The FAA next year will begin a phased evaluation of satellite-aided surveillance of aircraft flying over oceanic spaces, including use of the Aireon space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system scheduled to begin operating in 2019.
The Pentagon will finalize the Joint Strike Fighter acquisition strategy in a few weeks, and the service acquisition executives have signed the document.
Chinese private space-launcher developer Landspace aims to make the first flight of its main rocket in 2020, following a complete engine test late this year or early next.
Russia's space agency Roscosmos plans to conduct a spacewalk outside the ISS to collect additional information about a drill hole in a berthed Soyuz capsule.
The USAF has notified lawmakers that prime contractor Lockheed Martin will need a new, $9.5 million facility to meet F-35 Lightning II full-rate production requirements.
Airbus and partners aim to stimulate tech development for sustainable lunar exploration and development with a new international competition called The Moon Race.
Airbus Helicopters, Thales, and missile manufacturer MBDA have been awarded contracts to begin risk-reduction work to develop an upgrade for the Tiger attack helicopter.
So far, the coast looks clear as NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission spacecraft continues its final approach to its target destination, the Near Earth Object (NEO) Bennu.
Moon Express, a privately owned lunar transportation and services company, has raised $10 million of a planned $20 million Series B round of financing.
Avcorp, a Canadian aerostructure provider to OEM and top-tier suppliers that has seen financial troubles this year, said Sept. 28 it secured a $3.5 million loan from Panta Canada, its super-majority owner.
The MiG-31 interceptor has taken on new tasks as the Kinzhal ground-strike system and as an aerospace missile system that can deliver small satellites to orbit or fight enemy satellites.
An F-35B flown by British pilots completed the first landing and take-off aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 25, becoming the first fixed-wing aircraft to operate on a Royal Navy carrier at sea in eight years.
A fault in manufacturing a rotor mast caused the crash of a Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Surion helicopter of the South Korean marine corps on July 17, the Ministry of Defense says.
Much as commercial aero engine companies moved years ago toward selling their powerplants below cost to secure marketshare, Boeing Defense may be headed in the same direction with recent program wins including T-X.
