DynCorp CEO George Krivo discusses how the military and logistics services company has worked to stabilize itself through boom and bust cycles in the industry.
Singapore-based fuel-cell producer HES Energy Systems has unveiled its concept for a hydrogen-electric four-seat regional aircraft, building on its experience developing hydrogen propulsion systems for unmanned aircraft.
Bell is to collaborate with Japanese package-delivery company Yamato on aerial logistics using electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) unmanned aircraft.
General Electric is working with CargoLogicAir on a detailed study to re-engine the cargo operator’s fleet of Antonov An-124 freighters with the CF6-80C2 turbofan.
Bruce N. Whitman, chairman, president and CEO of FlightSafety International, died at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Oct. 10 after a brief period of failing health.
An accident investigation team identified an issue with the jet’s fuel tube, which is a common component across all three variants of the stealthy fighter.
The booster anomaly was identified shortly after liftoff on Oct. 11, triggering a ballistic re-entry of the capsule and subjecting the crew to higher-than-normal G forces.
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) is urging NASA and other organizations involved in the search for life beyond Earth to embrace an approach that recognizes a broader range of scientific and technical disciplines and participants with a stake in the effort.
India has test-launched a short-range Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile, giving another boost to the country’s evolving ballistic missile defense system.
The U.S. Army has awarded L3 Technologies a $454 million, five-year contract to supply Wescam MX-10D sensor systems to upgrade the service’s RQ-7B UAVs.
The U.S. Justice Department announced Oct. 10 that it arrested and indicted a Chinese security officer earlier this year for alleged economic espionage and trying to steal trade secrets from “multiple” U.S. aviation and aerospace companies, including GE Aviation in Ohio.
Boeing has underperformed and overspent in its contractual efforts to develop and produce the first core stages for NASA’s SLS, an agency IG audit says.
Satellites, Earth imagery, geospatial data and analytics provider Maxar Technologies said Oct. 9 it is speeding up its domestication into the U.S. from Canada and expects to complete the process in January 2019.
TransDigm Group’s proposed $4 billion acquisition of rival Esterline Technologies could cement the former in the pantheon of top-tier Western aerospace and defense suppliers and aftermarket providers.
