EASA published an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) Feb. 6 requiring a liquid-prohibited zone in Airbus A350 cockpits, following two inflight engine shutdown incidents.
Record-setting NASA astronaut Christina Koch was among three U.S., European and Russian International Space Station crewmembers who ended long missions to the ISS on Feb. 6.
The U.S. Space Force may be up and running, but it is still working out the details of how it will run, what its uniformed members will be called, and how it will acquire the future tools it will need.
The JF-17 Thunder (also known as the FC-1 Xiaolong “Fierce Dragon”) is a single-engine, multirole, light fighter aircraft developed by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC).
Panasonic Avionics Corp. said Feb. 5 that it will supply the inflight entertainment (IFE) system for Kuwait Airways’ new Airbus A330-800neo widebodies.
Seven months after being ousted as the Space Development Agency’s first director, Fred Kennedy is warning industry that the U.S. Space Force is not a quick fix for all the Pentagon’s acquisition problems.
Wall Street remains dubious that aircraft subsystems provider Woodward and composites supplier Hexcel can provide one of the main benefits they promised from their recent merger, particularly as the commercial aviation sector reels from the Boeing 737 MAX production halt and both companies lower their 2020 guidance as a result.
Air navigation service provider Airways New Zealand has entered into an agreement with a UK company to build on a proof-of-concept drone detection system currently being tested at Auckland Airport (NZAA).
Emirates Airline is quickly transitioning its Boeing 777 fleet to a new, customized airframe maintenance program based on its own operational data, and is already reaping benefits from the ambitious project, a senior executive from the airline said.
A German think tank is calling on Germany’s defense ministry to reconsider Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as a successor for the country’s Panavia Tornado fleet.
Over the next five years, Honeywell Aerospace expects manufacturers to deliver 4,100 new civil helicopters, spurred by the entry-into-service of several new products.
Although Dynetics has yet to accomplish the airborne recovery of an air-launched unmanned aircraft, DARPA has announced plans to award the company a sole-source follow-on contract for a mission demonstration under its Gremlins program.
The U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center intends to unveil a Space Situational Awareness Marketplace later this year to help satisfy the military’s insatiable appetite for data.
A manned EA-18G controlled two other Growlers in flight as part of a joint Boeing/U.S. Navy demo of manned-unmanned teaming by a carrier-based fighter aircraft.
CP Technologies, a subsidiary of Israel’s Aeronautics, has established a business unit to pursue U.S. defense and civil markets for the parent company’s range of unmanned aircraft systems.
In-seat system provider Astronics on Feb. 4 warned investors over financial effects of the Boeing 737 MAX production halt, as well as other “unfavorable” developments including a negative court ruling and ongoing restructuring charges.
