President Donald Trump’s pick for vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, denied allegations of sexual assault made by a junior officer while the accuser sat in the front row during his Senate nomination hearing to serve as the No. 2 uniformed officer in the military.
As competition heats up in the arctic and Antarctic, the head of U.S. Pacific Air Forces, Gen. Charles Brown, called for acquiring more ski-equipped airlifters.
Procurement of three unmanned surveillance helicopters for the Japanese navy will begin in the fiscal year beginning in April 2023, the Yomiuri Shimbun says, narrowing down the timing of a long-expected program.
Germany’s DLR aerospace research agency is gearing up for autonomous flight trials of an unmanned gyrocopter to prove the tech could be used for autonomous freight hauling.
More than 600 UK-based aerospace firms have applied to the European Aviation Safety Agency for third-country OKs in preparation for a potential no-deal Brexit.
Washington remains the best state in the U.S. to be an aerospace manufacturer or to locate a new business, consultancy PwC says in its latest ranking of manufacturing attractiveness.
Malaysia’s prime minister says the country wants to work with Turkey to develop its aerospace and defense industries, as the latter is willing to share its tech.
Exposure to solar and galactic cosmic radiation could impair the brain function of human explorers during long-term missions to the Moon, Mars and other deep-space destinations.
Congress provided the funds after lawmakers were convinced the program was making progress rectifying platform deficiencies, including a problem with the aircraft’s engines re-ingesting exhaust.
“Reaper is an extraordinarily valuable capability for the UK government, so we don’t want there to be a capability gap,” says Wing Commander Judith Graham, the Protector Program Manager.
“We understand the urgency of the need and are working fast to deliver this advanced technology to our nation’s military,” said Thomas Bussing, vice president for Raytheon Advanced Missile Systems.
The so-called COMLOSS incidents are one of the common reasons for the scrambling of military fighter aircraft to verify the situation and prompt the crew to re-establish radio communications.
The South Korean Defense Ministry reported that its fighters had to fire a warning shot as the Russian aircraft incurred its territorial airspace, although Russia disputes this account.
The newly arrived crew supplies, research gear supporting more than 250 science and technology investigations and station hardware includes the International Docking Adapter-3, which was stowed in the Dragon capsule’s unpressurized trunk.
TEXTRON, ARCTURUS UAV, MARTIN UAV and L3 TECHNOLOGIES will compete for orders under $99.5m U.S. Army contract for Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems.
