The French Air Force has taken delivery of the first of two second-hand Airbus A330-200s which will be converted into Multi-Role Tanker Transports (MRTT).
The space launch ambitions of the Shetland Islands have been given an additional boost with investment from a Scottish conservation fund, but the cash injection appears to have prompted a war of words between competing space ports.
Canada will require emergency locator transmitters on most aircraft in the country to operate on both digital and analog frequencies starting as soon as next year, under new Transport Canada regulations .
The U.S. Air Force has selected four locations to become home for the C-130J, but a key Democrat on Capitol Hill is condemning the announcement as politicized because one of the bases is located in Georgia where there will be a double runoff election for the U.S. Senate in January.
Chinese-backed Citiking International is appealing a judge’s approval of the sale of One Aviation’s Eclipse aircraft assets to AML Global Eclipse in a bankruptcy proceeding.
Pilot training and simulator leader CAE of Canada is buying the Canadian-based assets of TRU Simulation + Training from Textron for $40 million in cash, the companies announced Nov. 25.
SpaceX has marked its 100th Falcon 9 launch with a record seventh reflight of a first-stage booster, a mission that increased the company’s burgeoning Starlink broadband network to more than 950 satellites.
Engineering and government professional services provider Jacobs has acquired cyber and artificial intelligence specialist The Buffalo Group to bolster its offerings to the U.S. intelligence community and military.
The U.S. Air Force has completed its evaluation of the interim KC-46 Remote Vision System upgrade and will integrate “a few capabilities” while waiting for the full replacement, the service acquisition executive says.
A report by European researchers confirms that non-CO2 climate impacts from aviation are at least as important as those from CO2 emissions and suggests possible mitigation measures.
The U.S. Air Force has created an “integrating” program executive office for the Advanced Battle Management System that will be nestled under the Rapid Capabilities Office, the service acquisition executive says.
Though on his third voyage to the International Space Station, veteran Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi said each mission poses a challenge, with the adjustments well worth making to help inspire younger generations.
A U.S. Air Force F-15 pilot died last summer after losing spatial orientation during air-to-air exercises over the North Sea, an air force safety board has concluded.
Brazil is to develop an air-launched cruise missile for use from its new fleet of F-39 Gripen combat aircraft, becoming the first Latin American country to pursue such a capability.
President-elect Joe Biden has announced members of his national security and foreign policy teams, including Tony Blinken, who he intends to nominate as secretary of state.
The Chinese National Space Administration’s Chang’e 5 lunar sample return mission lifted off Nov. 23 U.S. time, initiating a planned 3-4-week excursion to gather the youngest-ever samples from the lunar surface.
Following up on a pilot program to assess the value of commercially provided weather-forecast data, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded data-purchase contracts to GeoOptics and Spire Global.
