Strong organic sales in both its Pratt and Whitney and UTC Aerospace Systems businesses helped push United Technologies Corp. revenues up 10% in the third quarter.
Bell’s V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor has reached 250 kt. airspeed as it continues to make progress under the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstration.
Dassault is exhibiting a small-scale model of the “New-Generation Fighter” France and Germany intend to build as a successor to the Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon.
The move stems from a report prepared by the ministry’s internal security office pointing to some highly classified IAI programs that will have to get “special protection” once shares are floated in the market.
MDA’s role in the Hypersonic Glide Body (HGB), which has not previously been disclosed, allows the agency to acquire a relevant missile to use as a target.
NASA could make better use of funds invested in the renovation of its historic facilities by ensuring revenues generated from future tenants are directed toward the agency’s mission objectives, according to NASA’s inspector general.
SAAB has first $117.6m order from BOEING for Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of U.S. Air Force T-X trainer. Boeing won T-X prime contract last month.
German aerospace center DLR will begin testing the acceptability of a windowless airliner cabin in November using a new passenger cabin module for the Air Vehicle Simulator (AVES) at its Institute for Flight Systems in Braunschweig.
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Days after President Donald Trump told cabinet members to propose spending cuts of 5%, the Pentagon says it is premature to speculate on fiscal 2020 budget issues.
Safran and Zodiac Aerospace last week signed an agreement for the merger of Zodiac Aerospace into Safran, eight months after the success of the initial tender offer.
Microsatellite launch upstart Vector has landed $70 million in new venture capital as it strives to transition from years of research and development to flight operations.
ABOARD A U.S. AIR FORCE C-40 -- Ahead of an Oct. 23 meeting at which the National Space Council will vote on recommendations to the president on Space Force, a senior Pentagon official outlined his themes for the meeting. The thesis builds on information outlined a previously released document, the Section 1601 report, required by Congress, Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan told Aviation Week Oct. 19, en route to Washington. Aviation Week was invited to accompany senior Pentagon officials on an F-35 trip around the western U.S.
The government has not finalized cost for the new plan, “but we are very close to that,” Pentagon acquisition executive Ellen Lord told Aviation Week Oct. 19 en route to Luke AFB, Arizona.
A pair of European- and Japanese-built orbiters are headed to Mercury for a flagship science mission to learn more about the Solar System’s innermost and least-explored terrestrial planet.
