The Dec. 12 launch of four Galileo satellites on an Ariane 5 puts Europe one step away from completing its own positioning, navigation and timing constellation.
Wednesday afternoon U.S. Air Force officials will testify to the House Armed Services subcommittee on tactical air and land forces on so-called physiological episodes among pilots.
General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $134,010,380 undefinitized contract action for the production of block 30 ground control stations.
Launch of the mission has been retargeted for no earlier than 10:35 a.m. EST on Friday, the final day for launch before high Sun angles on the space station trigger a 10-day hiatus in vehicle dockings.
Hexcel and Alabama are about to unveil a plan to provide additional polyacrylonitrile precursor and carbon fiber for planned production increases of large commercial aircraft.
Honeywell has received a supplemental type certification from the FAA to offer synthetic vision in the Primus Elite Advanced Features software upgrade on Bombardier Global Express business jets.
An unmanned glider that could precisely deliver supplies to clandestine forces and then decompose without leaving tell-tale traces has completed initial flights.
Two U.S. senators are leading a push to modestly boost the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) budget to an average of $113.4 million a year through fiscal 2023.
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Annual foreign sales of arms and military services by U.S.-based companies jumped 4% to $217.2 billion in 2016, according to a well-known Swedish think tank.
North Sea offshore helicopter operators have completed simulator trials of Honeywell’s Mark XXII enhanced ground proximity warning system for helicopters.
