The Cygnus, named for the late NASA astronaut Ellison Onizuka, carries 8,210 lb. of crew supplies, ISS equipment, science experiments and technology demonstrations.
Airbus has said the partnership’s Bridge Tanker proposal will be based on the Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), but comments from a Skunk Works executive suggest advanced upgrades could be added for the U.S. version of the international best-seller.
A specialist in dexterous robotic manipulators has received $1 million in U.S. Army funding to develop a system to autonomously refuel Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopters in the field.
Africa has emerged as a proving ground for drone delivery, headlined by Zipline’s large-scale on-demand medical delivery networks in Rwanda, Ghana and now Nigeria. Now the continent is turning its attention to urban air mobility.
Tokyo-based startup SkyDrive has begun cooperating with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on aerodynamic research to support development of its planned electric urban air vehicle.
Within the month, the Joint Staff plans to hold an industry day, according to U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Lockheed Martin has confirmed a secret customer has ordered the Speed Racer flight vehicle that the Skunk Works unveiled a year ago as a technology demonstrator.
U.S. agriculture and biofuel organizations have urged the U.S. Congress to base a proposed tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel on the most updated and accurate lifecycle carbon assessment methods and not the modeling used by the ICAO.
Joby Aviation has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a milestone on its 15-year journey to launch commercial aerial ridesharing services in the U.S. in 2024.
The bill calls for the intelligence community and the Pentagon to relay all data related to unidentified aerial phenomena “immediately to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force and to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center.”
The U.S. Army’s next installment of Project Convergence—an experiment that seeks to link disparate military platforms—will involve all three services and focus on maximizing the use of data and sharing it across the joint force, according to the deputy commander of Army Futures Command.
Efforts by NASA to develop a next-generation spacesuit face significant cost and schedule challenges that will push back its availability to April 2025 at the earliest, according to audit by the agency’s inspector general.
Business-aviation and air-medical services provider Aero-Dienst on Aug. 10 announced a four-year contract award from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to maintain its Dassault Falcon 2000LX Inflight Systems and Technology Airborne Research aircraft.
Intuitive Machines, one of NASA’s initial Commercial Lunar Payload Services providers, has selected the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the first-quarter-2024 launch of its third mission to the Moon.
General Electric has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply a customized variant of the CT7-8 turboshaft engine to power startup Transcend Air’s planned Vy 400 tiltwing vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
