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Combinations of soil-borne chemistry and ultraviolet radiation from the Sun could be significant barriers to Martian organic activity and habitability, researchers’ findings show.
Airbus and Veritas Capital Fund Management, the owners of StandardAero, have started negotiating a possible sale of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm Vector Aerospace.
“Malabar-17 will be another milestone with the participation of 16 ships, two submarines and more than 95 aircraft,” an Indian defense ministry spokesman says.
The British High Court has rejected claims by a campaign group that the British government was acting unlawfully by selling defense equipment to Saudi Arabia.
Aviation regulators in Norway and UK have announced plans to lift the restrictions placed on operators of the Airbus H225 and AS332L2 Super Puma helicopters after the loss of a Norwegian helicopter last April.
A convention aimed at banning and eventually eliminating nuclear weapons has been formally adopted by the United Nations, absent support from any of the nine nations that possess nuclear arms.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on July 6 vowed to place and keep the U.S. at the pinnacle of human space exploration with a return to the Moon and a pledge to “put American boots on the face of Mars.”
Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted a series of hot-fire tests of a Power Processing Unit for an Advanced Electric Propulsion System at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is beginning to train U.S. Air Force pilots to fly the A-29 “Super Tucano” for the service’s upcoming OA-X light attack/observation aircraft appraisal.
Formed in Woburn, Massachusetts, in 2006, Terrafugia is developing the Transition, a two-seat, folding-wing aircraft that can be driven on the road. The company has faced challenges meeting both automotive and aviation safety requirements for the Transition.
LONDON—Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), and Indonesia’s PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and regional aircraft.
The test phase of the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo probe is in full swing and scientists are hoping for major progress in understanding the planet’s physics.
BEIJING—Australia has declared initial operational capability for upgraded BAE Systems Hawk trainers that will support its force of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings. &nb
