While long expected, the regulatory approval nevertheless settles any lingering questions about whether the Trump administration would allow the merger of two major players.
Lockheed Martin Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Pentagon’s leading contractor, expects to significantly ramp up its investment and outreach activity this year.
The Russian military aims to gradually renew the entire range of its airlift capabilities, and its medium lifter has taken one step forward in development.
LONDON—The FAA is calling on Bell to introduce additional protections into the fly-by-wire control system of its new Model 525 intermediate-heavy twin-engine helicopter.
Flight testing Avic’s Dark Sword supersonic combat drone may follow the appearance of an unverified photograph of the aircraft in the form of a full-scale prototype or mockup.
Japan’s aerospace industry association will press for an early start to development of an indigenous fighter if the government decides not to use a foreign design for the country’s next combat aircraft.
Boeing's HorizonX Ventures arm is participating in a $5 million funding round at Kittyhawk, a provider of software for managing the operation of commercial drone fleets.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $46,569,974 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0097 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-14-G-0020).
The Pentagon has agreed to “resolve critical deficiencies” with the F-35 program before full-rate production begins, according to its response to a government watchdog report.
“Our strategic divestiture of EES helps AeroVironment focus on our leading small UAS [unmanned aircraft systems], tactical missile systems, high-altitude pseudosatellite, and commercial information solutions businesses," said AeroVironment CEO Wahid Nawabi.
"Experts from the transport policy community outside of aviation will also need to be engaged in the policy debate on drones,” the International Transport Forum says.
SpaceX is examining a deployable, inflatable aeroshell with a built-in flexible thermal protection system able to protect the Falcon 9's upper stage through atmospheric entry.
The remote airfield at Wyndham, in the state of Western Australia, also will be used to perform trials of the various payloads envisaged by the Zephyr customers, which include the U.K. defense ministry.
The ship-to-shore system will build on Skyways, the mail delivery drone that Airbus is currently testing in conjunction with the Singaporean mail service.
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PRATT & WHITNEY has $2b U.S. Navy contract for F-35 Lot 11 F135-PW-100 engines: 10 for the Navy, 51 for the U.S. Air Force, 24 for the U.S. Marine Corps.
Raytheon said it is investing $100 million in a new 50,000-sq.-ft. facility in east Mississippi that will be a “hub” for test, integration and production of S-band radars, including the U.S. Navy’s SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar program.
FAA plans to issue a request for information (RFI) this week to the seven UAS test sites, after which it will choose some or all of the sites to conduct a UAS traffic management demonstration.
