Germany has received its sixth A400M, delivered in the latest tactical standard allowing it to operate from unprepared grass runways and perform low-level flight operations
Boeing Defense has completed its first major cockpit overhaul of the E-3A airborne early warning and control aircraft and returned it to NATO in Germany for acceptance and eventual operational service.
Estonia’s air force is hoping for funds to purchase surplus PZL-Mielec M-28 Skytruck light transports from the U.S. Air Force to meet an urgent need for utility aircraft.
SpaceX says the demonstration flight to the International Space Station with two crewmembers has been delayed to give engineers more time to complete their investigation into a Sept. 1 pad explosion.
The Mississippi congressional delegation supporting Raytheon’s T-100 bid for the U.S. Air Force T-X next-generation trainer program has been bolstered by President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November.
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Three major F-35 players saw their stocks drop sharply Dec. 12 after President-elect Donald Trump slammed Lockheed Martin’s Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) for “out of control” costs on Twitter.
Mars One, the first publicly traded venture to propose the colonization of another planet, has its first major investor, the Hong Kong-based investment firm World Stock & Bond Trade Limited.
Boeing said early Dec. 11 it reached an agreement with Iran Air for 80 commercial aircraft valued at $16.6 billion at list prices, including 50 737 MAX 8s, 15 777-300ERs and 15 777-9s.
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved $3.51b foreign military sale to Saudi Arabia of 48 BOEING CH-47F Chinook Cargo Helicopters, related equipment, training, support. DIEHL DEFENSE’s IRIS-T (Infrared Imaging System Tail/Thrust-Vector Controlled) air-to-air missile was tested in new air-to-ground mode aboard Norwegian F-16 in September.
The role of monitoring the Earth’s climate should remain the domain of NASA, the president of the Aerospace Industries Association says, rather than being moved elsewhere such as the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, as some lawmakers have suggested. “I think it belongs in NASA,” David Melcher says at the trade group’s year-end media event, adding that the agency provides excellent oversight. “I prefer it stay there rather than try to park it in a new place.”
President-elect Donald Trump has added six more members to his NASA transition team, including the former manager of the agency’s Ares launcher development program that was scuttled by the Obama administration.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Ageny's sixth resupply mission to the International Space Station, HTV-6, lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on Dec. 9.
Jim McNerney, former Boeing chairman, CEO and president, will help advise President-elect Donald Trump as part of the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum.
