Bell has secured its single-engine Instrument Flight Rules spurs for its Model 407GXi helicopter, paving the way for the aircraft to compete in the U.S. Navy’s rotary-wing trainer competition.
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are forewarning Congress that reductions to aviation readiness budget line items in fiscal 2020 would have major implications.
Dzyne Technologies and the USAF Research Lab have completed the first flight of an aircraft converted to unmanned operation using a removable robotic pilot.
NASA is making progress in overcoming the cost and tech challenges in the development of the Space Launch System, agency Administrator Jim Bridenstine says.
Planning an enlarged acquisition of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings, the Japanese defense ministry hopes local industry can gain a larger share of manufacturing in the program, though not with government investment.
The first prototype of Taiwan’s next trainer aircraft will be rolled out in September and flown in June 2020, manufacturer Aerospace Industry Development Corp. (AIDC) said.
An FAA proposal to streamline and facilitate space launch and re-entry licensing for the new-space era has garnered 23 substantive comments days before public commentary is slated to close.
ROCKWELL COLLINS SIMULATION AND TRAINING SOLUTIONS has $31.1m contract for one E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training System III Weapons Systems Trainer and one Aircrew Procedures Trainer.
The U.S. Marine Corps is pleading with lawmakers to not cut nearly 40% of its fiscal 2020 purchase for its only counter-unmanned aerial system program of record.
The FAA has granted a team headed by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) a waiver to fly small drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of an operator using an onboard detect-and-avoid system.
The Sea-based X-band radar (SBX-1) is now receiving repairs and capability upgrades at its unofficial operating hub at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.
Despite the U.S. Defense Department’s near-term emphasis on the test and development of rocket-boosted hypersonic glide weapons, most proponents of high-speed defense doctrine concur that mastery of air-breathing technology is critical to the longer-term viability of Mach 5-plus tactical systems.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking information on the domestic capability to produce small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) and components.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking information on the domestic capability to produce small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) and components.
Sierra Nevada Corp. has selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur as the launch vehicle for its winged, reusable Dream Chaser cargo carrier.
The House Appropriations Committee’s mark of the fiscal 2020 defense appropriations bill cuts $80 million from the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray, citing excess to need.
The U.S. Navy is rallying Congress to not cut fiscal 2020 funding for weapons programs like the hypersonic glide body, which if the reduction stands would delay the program for a full year.
With volatility rocking the financial markets and warnings of the first economic downturn since the Great Recession growing, new reports from credit rating agencies are measuring how the aerospace and defense industries rank.
DARPA has formally launched a program to build and fly an X-plane designed around active flow control, potentially eliminating the need for moving control surfaces.
