Rockwell Collins still will not comment on an alleged offer to be acquired by United Technologies Corp. (UTC), Rockwell Collins Chairman, President and CEO Kelly Ortberg told the Jefferies 2017 Industrials Conference in New York on Aug. 8.
Organizations representing manufacturers of small unmanned air vehicles and those operating them have criticized a UK government report into the risks associated with collisions between the systems and manned aircraft.
The second Electron rocket is due to roll out to its launch pad in about eight weeks, company founder Peter Beck says. “If test flight two is good and we feel we don’t have a lot more to learn, then we’ll jump into commercial operations on flight three, for sure."
Classified guidance sent by the Pentagon to certain military bases detailing how to counter small unmanned aircraft systems appears aimed at addressing concerns over whether and how personnel can deal with the growing threat posed by commercial drones.
Pilotless commercial aircraft can generate “meaningful savings ... via mission optimization, greater predictability and reduced flight crew and training costs," a new report says.
North Korea might have demonstrated an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland, but the Pentagon says Pyongyang still hasn’t proven other critical elements required for accurate delivery of a nuclear warhead.
BELL-BOEING has $57m U.S. Navy contract for retrofit of one MV-22 in support of the V-22 Common Configuration-Readiness and Modernization (CC-RAM) Program, intended to create one common Block C MV-22 configuration. U.S. NAVY conducted AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) tracking test off the west coast of Hawaii on July 27. A medium-range ballistic missile target was launched from Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai and traced throughout its trajectory.
The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley startup generator, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), has awarded a contract to SparkCognition to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to the U.S. Air Force’s process of allocating resources to different programs. The company analyzes operations and previous situations to simulate the effects of decisions. This will be the first phase of a multi-stage contract. Future phases will look to refine the company’s model with more data and testing scenarios.
The technologies that the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency needs to continue fulfilling its missions will require it to forge unprecedented business ties to a commercial data-collection and analysis industry that has no interest or desire in working behind classified doors.
The impact of integrating directed-energy weapons onto existing fighters and bombers will be the first area to be studied under the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s seven-year, $409 million Next-Generation Thermal, Power and Controls program.
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The Ehang 184 is too heavy to fit under the FAA’s 55-lb. weight limit for commercial drones, yet it cannot qualify as an experimental aircraft because it is autonomous. It will have to be certified to carry a passenger
Rocket Lab says incorrectly configured ground telemetry equipment operated by an independent contractor led to the early termination of the first test launch of its Electron rocket on May 25.
