After some logistical hurdles during the CRAF effort’s first few days moving evacuees to the U.S., federal officials have worked with airlines and airports to improve procedures.
LG Chem, South Korea’s largest chemical company, plans to build the country’s first plant producing biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel from vegetable oils.
Japan’s SoftBank and its subsidiary HAPSMobile are developing new high-capacity communications systems as they prepare to launch commercial services providing connectivity from the stratosphere using long-endurance unmanned aircraft.
Qatar’s first BAE Systems Hawk jet trainers, which will fly as part of a joint Qatari and UK Royal Air Force training squadron, have been formally handed over.
The House Armed Services Committee has approved a bill to authorize spending $778 billion for U.S. defense efforts in fiscal 2022, increasing by about 3% the amount it had initially sought.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has requested billions of yen to study and develop both defensive and offensive capabilities in the unmanned, hypersonic, electronic warfare and space domains.
Oil and gas support helicopter operator CHC says it has completed the acquisition of Babcock’s offshore helicopters business, even though the transaction is still awaiting approvals from competition watchdogs in Australia and the UK.
The SCiFIRE project is expected to build on the DARPA Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept program and mature technology for the follow-on Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile program.
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.
