An accident probe into the loss of a Canadian Sikorsky Cyclone anti-submarine warfare helicopter has concluded that a bias in the fly-by-wire flight control system prevented the pilot from making a corrective input, resulting in the aircraft crashing into the Mediterranean Sea.
Unions representing French workers at Airbus and Safran are urging the Eurodrone partner governments to adopt a European engine for the medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed air system.
Turkish Aerospace has flown its latest prototype T625 Gokbey twin-engine medium helicopter, increasing the pace of the flight-test program for the indigenously developed platform.
The UK Royal Navy is looking to accelerate the development of an autonomous, heavy-lift uncrewed air system so that it can reduce its reliance on expensive-to-operate conventional rotary-wing platforms.
The U.S. Air Force is preparing for its second Advanced Battle Management System capability release that will focus on improving command and control for U.S. Northern Command’s homeland defense mission.
Gyroplane developer Skyworks Aeronautics has teamed with two South Korean startups in a bid to tap into the country’s ambitious plans to commercialize urban air mobility.
The Pentagon is creating a new prototyping fund to support the Joint Warfighting Concept, and what makes this effort different is the goal of bringing integrated capability to the joint force instead of delivering individual technologies to the services.
Belgium needs to raise its defense spending and develop a more “proactive and anticipatory” strategic culture if it is to remain a reliable ally, a review of the country’s Strategic Vision has determined.
A UK-funded research program is developing a hybrid hydrogen and electric propulsion architecture that could offer a stepwise approach to introducing cryogenic and superconducting technology while easing the path to certification of the technology.
Pentagon Kicks Off AI, Data Acceleration Initiative The Pentagon is launching a new AI and Data Acceleration effort to quicken Joint All-Domain Command and Control development, according to a June 21 memo.
Three spacewalks in nine days did the trick, as astronauts succeeded in installing the second of the first two of six planned Roll Out Solar Arrays on the International Space Station to provide more electricity for science and technology activities as the orbital science lab ages.
Northrop Grumman has delivered the spacecraft bus to support the 2023 launch of a satellites that will demonstrate a military-only alternative to the Global Positioning System, according to the Air Force Research Laboratory.
As Airbus evaluates liquid hydrogen as a possible route to zero-emission commercial aviation by the mid-2030s, it has begun a research program to explore the potential of cryogenically cooled electric propulsion for large civil aircraft.
Special mission Beechcraft King Air 300 twin-turboprop aircraft used by the U.S. Army has surpassed 50,000 flight hours, Textron Aviation has announced.
Nearly 20 years after contract award, the carrier air wing selected to ferry the F-35C for its inaugural deployment aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) has completed the qualifications required for future operations.
Germany looks set to become the latest customer for Boeing’s P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, after German lawmakers approved funding for an interim buy of the platform.
Embraer subsidiary Eve Urban Air Mobility has agreed to supply Blade with 60,000 flight hours a year of service in Southern California and the West Coast beginning in 2026.
Estes Industries, famous among model rocket enthusiasts for the company’s solid propellant motors, has spun off a new company sporting lineage to Aurora Flight Sciences that aims to provide engineering support for larger launchers.
