President Donald Trump on April 6 signed a new national space policy directive reaffirming U.S. commitment to the commercial use of resources in space and encouraging international support for the policy.
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has joined a chorus of Democrats calling for the removal of Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly over remarks to sailors on the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt that referred to the fired captain of that aircraft carrier as “naive or stupid.”
Japan’s Next Generation Fighter acquisition program is the focus of a new informal channel set up by a Washington think tank for Japanese, U.S., British and Australian officials to discuss requirements and expectations.
Airbus decided April 6 to suspend production and aircraft at some of its facilities, most importantly the A220 and A320 final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published its first view of how the use and control of drones in an urban environment could be regulated, presenting an opinion to the European Commission that sets out how drones could co-exist with current airspace users.
Aviation and healthcare training provider CAE on April 6 announced that it has furloughed one-quarter of its workforce among “flexible measures” being implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce says it is preparing for a dip in engine delivery volumes as the industry scales back operations in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Boeing’s suspension of aircraft production at its major Puget Sound and Moses Lake, Washington, campuses has been extended “until further notice,” the OEM said April 5.
The Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales has committed to providing $106 million in accelerated payments to suppliers, up from $53 million it promised March 27.
A third SpaceX Starship prototype was destroyed early April 3 during a tanking pressurization test with cryogenic nitrogen to simulate flight temperatures and pressures.
NASA’s long-term strategy for a sustained human exploration of the Moon is to produce scientific, economic and geopolitical dividends as well as establish a sustainable proving ground for longer missions to Mars—and all executed with commercial partners and global alliances.
The first proposed guidelines to ensure the safety of machine-learning systems in aircraft has resulted from a joint study by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Swiss artificial-intelligence (AI) startup Deadalean.
