The Pentagon is reaching out to small businesses to learn about the barriers they face in winning Defense Department contracts, as the proportion of smaller companies in the defense industrial base continues to shrink.
The House Armed Services Committee on Sept. 1 voted 42-17 to authorize a $23.9 billion increase in U.S. defense spending, for a total of $778 billion in fiscal 2022.
The Pentagon is not ruling out possible collaboration with the Taliban as it looks to target the Islamic State-Khorasan group within Afghanistan for “over-the-horizon” counterterrorism strikes with no U.S. forces in the country.
Nigeria’s Air Force has inducted the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano as the country strengthens its air arm to fight against the growing threat of Islamic extremists in West Africa.
The U.S. Marine Corps will fly Lockheed Martin F-35Bs off of a Japanese ship for the first time in October or November, Gen. David Berger, the commandant, said on Sept. 1.
Former GE Aviation chief David Joyce is joining Boeing’s board of directors, while Navy Adm. (ret.) Ed Giambastiani Jr. will leave at the end of the year, the company announced Aug. 31.
The Japanese Defense Ministry’s fiscal 2022 budget request seeks 5.48 trillion yen ($50 billion), a 7% increase from the 5.12 trillion yen it sought the prior year.
Joby Aviation has become the first company to fly an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft as part of NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign.
The Netherlands aerospace center Royal NLR is conducting a series of flights with an electric aircraft under an initiative to help airports gain knowledge on the feasibility, potential and handling of electric-powered aircraft.
The Space Development Agency (SDA) is looking for bids to build about 150 satellites to support the military in high-end regional conflicts, with plans to begin launches in late fiscal 2024.
The House Armed Services Committee chairman wants to cut the Defense Department’s buy of F-35s in the short term in favor of adding dozens of fourth-generation aircraft, including Super Hornets, that the U.S. Navy does not want, while in the long-term cutting back on Joint Strike Fighter procurement if sustainment costs don’t improve.
Landsat 9, the joint Earth-observation satellite from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, promises to accelerate the pace of high-data, global snapshots of the planet’s varied land masses, oceans and glacial response to climate change.
Unique weather conditions in urban landscapes are a key challenge for the safety and reliability of advanced air mobility operations that will require the development of new sensing and forecasting capabilities.
U.S. startup Electra.aero has formed a strategic partnership with Melbourne-based infrastructure company Skyportz to develop urban and regional passenger and cargo transport in Australia using hybrid-electric ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
The historic Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as “Doc” is back home in Wichita and preparing to launch its 2021 fall tour following engine troubles that arose on its flight to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in July.
Experience, adaptation skills and cooperation with allies as well as reliable and efficient aircraft made Operation Agapan a success, enabling 2,800 people to leave Afghanistan on short notice, French military officials say.
A newly upgraded Republic of China Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16B was involved in a runway excursion incident on Aug. 31 while preparing for the high-profile Han Kuang war games.
A joint statement, issued by the three countries, said the signing of the latest agreement “confirms the commitment of Germany, Spain and France to the development of a new generation combat aviation [system] capable of facing future threats and challenges.”
Harbour Air, MagniX and H55 have completed the preliminary design review on their electric propulsion modification for the 1940s-vintage de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver.
Three Swiss political parties have joined forces to trigger a referendum aimed at halting the government’s procurement of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
The tests should validate launchpad infrastructure, evaluate countdown procedures and train the launch team in advance of the inaugural Vulcan mission in 2022.
