A scramjet-powered missile developed under the joint DARPA/U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program was destroyed in a recent test accident, Aviation Week has learned.
Camp Simba in Kenya and Al Asad Air Base in Iraq both came under attack in January in a way that dramatized the wide range of vulnerabilities facing U.S. air bases around the world.
Investigators probing the crash of a Canadian Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopter in the Mediterranean in April say the aircraft “did not respond as the crew would have anticipated” as it maneuvered to land on its embarked warship.
Korea Aerospace Industries is aiming to hand over the first LCH civil helicopter in 2023, the same year in which it will begin deliveries of the military LAH version to South Korea’s army.
South Korea plans to begin commercial urban air mobility services in Seoul in 2025 in a bid to tackle traffic congestion and reduce travel times by up to 70%.
The Canadian government is replacing two Challenger 601 utility aircraft with two Bombardier Challenger 650 jets for the Canadian Armed Forces for mission-critical roles in a contract valued at $105 million. The contract also includes training and spare parts.
The design concept for the habitation and logistics elements of the lunar-orbiting Gateway that NASA is pursuing under a $187 million contract with Northrop Grumman has a significant heritage in the evolving Cygnus resupply mission spacecraft that have so far launched and berthed successfully to the International Space Station 13 times since September 2013.
A more powerful version of China’s Long March 11 solid-propellant space launcher will fly in 2022, state manufacturer Casc has told government news agency Xinhua.
Videos posted on social media showed Airbus UH-72A Lakotas with medevac markings and a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk apparently using their rotor downwash to disperse crowds of protesters.
A satellite laser communication terminal developed by General Atomics’ Electromagnetic Systems division will be demonstrated in orbit in 2021, the company says.
The 757-200s perform a variety of roles for the Air Force, including VIP transport. Their replacement begins phase two of the RNZAF’s mobility fleet recapitalization process.
The company used one of its six commercially configured Airbus A330-200s to make the trip, flying from RAF Brize Norton to Mount Pleasant airfield in the Falkland Islands.
