AirTanker, the consortium created to deliver and operate the U.K. Royal Air Force’s (RAF) fleet of Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports, has declared itself fully operational after achieving its Full Service Date (FSD) milestone.
The British High Court has given permission for police to access U.K. Air Accident Investigation Board files relating to the crash of a vintage jet fighter at the Shoreham Airshow that killed 11 people.
Europe’s long mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko came to an end Sept. 30 when controllers deliberately crashed it into one of the deep “pits” on the object’s surface.
In a first for autonomous technology, Lockheed Martin successfully launched a small, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called Vector Hawk from an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) during a U.S. Navy exercise in August.
If the case for NASA’s journey to Mars is to close, those launching on the initial long voyages must count on the supplies and safeguards they can take with them as well as more advanced life support systems.
According to the Defense Department’s pricing czar, the crux of the military’s concern is about use, or access, to the know-how IP – not necessarily its ownership.
The missile that destroyed Malaysia Airlines MH17 in 2014 was brought in from Russia and fired from a field controlled by pro-Russian rebels, investigators have concluded.
There is growing interest in the idea of a “Moon village” on the lunar surface, and the FAA is willing to act as a sort of virtual cooperative for potential lunar villagers.
Sierra Nevada Corp. and the UN have signed an agreement to develop an unmanned mission to take experiments supplied by developing nations to orbit on the company’s Dream Chaser spacecraft.
A Philippines tender for light attack aircraft, covering an initial six units, is expected soon. Another batch of six to 12 aircraft should follow delivery of the first batch.
Lockheed Martin and European missile manufacturer MBDA have submitted their proposal to use the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) to meet the needs of Germany’s TLVS program.
