Block 5, lifts off on its debut flight.

Maintenance records from the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 that experienced an inflight engine failure last month reveal the fan blades of its CFM56-7B turbofan engines, which are suspected of causing the failure, had been overhauled 10,712 engine cycles before the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported.

“We’re all-in, if we can get that capability at the appropriate cost," the vice chief of the Army says of Future Vertical Lift.

The winning engine will replace GE’s T700 in the Army’s Sikorsky UH-60M/V Black Hawk and Boeing AH-64E Apache, and also could power the next generation of clean-sheet military rotorcraft in the lightweight category of Future Vertical Lift.

UTC Aerospace Systems is positioning itself as a key supplier for legacy U.S. Army helicopter upgrades and next-generation, clean-sheet designs.

DARPA cancellation of an ambitious VTOL X-plane program underlines the challenges facing industry in developing hybrid-electric and distributed-electric propulsion systems

More SS2s are in production as The Spaceship Co. broadens its portfolio to include other aerospace and transport products.