Certifiable flight and ground control software for UAVs that is based on a system developed by NASA for spacecraft has been flight tested by Windhover Labs.
Sierra Nevada/Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano and Textron Aviation’s AT-6B Wolverine are in the second phase of the U.S. Air Force’s Light Attack Experiment.
Darpa video shows flight tests of an unmanned-aircraft airborne launch and recovery system conducted by Dynetics in the second phase of the Gremlins program.
Mark Geyer, a former deputy director of NASA’s Johnson Center and Orion program manager, will replace Ellen Ochoa as director of the Houston field center.
Cybersecurity and info assurance are recognized as hurdles to reaching the promises of additive manufacturing, but a new partnership might help A&D industries.
Orbital ATK and IMI Systems have announced a teaming accord in which Orbital will produce and supply a version of IMI’s 500-lb. MPR500 for the U.S. Air Force.
In development since 2013, the 4-lb. (1.8-kg) Mars Helicopter will be a second major technology demonstration conducted during the Mars 2020 mission, which is scheduled for launch in July 2020 and a February 2021 landing.
Researchers will try to take potentially far-reaching steps in a range of scientific fields with the next resupply mission to the International Space Station.
The Iraqi Air Force has now received sufficient Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50IQ Golden Eagle advanced trainer/light combat aircraft to start operations with the type.
The Army’s future aviation force will be a mix of unmanned and optionally piloted platforms that can fly farther, faster and be as agile as today’s fleet.
SpaceX said the rocket and its payload, a communications satellite for Bangladesh, are healthy. Friday’s launch window opens at 4:14 p.m. EDT and closes at 6:21 pm.
