Saudi Arabia has severed a five-year-old partnership with Antonov to develop and produce an improved version of the An-32 transport aircraft, the head of the Ukrainian manufacturer said in an April 26 report. &
GE Aviation and Auterion of Zurich, Switzerland, have partnered to provide a hardware- and software-based platform for commercial drone operations, the companies announced April 29.
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory may partner with the burgeoning Space Development Agency, according to the nominee to be the next chief of naval operations.
NASA is delaying the planned May 1 launch of a SpaceX cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) to troubleshoot a problem with the station’s electrical system.
The system is designed to enable fly-by-wire flight control as well as support autonomy and unmanned ops, while at the same time hosting multiple applications.
Boeing Chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg appears likely to keep both of his positions after company shareholders on April 29 opted not to force a move to split the chair and chief-executive officeholders.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine suggests his agency’s troubled Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket could play a crucial role in fending off a devastating asteroid strike.
The aircraft is being prepared to complete a 200-flight hour test program to help the $805 million program reduce risk and perhaps accelerate its six-year EMD phase.
On April 19 an eight-rotor custom drone transported a kidney from St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore to the University of Maryland Medical Center, 2.7 mi. away.
After thousands of simulations and mid-air collision test flights, startup Iris Automation has launched the first commercially available computer-vision-based detect-and-avoid systems for unmanned aircraft.
Israeli sources say Houthi rebels in Yemen have downed a Chinese-made UAV operated by Saudi Arabia using an air-to-air missile adapted by the Iranians to be fired from the ground.
The Long Endurance Advanced Off-board Electronic Warfare Platform (LEAP) is envisioned as complementary to the ALQ-248 Active Mission Payload for the MH-60 helicopter.
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Eight airmen have designed an innovative tool estimated to save the U.S. Air Force roughly $500,000 annually in cowling repairs for the aging Northrop Grumman E-8C J-Stars aircraft.
Cobham said qualification of its Wing Aerial Refueling Pod for the KC-46A USAF tanker is “progressing” and testing should wrap up around the middle of 2020.
