Ukrainian aerospace company Antonov and China’s Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) have signed a cooperation agreement to build a second prototype of the world’s largest aircraft, the An-225 Mriya.
The Pentagon should develop a formal program to regularly recruit workers from commercial autonomy enterprises to serve with the military, especially in operations, according to a new Defense Science Board report.
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson’s shot at breaking astronaut colleague Jeff Williams’ soon-to-be-established U.S. record for time accumulated in space over a career has just dimmed.
The UK defense ministry has sent its second Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint signals intelligence-gathering aircraft back to the U.S. for repairs following questions about the aircraft’s serviceability.
India is hoping to launch a record 68 satellites in a single mission early next year, taking a giant step in space commerce as it competes for a bigger share of the burgeoning global space market worth billions of dollars.
The FAA lacks a clear process for identifying and coordinating long-term NextGen R&D, according to an audit report by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General.
The U.S. Air Force will deploy eight F-15C Eagles to Bulgaria during September to carry out a joint air policing mission in-country, with U.S. fighters taking up the Quick Reaction Alert mission to respond to defense of Bulgarian airspace.
India and the U.S. have signed a bilateral Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) by which both nations can use each other’s land, air and naval bases for repair and resupply.
The market for nonindustrial robotics, including UAVs, will surge to $226.2 billion by 2021 from $34.1 billion now, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46%, according to a new report by consulting company Tractica.
America’s ballistic missile defenses will struggle to keep pace with new Iranian and North Korean rockets, while Russia and China continue to modernize and upgrade their nuclear delivery vehicles.
Leonardo Helicopters has unveiled the active rotor blade it will flight test later this year under the UK’s £4.2 million Rotorcraft Technology Validation Project to reduce vibration and noise.
After years of criticizing the FAA for dragging its feet on regulating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), industry has welcomed the first rule enabling routine commercial operations as more flexible than expected and ahead of regulations in other countries.
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE has award to launch NASA’s Mars 2020 rover aboard Atlas V in summer 2020 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. NORTHROP GRUMMAN has contract from OHB SYSTEM AG to supply Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit-L (Scalable SIRU-L) for sensor pointing/stabilization and attitude control on Germany’s SARah radar reconnaissance satellite. LOCKHEED MARTIN delivered 50th KC-130J aerial refueler to U.S. Marine Corps at Lockheed facility in Marietta, GA, Aug. 18. Aircraft assigned to MCAS Miramar, CA.
Drone delivery service Flirtey and Domino’s are to begin commercial pizza deliveries to customer homes this year from a selected store in New Zealand once they receive final approval from the Civil Aviation Authority. A demonstration flight was conducted in Auckland on Aug. 24. Flirtey’s multicopter drone flies autonomously and hovers to lower its cargo to the ground by tether. Built-in safety features include return to a safe location if the battery runs low and automatic return to base if GPS signals are degraded or communications are lost.
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