Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Uber Elevate has revealed a multirotor, tiltwing design for its planned Uber Eats delivery drone.

Boeing quickly homed in on the cause of the failure: a misconfigured rigging line between the main parachute and the pilot chute that pulls it out.

Boeing and Lockheed Martin are now the two confirmed bidders for Canada's Future Fighter Capability program, with the F/A-18E/F and F-35A as the eligible candidates.

The VoloDrone is designed to carry payloads up to 200 kg (440 lb.) with flight times up to 30 min. on a single charge.

Texas-based helicopter operator Bristow Group has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The demonstration keeps Lockheed’s technology in the Air Force’s field of view as competitor Raytheon's laser technology prepares to enter a year-long operational assessment overseas.

A turboprop engine developed from the Franco-Chinese WZ-16 turboshaft could be in the works.

OneWeb says it is delaying launch of its next batch of 30-plus spacecraft from December to January to allow time for additional testing.

Andrew Adams will oversee strategy and operations for Lockheed’s campaigns to win contracts under the Defense Department’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) initiative.

Details of an early upgrade program that could begin on German EF2000s as soon as mid-2022 have been revealed by Airbus.

The Pentagon has issued a laundry list of items that are “most in peril” during a potential six-month continuing resolution.

“We will purchase the newest type of Block 72 Viper,” Marshal Yuyu Sutisna told the Antara news agency, referring to the informal nickname of the single-engine fighter.

FAA says the second phase of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) Pilot Program (UPP) will test technologies to remotely identify drones in high-density airspace.

The 16-kg (35-lb.) target is on its way to startup Astroscale in Tokyo, where it will be attached to the Chaser satellite ahead of its planned launch in 2020.

NASA is cracking open previously untouched lunar samples from Apollo to prepare scientists for Artemis.

Spain’s Indra has delivered a simulator for the multinational NH90 helicopter that it describes as the most advanced in Europe.

“This is the culmination of two decades of Europe getting to the point of having their own [MALE UAS] development,” says Jana Rosenmann, head of unmanned system at Airbus Defense and Space.

Referred to by Airbus as the “new C295,” the enhanced model includes a new Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics suite with four 14-in. touchscreen displays dominating the cockpit.

The Electronic Attack Jammer Pod flew on the Gripen Nov. 4, kicking off the flight testing phase of the development program, Saab says

The expansion, which Collins expects will be completed in spring 2020, will enlarge the site by 40% and create 60 new jobs, the company said Oct. 31.

Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein offered the first glimpse of the Air Force’s decision-making for the next five-year defense program more than three months before the White House releases the fiscal 2021 budget request.

The initial operational capability (IOC) declaration clears Norway’s F-35As to deploy next year to Iceland to perform air policing for NATO.

The United Arab Emirates government has launched a new holding to support national defense companies and start-ups.

Boeing is proposing a human lunar lander that can be launched as a single payload into lunar orbit, rather than making an assembly stop at NASA's proposed Gateway.

Ruag Space says the system, which was tested on the 2.6 m-long (8.5 ft.) fairing of a Vega launcher, also could be adapted to the heavier Ariane rocket.