Belfast-based unmanned aircraft services provider Crowded Space Drones has named the lead drone executive of the UK Civil Aviation Authority as its new director of operations.
“Our target is very squarely a U.S. city. We call it our North Star,” Wisk CEO Gary Gysin said. "We’re not announcing what that city will be, but we know where we are going to fly.
The first Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) destined for the Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) has arrived at its home base in the Netherlands.
The House Armed Services Committee proposes investing $150 million in space technology development in the chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill.
With its interest in reusable rockets growing, Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center agreed to adjust the launch profile so SpaceX could attempt to recover the Falcon 9 first stage on a drone ship.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) would not support the Pentagon submitting a supplemental funding request to reimburse defense contractors for costs related to the coronavirus.
In an effort to adapt to declining demand for its commercial aircraft amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Airbus is expediting decisions to cut 15,000 positions—around 11% of its entire workforce and the deepest restructuring the company has ever endeavored.
The Pentagon has finalized the U.S. Space Force’s organizational structure for echelons below the headquarters level, and has announced sweeping changes for the space acquisition structure.
The U.S. Army expected to take delivery on June 30 of the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS)-V from Sierra Nevada’s upgrade facility in Hagerstown, Maryland.
U.S.-Spanish startup Skydweller Aero is opening offices in Oklahoma as the company pushes its solar-powered medium-altitude pseudo satellite for potential U.S. government requirements.
A Republican senator’s proposal in a June 25 amendment to the fiscal 2021 defense authorization bill would allow the U.S. Army to acquire Turkey’s S-400 batteries.
