A request for information released Feb. 24 by Air Education Training Command introduced the new “Introductory Flight Training - Rotary Wing” concept for the Air Force’s cadre of pilots slated to fly a helicopter fleet.
Virgin Galactic does not expect to resume flight tests of its suborbital passenger vehicle until May due to potential electromagnetic interference (EMI) issues from a new flight control computer, CEO Michael Colglazier said during a Feb. 25 call with investors.
Bipartisan leaders of the U.S. House Transportation Committee have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the FAA’s efforts to introduce drones into the national airspace system.
A two-seat Mirage F1B providing adversary air training services to the U.S. Air Force crashed off the end of the flight line at approximately 11:25 am on Feb. 25 at Tyndall AFB, Florida. One of the pilots ejected.
The U.S. Air Force will not sacrifice its F-35 buy to pay for Next Generation Air Dominance , but other fighter programs may take a hit instead, according to the service’s chief of staff.
The U.S. Air Force is exploring how to declassify information from the service’s new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance strategy and what the military will need from those platforms in 2030, according to the service’s chief of staff.
With growing activity in cislunar space and lunar orbit, there is growing interest in using the weak and intermittent signals that are available from existing GNSS constellations for positioning and timing.
Blue Origin is targeting the fourth quarter of 2022 for the first flight of its reusable orbital New Glenn launch system, a delay of about one year, the company said on Feb. 25.
The U.S. Air Force anticipates receiving answers from industry on the B-52 re-engining solicitation this summer but is uncertain on the timing of a downselect decision, according to the head of Global Strike Command.
Kitty Hawk has partnered with European health care company Falk to evaluate use of the Heaviside electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle in emergency response operations.
Europe could lead global defense spending growth if nations continue current spending trajectories, analysis by the London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies has suggested.
BAE Systems CEO Charles Woodburn anticipates programs such as the Tempest Future Combat Air System to be “strongly supported through the Integrated Review.”
Weather service startup ClimaCell on Feb. 24 declared its intent to launch and operate a constellation of small satellites in the coming years to power its aspiration of becoming “the largest weather enterprise in the world.”
Spirit AeroSystems is growing the defense part of its revenue streams faster than expected, which is mildly helping to offset lost work in making airliners, the company’s CEO said Feb. 23.
The Protected Tactical Waveform was demonstrated successfully during the Advanced Battle Management System onramp event No. 2 in late August and early September.
Flight testing of the Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) demonstrators designed by a Lockheed Martin/Aerojet Rocketdyne team and a Raytheon/Northrop Grumman team has been delayed since the end of 2019.
U.S. Air Mobility Command is pitching a plan to approve a portion of KC-46A aircraft for limited operational missions despite remaining deficiencies that will hinder the tanker to participate in combat missions.
Sierra Nevada on Feb. 22 filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office of the U.S. Air Force’s decision to award a sole-source upgrade contract to Sikorsky for the HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter.
U.S. Air Force officials say the B-21 program was not slowed down by a need to redesign the engine inlet, with the second aircraft now entering the production system.
Joby Aviation is going public in a transaction that will provide the urban air mobility startup more than $1.5 billion to complete aircraft development and begin air taxi services.
NASA is reviewing updated proposals from three companies vying for funding to continue development of human lunar landing systems for the Artemis program and expects to select two programs for Option A follow-on contracts “within the next few weeks,” Mark Kirasich, deputy associate administrator for human exploration and operations, said on Feb. 24.
