Bristow Helicopters, the provider of the UK’s Search and Rescue helicopter service, is set to operate a rotary-wing unmanned air system for SAR duties this summer.
The UK Ministry of Defense has completed its planned purchase of the General Atomics Protector medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed air system, signing an order for 13 aircraft.
Ad Astra Rocket Co. has reached another milestone in its long-running quest to develop an electric propulsion capability to hasten the human exploration of Mars and other space activities.
An initial project will create a digital twin of the UK’s airspace and then use machine learning to understand flight movements across the country in the hope of creating an AI system to support air traffic controllers.
Russia has successfully launched a new module for the International Space Station (ISS), lofting the 20-ton Nauka multipurpose scientific lab atop a Proton-M heavy launcher at 5:58 p.m. Moscow time (10:58 a.m. EDT) July 21 from Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan.
The Japanese Defense Ministry’s Acquisition Technology and Logistics Agency has launched a feasibility study of acquisition methods to replace Kawasaki T-4 intermediate jet trainers, Subaru T-7 basic trainers and ground-based training systems.
German aerospace center DLR plans to develop a full-scale flight test version of an advanced, lightweight hybrid rocket engine following successful ground runs of a prototype at its Trauen site near Hamburg.
The International Space Station’s four U.S. segment crewmembers boarded their SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon capsule early July 21 to relocate the capsule from the Harmony module forward to the Harmony zenith docking port, freeing a parking spot for the arrival of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.
Riding a wave of military modernization programs in the Asia-Pacific region, Boeing says it is seeing potential for new rotary-wing orders and upgrades, especially for AH-64 Apaches and CH-47 Chinooks.
The technical collaboration with Deutsche Aircraft is the first to be announced to involve the use of Universal Hydrogen’s capsules in an aircraft with another company’s hydrogen propulsion system.
Russia’s TsAGI Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute has unveiled a scaled-down mockup of a supersonic commercial aircraft demonstrator at the MAKS 2021 air show that kicked off near Moscow on July 20.
Having flown a Robinson R44 light helicopter modified to electric propulsion in 2016 as a proof of concept, Tier 1 Engineering is beginning ground tests of its certifiable power train conversion.
Russian government and industry officials formally presented the Sukhoi Checkmate fighter mockup to President Vladimir Putin on the first day of the MAKS Airshow on July 20, and told reporters the Light Tactical Aircraft (LTA) has secured an “anchor customer.”
Beam Global, a manufacturer of solar-powered charging stations for the automotive market, has flown an electric-powered light aircraft between five airports in California to demonstrate the potential for zero-emission aviation.
France and the UK will continue to collaborate on research and development for future missile technology through a renewed agreement with missile manufacturer MBDA.
Indonesia has signed a contract for a follow-up order of six Korea Aerospace Industries T-50i lead-in trainer jets, adding to the 14 T-50is currently in service with the country’s air force.
