The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has demonstrated the automatic takeoff and landing of a tiltrotor unmanned aircraft system (UAS) on a moving ship.
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is adding its voice to a growing chorus calling on the White House to withdrawal its nomination of former Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) as the next Export-Import Bank chairman.
French airport operator Groupe ADP and civil aviation authority subsidiary DSNA Services have unveiled their Hologarde integrated counter-drone system.
U.S STATE DEPARTMENT approved $34m foreign military sale to Netherlands of 180 AGM-114R Hellfire II Missiles, 24 M36E8 Captive Air Training Missiles and related support. BOEING has $13m U.S. Air Force contract for low-rate initial production of the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation (Dragon) program.
The White House plans to appoint Scott Pace to the position of executive secretary for the resurrected National Space Council. Pace currently serves as director of the Space Policy Institute, and previously held the position of associate administrator for program analysis and evaluation at NASA. He also served as deputy director and acting director of the Office of Space Commerce.
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) July 17-21—Transiting Exoplanets, Keele University, United Kingdom. For more information go to http://www.spaceagenda.com/future-events/
The U.S. Air Force is looking closely at the future of close-in warfare, but the service’s top general says that future may not include a direct replacement for the A-10 Warthog.
Five NASA spacecraft either orbiting Mars or roving its surface will be isolated from terrestrial commanding due to a Red Planet solar conjunction between July 22-Aug. 1.
Siberian aeronautical research institute SibNIA has flown the prototype on an all-composite, turboprop-powered derivative of the Antonov An-2 utility biplane.
During the tests in Galveston Bay off the coast of Texas, astronauts unstrapped themselves, crawled from their seats, opened a side or top hatch and deployed a lightweight raft intended to provide them with refuge until recovery forces arrive.
Gulfstream officials say Boeing’s “room for growth” argument for why the U.S. Air Force should pick a 737 airliner over a business jet for future Compass Call, J-Stars, Rivet Joint and AEW&C missions is “misleading.”
The resulting program likely will produce combat aircraft designed to replace existing fleets of fighters such as the Panavia Tornado and the Dassault Mirage 2000D.
The European Maritime Safety Agency will provide services to member states for missions ranging from border control and maritime surveillance to pollution monitoring.
