As Boeing works to repair deficiencies in the KC-46 tanker’s fuel management system design, U.S. Air Force officials are undergoing a major review of the project’s master plan.
The Mars ascent vehicle (MAV) will be very different from the ascent stage of the Apollo Lunar Module, the only craft ever to carry humans off the surface of another planetary body.
Given the success of the five-nation ISS partnership, the new director-general of the European Space Agency is hopeful any successor to the orbiting outpost will be founded on international cooperation. To this end, he has proposed a free-flying science lab that would continue ISS micro-gravity research in low Earth orbit while advancing technologies for orbital-debris mitigation. He has also floated a so-called “Moon Village” mission on the dark side of the lunar surface, offering the potential to further research and technology development in a low-gravity environment using humans, robots, or both.
That Airbus was going to operate a mixed fleet for some time was planned from the start and had a strong influence on the design of the A330-based Beluga XL.
The proposed Sino-Russian widebody airliner would compete with the Boeing 787-10 and Airbus A330-900. But managers from both countries will need to learn to work together, and Western suppliers will have to consider clear risks.
Beijing Capital International Airport has been too busy with traffic to and from China to develop as an international hub. In anticipation of the opening of a fourth runway and the new airport at Daxing, that will change.
Norway’s Norsk Titanium to partner with U.S. state to create a factory to enable industrial-scale additive manufacturing of aerospace-grade components.
Spurred by consumer demand, enabled by consumer electronics, cubesats are becoming more capable and commercially viable, says Scotland-based developer Clyde Space.
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. are keen to increase momentum for production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. But ongoing budget turmoil in the U.S. and elsewhere and political changes in Canada could pose real hurdles for the program.
Spacecraft-to-spacecraft beamed power is a decades-old theory; space dreams remain alive; weight penalties for traveling public recommended; KC-767 delays questioned
Lockheed Martin rolled out Norway’s first F-35A on Sept. 23, as an Oslo defense ministry report, leaked ahead of a parliamentary debate early in 2016, recommended sticking with procurement of 52 aircraft.
While Airbus focuses on A320neo to address middle-of-the-market for commercial aircraft, options for Boeing are less clear and will take time to sort out.
The closure of Ex-Im leaves only one U.S. spacecraft builder able to obtain export financing: Palo Alto-based Space Systems/Loral, whose Canadian parent company can tap financial backing from Export Development Canada, even if construction of the satellite is performed in the U.S.
