The UK division of Norwegian-based aerospace and defense company Nammo will be the first company to announce a non-flight application for Reaction Engines’ advanced heat exchanger cooling technology.
The technology, initially developed for armored vehicles on the battlefield, rapidly discharges a smoke screen to prevent enemy personnel from seeing the helicopters landing.
Eurocae announced the working troup will focus on the detection and surveillance aspects of systems designed to locate rogue unmanned aircraft systems “around the airfield.”
Northrop Grumman’s 12th Cygnus resupply mission capsule successfully initiated the second round of NASA-contracted cargo deliveries to the International Space Station early Nov. 4.
Nov. 4-8—International Astronautical Federation, 4th COSPAR Symposium, “Small Satellites For Sustainable Science and Development,” Daniel Hotel, Herzliya, Israel. For more information go to www.speednews.com/conferences
NASA welcomed new capabilities offered by Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus capsule as the company initiates a second round of agency contracted resupply missions to the six-person orbiting science laboratory.
Desktop Metal, a U.S. startup that produces low-cost, high-speed metal 3D printers for rapid prototyping and mass production, has introduced a system that can print carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic parts.
U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has directed his department to stop using drones manufactured in China or made with Chinese parts, pending a review.
The U.S. Air Force’s vision to rapidly produce multiple fleets of advanced fighters the way Apple makes iPhones begins with an important change in plans for the secretive Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program.
Partway through its makeover as an unmanned aircraft and automotive sensors specialist, FLIR Systems will shake up its business portfolio after low organic business growth, according to new comments from management.
A Boeing engineer raised concerns about the reliance of a critical 737 MAX flight-control system on a single point-of-failure as early as December 2015.
Merging airline flights more efficiently with commercial space launch and re-entry activities requires that prototype technology be advanced to operational status, speakers told an Air Line Pilots Association conference.
Britain’s Royal Air Force has taken delivery of its first Boeing P-8 Poseidon, an initial step toward restoring its long-range maritime patrol capability.
