The 3:22 p.m. liftoff marked SpaceX’s first launch with people aboard and the first U.S. human orbital launch since the final STS-135 shuttle mission in July 2011.
A SpaceX Starship prototype exploded and was destroyed on a test stand in Boca Chica, Texas, on May 29, joining three previous company test vehicles lost during pressurization checks.
Aerospace and defense firm Cobham has snapped up the defense business of British composite manufacturer Tods Aerospace after it was placed into administration.
A full-scale proprotor incorporating the key features of Karem Aircraft’s Optimum Speed Tiltrotor (OSTR) concept has run on a ground rig in Victorville, California.
A civilian Pilatus PC-12 aircraft made an unauthorized landing at a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Wales because the aircraft’s pilot wanted to visit a nearby beach.
The longtime dismantlement of Triumph Group is about to explode further, with the company collapsing about three dozen sites to nine, workforce cuts of more than 4,000, the sale of aerostructures programs and other actions in the wake of COVID-19.
DARPA and the Office of Naval Research plan to launch a joint project to develop a vertical-takeoff-and-landing tactical unmanned aircraft system that could replace the Insitu ScanEagle and eliminate any reliance on launch and recovery infrastructure.
A Pipistrel aircraft is part of a $63 million program launched by U.S. Special Operations Command to expand capacity for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) flights at medium altitude, a spokesman says.
Concerned over the potential of interference with radio altimeters, an aviation industry coalition has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider an order making available “mid-band” radio frequency spectrum for uses including 5G communications.
A U.S. Navy remotely operated vehicle has located the wreckage of a Canadian CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopter that crashed in the Mediterranean on April 29.
The U.S. Army Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense program is a few months behind schedule because of a combination of software challenges and the spread of the novel coronavirus.
