Scientists have confirmed the discovery of the first Earth-sized planet as well as a sub-Neptune world by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which is days from marking the first anniversary of its launch.
The FAA’s regs governing commercial drone operators does not require enough aeronautical experience, the Air Line Pilots Association says in comments on a rule change that would allow drone flights over people.
Maxar Technologies CEO Dan Jablonsky talked with Aviation Week editors Jen DiMascio and Irene Klotz about the company's restructuring and its future prospects.
CAE is offering two new courses for U.S. Army and Air Force aviators at the company’s facility in Dothan, Alabama, for C-12/King Air B200 recurrent/refresher and upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT).
The U.S. Army has selected Collins Aerospace as one of three companies to serve as a mission systems integrator for the Joint Multi-Role mission systems architecture demonstration program.
The AVX Aircraft Company and L3 Technologies have revealed a compound coaxial helo design to compete in the U.S. Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft-Competitive Prototype competition.
The U.S. Navy has expanded studies for a Next Generation Land Attack Weapon (NGLAW) to include an air-launched variant for maritime patrol aircraft and fighters.
DARPA selected NORTHROP GRUMMAN to prototype sensing capabilities using undersea organisms to assist in passive detection and tracking under Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS) program.
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The U.S. Army is to deploy a THAAD system into Romania, where it will temporarily take over missile defense duties from the Aegis Ashore system located there.
KAI has begun ground testing the prototype LAH battlefield helo with engines running, the last step before a first flight planned for no later than June.
Germany’s Hensoldt, the former Airbus defense electronics unit, continued its stand-alone growth strategy on April 12 with the announcement it will buy Nexeya’s test and integration and services business as well as major parts of its mission management and power conversion businesses.
India is developing directed energy weapons for aircraft and warships designed to destroy enemy ballistic missiles, akin to systems being tested by the U.S.
Astronaut health experts are emphasizing the need for more research involving a greater range of subjects assigned to the ISS for two, six and 12 months.
The Falcon Heavy rocket’s side boosters returned to dual landing pads at the southern tip of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, touching down in synchrony about 8 min. after liftoff.
The head of India’s Defense Research and Development Organization insists the debris created by India’s anti-sat missile test will not be a danger to the ISS.
The University of North Dakota, Harris Corporation and the Northern Plains UAS test site have completed initial field testing of a ground radio control system that supports drone flights beyond the operator’s visual range.
