“We’ve had five conjunctions so far from those pieces of debris where we actually had to track it all the way to when it goes past, and there’s going to be more,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told Aerospace DAILY.
Many have spent big money to change their businesses and portfolios. But a new report from a major credit agency says they face stiff competition from traditional software providers and risk overreaching.
The ships each must be able to embark two 10-metric-ton (22,000 lb.) helicopters, with hangar space for one aircraft. Carrying capacity must be at least 6,350 metric tons.
The deal, signed on July 3 between the heads of state of Argentina and Guatemala, is a small yet significant boost for the Pampa III program, which has faced budgetary headwinds.
The Cumhuriyet newspaper claims the system likely will be located at the site of the former Akinci airbase, west of the Turkish capital of Ankara, and could be airlifted as early as July 7.
The U.S. Air Force has implemented a virtual reality training system for airfield management students so they get more of a hands-on learning experience.
U.S. aerospace and defense supplier Heico has bought Bernier, a French provider of communications-related goods and services, for an undisclosed amount of cash.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $348.2m U.S. Navy contract modification for special tooling and equipment for Lot 12 F-35 Lightning II for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-DOD partners and foreign military customers.
A “self-contained and free-flying orbital outpost” could enter an engineering and design phase later this year, followed by fabrication and testing of a prototype, depending on the approval of funding in fiscal 2020.
The finance ministry is strongly opposed to the program because of the cost of developing the proposed large, twin-engine type to build a mere 100 units, the Jiji news agency said.
Armaments agency Armasuisse will perform the evaluations of both the MBDA/Thales Eurosam SAMP/T and the Raytheon Patriot system at a site in Menzingen, an air defense facility that previously housed the Bristol Bloodhound missile until its 1999 retirement.
India’s premier space agency has signed an agreement with Russian firm Glavkosmos to help select and prepare astronauts for the country’s first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan.
A process combining forging with 3D printing to produce complex titanium parts is being developed by Aubert & Duval with Airbus and metal additive manufacturing specialist Sciaky.
Hybrid-electric regional aircraft startup Zunum Aero has launched a new fund-raising bid, having failed in earlier efforts to raise the investment required to continue development of its 12-passenger ZA10.
A startup founded by four former members of the Airbus E-Fan electric aircraft team has partnered with French aerospace research agency Onera and airport operator Groupe ADP to advance plans to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) for urban, intercity and regional flights.
