Skyworks Global has partnered with Scaled Composites to build a high-speed rotorcraft demonstrator, the Vertijet, based on a concept developed under DARPA’s Heliplane program and inspired by the late-1950s Fairey Rotodyne.
India’s first indigenously-developed seaborne aircraft carrier—INS Vikrant—is making headway and should be delivered to the country’s navy in two years.
The contract is funded through the ESA/OneWeb Sunrise project, part of the space agency’s long-running ARTES research program to support development of advanced products and services in satellite communications.
The German aerospace cluster of Berlin-Brandenburg plans to fly a technology demonstrator for low-emission hybrid-electric propulsion systems for future 19-seat regional airliners.
NASA has awarded SpaceX a $50 million contract to launch an X-ray observatory designed to measure polarized light from black holes, neutron stars and other high-energy astrophysical objects.
The British defense ministry is widening the scope of its directed energy weapons research with plans for three new demonstrators to help accelerate the introduction of the technology to the front line.
This week the House is expected to begin consideration of the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. On Tuesday afternoon Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) will convene a hearing to examine NASA’s human spaceflight plans with witnesses including famed Apollo Flight Director Gene Kranz.
Hughes Network Systems LLC, Germantown, Maryland, has been awarded an $11,823,659 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the research and development effort to research solutions, prototype products and demonstrate solutions that include machine learning to improve transport and network performance availability and reliability.
Hughes Network Systems LLC, Germantown, Maryland, has been awarded an $11,823,659 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the research and development effort to research solutions, prototype products and demonstrate solutions that include machine learning to improve transport and network performance availability and reliability.
In a July 2 letter, lawmakers urged Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao “to dedicate the necessary staff and resources for the rapid publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)” on the so-called Remote ID requirement for small drones.
Adm. Bill Moran confirmed he declined the presidential appointment and regretted any inconvenience his decision caused President Donald Trump and Navy Secretary Richard Spencer.
Outlining its plans on July 8, Rolls-Royce seeks to enlarge its Dahlewitz facilities to support the development of hybrid-electric 400 kW-1,000 kW propulsion systems.
The grounding followed a January incident in which a C-130 cargo aircraft rolled about 328 ft. into a ditch during an engine check. Two civilian workers carrying out the test were slightly injured.
The appearance of an eight-wheel transporter erector launcher fitted for eight Aster missiles in the July 6 parade rehearsal revealed a standard configuration for the system as bought by Singapore.
“The publication of the SC-VTOL by EASA is a big step for the urban air mobility industry, and explicitly enables us to certify our aircraft for urban air taxi operations. The requirements regarding safety are among the highest in the industry and rightfully so,” says Jan-Hendrik Boelens, chief technology officer of German eVTOL developer Volocopter.
Managed by the Irish Aviation Authority, an Aireon joint venture partner, the Alert service uses the company’s network of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast receivers carried by Iridium Next satellites to locate transponder-equipped aircraft flying below.
The aircraft, built by Airbus and equipped by Indonesian Aerospace, was handed over from the local factory at Bandung on June 27, the Indonesian company said.
