NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, flying as test pilots for the SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2), landed in flat seas and 2 mph winds at 2:48 p.m. EDT, capping NASA’s six-year effort to restore U.S. human orbital flight capability after the space shuttles’ retirement in 2011.
The third and final phase of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule's two-month test flight will conclude Sunday with an 11-min. de-orbit burn of the capsule's Draco engines, which will be followed by an atmospheric re-entry and a parachute descent into the Gulf waters on Aug. 2.
A new order for nine MH-47G Block IIs announced on July 31 raises Boeing’s overall order book for the latest version of the Chinook to 24 aircraft, the company said.
An Aviation Week panel sees significant changes coming in global military aircraft procurement over the next several years, as countries battered by the biggest global economic contraction since World War II look to simultaneously scale back defense spending and prop up their indigenous industries.
Rocket Lab has determined the cause of the July 4 failure of an Electron rocket—a faulty electrical connection which triggered a premature shutdown of the booster’s second stage, the company said on July 31.
Capitol Hill is continuing to wait for the Pentagon to submit a report proposing changes to Space Force acquisition, but the document still needs to receive a blessing from the White House.
A UK Department for Transport-sponsored research program has chosen several companies to participate in the development of an open-access unmanned aircraft traffic management (UTM) system.
China’s EHang has launched an unmanned aerial firefighting version of its two-seat autonomous electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi, demonstrating its ability to fight fires in high-rise buildings.
Three separate bids based on the Boeing CF-18E/F Block III, Lockheed Martin F-35A and Saab Gripen E will be evaluated by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) for the CAD$15-19 billion contract.
Two NASA Demo-2 astronauts continued preparing on July 31 for a weekend return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) and a splashdown off the Florida coast as Tropical Storm Isaias was upgraded to a category 1 hurricane.
The White House Office of Management and Budget is threatening to veto a six-bill minibus funding package that includes the fiscal 2021 defense appropriations bill.
More and improved South Korean space launchers can be developed following the removal of a restriction on solid-propellant motors agreed upon with the U.S.
Although the U.S. Navy has not released the final acquisition strategy for its version of Next Generation Air Dominance, the service is working closely with the U.S. Air Force on future capabilities.
The next prototype of Eviation’s Alice all-electric, nine-passenger aircraft will undergo final assembly and flight test at AeroTEC in Moses Lake, Washington.
Chinese urban air taxi developer EHang is to expand its production capacity for autonomous air vehicles as it works to develop domestic and international markets for the passenger-capable aircraft.
