The U.S. Navy recently tested its newly developed Common Control System (CCS) with a submersible unmanned vehicle during a series of underwater missions at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport in Puget Sound, Washington.
As part of SpaceX’s plan to develop a human-rated version of the Dragon crew capsule capable of precision powered landings on the ground, the company has revealed first images of propulsive hover tests undertaken in late November at its McGregor, Texas facility.
Sixty days after Blue Origin achieved its first milestone vertical landing with the New Shepard sub-orbital launch vehicle, the company has repeated the feat with the same rocket.
Startup XTI Aircraft has launched a formal stock offering after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) qualified its crowdfunding campaign to assess interest in backing development of its TriFan 600 vertical-take-off-and-landing business aircraft.
The program is still on track for an unmanned trip around the Moon in the fall of 2018 with some extra features enabled in part by a $174 million congressional funding boost.
As the U.S. and its coalition partners intensify the pace of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon plans to bolster Baghdad’s arsenal with nearly $2 billion in weaponry, equipment and logistics support for Iraqi F-16s.
U.S. and Japanese naval aircraft figured heavily in the recent Guam Exercise, an annual bilateral training exercise between the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
With a new Pentagon clarion call ringing for additional and more realistic wargaming, the Naval Postgraduate School has started to get its officer students designing, executing and evaluating scenarios just now being developed by the Navy brass.
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus launched the service’s “Great Green Fleet” earlier his month, touting the big move toward alternative fuels as a way to save money, make ships better in combat and increase the Navy’s ability to innovate.
Based on initial indications, the problem occurred due to an apparent failure to follow procedures during an operational test of the port and starboard main propulsion diesel engines, the Navy says.
THALES ALENIA SPACE , AIRBUS DEFENSE & SPACE , ESA chose SNECMA PPS5000 plasma thruster for Neosat telecommunications satellites program; summer 2017 delivery.
Austria-based aerospace composites manufacturer FACC on Jan. 20 acknowledged falling to a cyber hack with around $55 million in damages. “Today, it became evident that FACC AG has become a victim of a crime act using communication and information technologies,” an online statement says. “The management board has immediately involved the Austrian Criminal Investigation Department and engaged a forensic investigation. The correct amount of damage is under review. The damage can amount to roughly EUR 50 million.
A new tribute to NASA’s space shuttle era featuring the agency’s original Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft will open for public display adjacent to Johnson Space Center on Jan. 23.
Although Australian defense officials are keen to increase the army’s Chinook fleet to 10 aircraft from the current seven, the defense department in Canberra says it has not yet decided even to ask the government to approve buying more of the aircraft.
Eleven NASA-funded investigations will probe the health and performance issues expected to confront astronauts assigned to future deep space exploration missions.
Bell is testing new rotor blades and an infrared suppression system for its V-22 Osprey as it pushes to modernize and improve the tiltrotor’s reliability.
