Republicans are ramping up pressure on President Trump to keep his commitment to lift spending caps pertaining to defense that are back in place in 2018. Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) drafted a letter pointing out Trump’s campaign commitment and White House commitment to lift the limitations. “Now is the time for Congress to take immediate action to repeal defense sequestration,” Turner writes in a letter signed by more than half of Republicans in the House.
Technologies, capabilities and knowledge increasingly appear to be coming together in ways that experts believe could address the question of whether life emerged elsewhere than on Earth.
After several delays, India is finally expected to conduct the first flight test of the BrahMos-A, the air-launched version of the Indo-Russian supersonic missile, in June.
Embattled aerospace supplier Triumph Group has struck a deal with creditors that could lead to insolvency for its Vought Aircraft unit, whose roots date to the dawn of powered aviation.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Air Force announced May 6 that it will send the F-35A to the Paris Air Show, less than two weeks after a service spokeswoman and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) told Aviation Week and other news outlets that the fifth-generation aircraft would skip the event.
BOEING has $541.1m U.S. Army contract for production lot 15 CH-47F cargo renew and new build helicopters through Dec. 31, 2020. U.S. MARINE CORPS MV-22 Ospreys complete first-ever trans-Pacific flight, touching down in Australia as part of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) on May 2.
To pave the way to begin launches of a 4,425-satellite constellation in 2019, SpaceX is pressing Congress to revise various policies in ways that would benefit its large low Earth orbit venture to provide broadband internet to currently underserved areas. For starters, Federal Communications Commission rules require non-geostationary orbit constellations to launch an entire constellation within six years.
India on May 5 launched the South Asia Satellite, aimed at meeting the growing telecommunications and broadcasting needs of India and six of its regional neighbors.
The U.S. Navy program to arm the Littoral Combat Ship/Future Frigate with a long-range ship-killing missile has narrowed to one near-certain entrant and two others on the ropes.
The first short takeoff and vertical landing model F-35 to be assembled outside the U.S. has been rolled out from Italy’s Final Assembly and Check-Out facility.
Ride-hailing giant Uber planes to launch in-demand electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air-taxi service in Dallas and Dubai in 2020, and has selected partners for development of the technology and infrastructure.
Reaction Engines has begun construction of a test facility where it plans to perform the first ground-based demonstration of its Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine.
The U.S. Navy’s powerful new SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar (ADMR) has been approved for low-rate production at Raytheon’s plant in Andover, Massachusetts.
