Twenty-two members of the House Armed Services Committee have issued a bipartisan letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) warning the agency that its approval of Ligado Networks’ deployment of a 5G network could harm the Pentagon’s Global Positioning System.
A former Royal Air Force chief has been selected to become the future chairman of the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Sir Stephen Hillier, who served as Air Chief Marshall of the Royal Air Force between 2016 and 2019, is set to become a nonexecutive chair of the regulator on Aug. 1, taking over from Dame Deirdre Hutton, the current chairman who has been in the role for the past 11 years.
Leonardo has declared its new M-345 light jet trainer ready for the market after securing certification from Italian military airworthiness authorities.
A second supplier signed up to restock the limited inventory of F-35 cockpit canopies has completed a series of eight qualification tests, the U.S. Air Force announced on May 1.
It is critical for the U.S. Army to receive feedback from industry at this point in the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft effort to ensure timelines are aligned, a program service official says.
The U.S. government on May 7 tentatively approved Egypt to remanufacture 43 Boeing AH-64D attack helicopters to the E-model configuration, superceding a two-year-old Foreign Military Sales case for 10 new-build AH-64Es.
Rep. Mac Thornberry (Texas), the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, is concerned with the UK’s use of China’s Huawei telecommunications equipment and is stressing the need for the two allies to work together on alternatives.
A second experiment of advanced battle management and networking technologies delayed by the novel coronavirus since April will be expanded and held in late August or early September, the leader of the U.S. Air Force’s initiative said on May 7.
The U.S. Air Force will perform a three-week field trial of a prototype high-powered microwave system designed by Raytheon for extended-range defense of air bases from aerial threats.
Month-old Raytheon Technologies is slashing billions of dollars in costs and other retrenchments, including workforce cutbacks, as commercial OEM and aftermarket revenue could be halved this year in the wake of COVID-19.
An executive order issued by President Trump expressing the nation’s intent to use resources recovered from the Moon and other planetary bodies was meant to spur discussions among potential international partners on its implementation, according to a May 6 aerospace technical society podcast.
The Canadian government made a U.S. $70.1 million payment (CAD $98.7 million) in late April to the F-35 Joint Program Office to remain in the nine-member international partnership as a competition continues to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force’s CF-18 fleet, the Department of National Defense (DND) said on May 6.
The U.S. Army is seeking industry feedback on two schedule options for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, including one timeline with a slight acceleration for the delivery of the first prototype.
The U.S. Army is checking in daily with Boeing to evaluate how facility closures in India related to the spread of the novel coronavirus may delay delivery of Apache attack helicopters.
