The U.S. Air Force’s program to replace the Minuteman III nuclear ICBM, the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, cleared its first major design review in November, prime contractor Northrop Grumman announced Feb. 16.
Under a U.S. Air Force contract, Yates Electrospace is to scale down its Silent Arrow disposable unmanned cargo glider for deployment from the Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey special operations tiltrotor transport.
Danish lawmakers have agreed on a 1.5 billion Danish Krone (DKK) ($244 million) package to bolster the defense of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, strengthening Denmark’s presence and surveillance capabilities in the North Atlantic and Arctic.
A selection of the Saab Gripen by Finland as its future combat aircraft could lead to greater integration between the Swedish and Finnish air forces, Sweden’s defense minister has suggested.
The potential demand forecast for tens of thousands of delivery drones and air taxis means there is a growing need for propellers and rotors with better performance, lower noise and easier producibility.
The UK’s Royal International Air Tattoo has joined the growing list of 2021 aerospace events canceled over the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic.
Airbus has said it could be “useful” if the trinational Future Combat Air System (FCAS) countries France, Germany, and Spain could build three new-generation fighter demonstrators to support developments in their respective state.
SpaceX delivered 60 more of its Starlink broadband satellites into orbit on Feb. 16 though it lost the first stage booster during a failed landing attempt, breaking its string of 24 successful touchdowns.
NATO commanders have declared the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) force of radar-reconnaissance Global Hawk unmanned air systems fit for operational duty.
A committee of UK lawmakers has called upon the country’s defense ministry to stop doing business with British companies owned by Chinese or Russian parents.
NASA has assigned two of its astronauts to the SpaceX Crew Dragon-4 mission to the International Space Station, planned for a date yet to be set in 2022.
Boeing and Safran have put their APU joint venture on hold because of changes in the commercial aviation market due to COVID-19, a Safran spokesperson has confirmed.
Two co-founders of Slingshot Aerospace, a startup that aimed to provide data analytics from airborne and space-based platforms, are swapping the CEO title while the company consolidates its business plan around its Slingshot Orbital space traffic control product.
Leonardo has begun flight tests of an electric-powered multicopter unmanned air system for carrying goods as part of an urban air mobility technology program in Turin, Italy.
If NASA hopes to mount a human expedition to Mars by 2039 using nuclear in-space propulsion, it must make significant decisions linked to the architecture and funding this year, according to an independent assessment requested by the agency.
A request for information (RFI) published on Feb. 11 reopens the MDA’s on-again, off-again search for a laser weapon to shoot down threats, particularly in the vulnerable boost phase of a missile’s flight path.
Triumph Group announced late Feb. 10 that it had struck a deal to sell its Red Oak, Texas, operations to aerospace private equity investors Arlington Capital Partners.
