Aerospace & Defense Roundup: Nov, 14

A series of successful static fire engine tests of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft has cleared the company for an inflight abort test.

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The Kansas Department of Transportation says it has completed the first drone flight to inspect power lines without using visual observers or ground-based radar.

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As the U.S. Army researches hydrogen-fueled vehicles ranging from rescue trucks to unmanned aircraft, the service has awarded General Atomics a contract for a high-pressure hydrogen generation system to support refueling in the field.

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Elliott Aviation, a provider of avionics upgrade and cabin refurbishments, has delivered a Citation Excel with a full G5000 retrofit.

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The Czech defense ministry is looking for offsets of 30% of contract value in favor of its national industry as it prepares to sign a U.S. Foreign Military Sale for military helicopters from Bell.

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If NASA is to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024, prepare for expeditions to Mars and seek evidence of alien life in the Solar System and beyond, it must tackle a number of all-too-familiar management challenges, the agency’s Inspector General (IG) says in a new report.

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