The FastCan project producing the composite canopy structure for Airbus Helicopters’ Racer high-speed rotorcraft demo is bringing automotive design and manufacturing tech into aerospace.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Nina Armagno talked with Aerospace DAILY about space threats, future capabilities, small satellites, space operators, and Blackjack.
The U.S. Navy is partnering with the Defense Digital Service to accelerate its research, development, testing, evaluation and deployment of C-UAS capabilities.
Israel Aerospace Industries will have to immediately complete and implement its new strategy to start earning from its diversified operations, some Israeli defense sources say.
Two U.S. Marine Corps pilots died March 30 during a training mission in a Bell AH-1Z Viper as part of a weapons tactical course in southwestern Arizona.
A Defense Department decision to acquire 144 F-15EX aircraft rests partly on an internal cost comparison with the F-35A that assumes a long-term 51.7% advantage for Boeing’s twin-engined fighter on cost per flying hour, a Joint Staff spokesperson confirms to Aerospace DAILY.
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Startup XTI Aircraft has completed assembly of the 65%-scale proof-of-concept model for its TriFan 600 ducted-fan hyrid-electic VTOL business aircraft.
AIRBUS DEFENSE AND SPACE completed construction of Spain-led Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS) in preparation for launch later this year. its TriFan 600 ducted-fan hyrid-electic VTOL business aircraft.
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch teamed March 29 to advance a much-delayed International Space Station (ISS) power storage battery upgrade on the port side of the six-person orbiting science lab.
British aerospace and defense trade association ADS has vented frustration at the British Parliament’s continuing chaotic indecision over the country’s departure from the European Union.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) is concerned the U.S. Air Force launch services procurement strategy will not yield a fair and open competition.
The JAS 39 Gripen is a Swedish, delta-wing canard, single-engine, multirole fighter produced by Saab. As of March 2019, 164 Gripens of all variants were in service across Europe, Africa and Asia.
Tactical Robotics has teamed with crop protection company Adama to perform a joint feasibility study of using Tactical Robotics’ Cormorant for aerial spraying.
