Industry broadly welcomed President Trump’s launch of a pilot program engaging state and local governments in the development of federal UAV regulations.
The Saudi Arabian government has signed a partnership agreement with Virgin Group under which it will invest around $1 billion into the company’s space operations.
According to a list of aircraft published by the Dubai Airshow organizers, the aircraft is called the Calidus B-250 and reportedly is larger than the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano.
Dassault, Thales and Safran were notified Oct. 25 of a €227 million ($266 million) fine connected to the sale of 60 Mirage 2000-5 fighters to Taiwan in 1992.
Vilnius is spending €110 million ($129 million) for two Nasams batteries, as well as a logistical support, maintenance and personnel training package following the system’s selection by the defense ministry last October.
As the commercial satellite industry prepares to extend broadband access globally, government assistance likely will be required to prevent collisions.
Apparently undaunted by last week’s unprecedented announcement of a tie-up between Airbus and Canada’s Bombardier over the C Series airliner, Boeing Chairman, President And CEO Dennis Muilenburg says these are “not actions that change our game plan.
South Korea is likely to pass up a chance at economizing on support costs by linking requirements for maritime patrollers and airborne early warning aircraft.
A fuel-efficient airliner concept developed within NASA that shows promise as an early application of turboelectric propulsion is to undergo a comprehensive external evaluation by Aurora Flight Sciences.
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg concedes more work on the tanker remains, but insists the biggest problems are behind the company.
The consortium of MBDA and Saab that builds the Taurus KEPD 350 bunker-busting missile thinks a proposed compact version probably could fit in the weapon bays of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings.
South Korean engineers are, at least nominally, taking the lead in developing onboard systems for the KF-X. Whether they are always in fact leading is not so certain, since many foreign companies have been hired to assist.
Bulgarian media reports say pilots refused to undertake training flights on Oct. 24 over concerns about safety and additional delays to the country’s plans to replace the country’s Soviet-era fighters with Western-built equipment.
Wednesday morning the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will discuss “The Commercial Satellite Industry: What’s Up and What’s on the Horizon,” with witnesses from SpaceX, ViaSat and OneWeb.
