An analysis of the latest UAS sightings reported to the FAA shows one-third came close enough to be potentially hazardous, but few required evasive action.
South Korea's Agency for Defense Development plans to build an apparently full-scale mockup of its proposed stealthy design, for assessment of radar cross-section, and eight sub-scale test aircraft.
If the MRJ can be sold at 10 a month and prices close to those in the original business plan, the economy of running production facilities at twice the planned rate and at their limit should go far to offset the program’s development overruns.
A clear challenge for China in using aircraft carriers in war is that they must be protected against submarine attack. The navy has long been weak in this area.
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker says the plan is not to change technology or direction, but to assure steady, long-term financing and move forward with NextGen quickly and decisively.
The Argentine government wants to revive the fortunes of the Fadea aircraft company by focusing on the training market, where the manufacturer has had some success.
Peter Ireland’s company, Edge Aerodynamix, is about to receive FAA approval for a new type of drag reduction device that seems too good to be true. His job now is to make believers of the airlines.
Work, Dunford discuss improved intelligence analysis; Senate to ask TSA administrator about airport security; elements of NASA’s SLS face delays and cost growth.
After years of shunning aerospace as too slow and too expensive, venture capitalists are suddenly interested—and investing. Meanwhile, big aerospace corporations and the U.S. Defense Department are looking to bring “disruptive” commercial thinking in house. Executive Editor Jim Asker, Senior Business Editor Michael Bruno and Graham Warwick, the managing editor for technology, discuss whether the two cultures can ever mix.
India-Russia team up on helo sustainment; sale of P-8s to U.K. advances; Lockheed receives F-35 modernization modification; and Space Fence opens test facility.
Starburst Accelerator is a two-year-old global A&D and security technology incubator and investor matchmaker—the first dedicated to the aerospace sector.
In past year, the total program cost of the Orbital Control System network has grown 16% to more than $4.1 billion, largely to software development issues.
A philanthropic business aviation group—Corporate Angel Network—marks a major “miracle” milestone, transporting its 50,000th cancer patient for treatment free of charge.
More important than the political struggle over how many Russian RD-180 engines to allow for national security launches is the intense commercial competition to replace it altogether.
