NASA stands to gain plenty for itself by helping SpaceX get to Mars. An amended Space Act Agreement makes clear the agency can use whatever it learns to land its own vehicles on Mars, it just can’t share it with any of SpaceX’s competitors.
Governments are looking for ways to work around disruptions in service, increasingly caused by proliferating equipment that can jam and spoof GPS signals.
Many regional airlines of all sizes have finally implemented effective programs to attract and keep pilots, and the situation may not be as dire as some had predicted.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Aurora Flight Sciences bring computer science to bear on the problem of ensuring software-heavy unmanned aircraft behave as they are supposed to.
Bombardier and launch operator Swiss are confident of the C Series service readiness. But the next challenge for the manufacturer is to ensure a rapid ramp-up of serial production.
FAA tests UAS counters; ADS-B in a tube for BVLOS; persistent stare from a Cessna; ship landing system that can see; navigating undersea by acoustic GPS.
As the International Space Station approaches the end of its service life, NASA is supporting Boeing and SpaceX efforts to build commercial crew vehicles that can take crew to the ISS and later commercial space stations. Listen is as our editors discuss those efforts.
By Jens Flottau, Adrian Schofield, Bradley Perrett
As the already mature North American market slows down on mergers, a big question at the IATA annual meeting will be: Will the merger idea finally be picked up in earnest elsewhere in the world and, if so, when, where and how?
Darpa programs exploit moves to open up weapon-system architectures and enable faster, cheaper upgrades to the capabilities and technologies of today’s platforms.
Though sanctions have been lifted, congressman points out Iran’s ties to terrorism | Pentagon’s acquisition chief open to staying in job beyond this presidency | Congressman tries to cap National Security Council size.
Eliminating terminal radars and developing hybrid TCAS are among the mitigations the FAA is considering to keep frequency congestion at bay beyond 2020.
NASA on Red Dragon Mars mission: “This is a technology demonstration of what we consider to be one of the most critical technologies for us to get humans to Mars.”
Romanian missile defense site now operational; U.S. Air Force awards GPS III contracts; F-35s undergo four-ship mission tests; India integrates weapons on light combat helicopter.
A challenging timetable has SpaceX running at top speed on preparations for upcoming flights to the International Space Station with the Crew Dragon, the human-rated version of the company’s cargo-carrying Dragon spacecraft.
The company must complete a rigorous series of tests this year and next to begin collecting fares in 2018 under its five-year, $4.2 billion NASA Commercial Crew Transportation Capability deal.
Startup Echodyne develops a cellphone-sized detect-and-avoid radar compact and cheap enough to be carried by small UAS flying beyond visual line of sight of the operator.
