The DOD will use predictive analysis to anticipate future aviation mishaps and the services are adopting methods to gather that data, senior officials say.
Bell Helicopter demonstrates its V-280 tiltrotor prototype, built for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstration, publicly for the first time.
SpaceX has won its first U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) heavy-lift launch service contract, work previously awarded solely to United Launch Alliance.
Donald E. Fink, Jr., a globe-trotting aerospace reporter, pilot and editor who led Aviation Week & Space Technology’s evolution from an engineering journal into a more modern industry publication, died June 21.
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft is on track for a June 27 rendezvous with Ryugu, a half-mile-wide, carbon-rich asteroid that is a potentially hazardous NEO.
NASA is moving to the next phase of detect-and-avoid testing after a capstone flight in which its Ikhana large UAS flew in the NAS without a chase aircraft.
Darpa is seeking payloads to be launched by competitors in its Launch Challenge, which is offering $10 million for launching small sats into LEO on short notice.
NASA will join the departments of Homeland Security and Energy to enhance a national strategy for detecting and responding to the threat of impacts from NEOs.
