The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (Casis), which manages research activities of U.S. National Lab assets aboard the International Space Station, has selected Joseph Vockley, a molecular geneticist, as its new president and executive director.
The F-35 Defense Acquisition Board meeting to finalize Joint Strike Fighter follow-on development is delayed because entrance criteria needed for the meeting are incomplete.
NASA has initiated a two-phase effort leading to a possible February 2019 contract award for a second Mobile Launcher at Kennedy Space Center for the Space Launch System heavy rocket.
Norwegian H225 crash probers are urging that Airbus revise the design of the helicopter’s main gearbox to improve its “robustness, reliability and safety.”
The company says it applied knowledge of advanced composite aircraft structures to develop integrated fuel tanks in a large-scale wing box test article and a full-scale wing skin pre-production validation article.
The Israeli Air Force is preparing a crew to operate the Boeing 767 that will carry the nation’s president and prime minister when it is delivered in 2019.
The DOD has awarded Bell-Boeing a roughly $4.2B contract modification to purchase 58 V-22s for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and Japan.
China’s proposed Moon rocket will have a liftoff thrust approaching 6,000 metric tons, state space-launcher builder Calt says, providing new design details.
Work should be done to implement planetary protection policies as interest grows in Mars sample return and missions to other destinations where possible astrobiology could be at risk of cross-contamination from Earth, a new report says.
The first meeting of FAA’s rechartered Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) will be held July 17 in Santa Clara, California, a location that attests to the level of interest in drones in high-tech Silicon Valley.
