Airbus will accelerate the development of the military version of its H160 medium twin-engine helicopter following the type’s selection for a significant joint French requirement.
UK company Aveillant is to supply radars to French air navigation services provider DSNA for use in a pilot program to counter small UAVs in a complex airport environment.
The private Space Data Association has joined with Analytical Graphics, Inc. to develop an upgrade of the current system to track spacecraft and debris in geostationary and medium Earth orbits.
The U.S. Air Force is moving to a new parts management tool that the vendor, Needham, Massachusetts-based PTC, says could drive down parts inventory costs by 10-20% and improve aircraft readiness rates by 5-10%.
Systems integrator Jagid Management has teamed with Astronautics Corporation of America to build a roll-on, roll-off “flying LTE tower” that will allow police and military customers to pass ISR data over broadband links.
UK-based startup Sky and Space Global has signed agreements to build, launch and replenish a constellation of around 200 nanosats to provide low-cost communications to equatorial regions.
With the introduction of a new glass cockpit, the Super Mushshak has been unleashed with a new lease of life. As a result, the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra, which builds the primary trainer, has won contracts with the air forces of Qatar and now Nigeria. Alan Warnes reports.
The Northrop Grumman RQ-4B has begun one of the most important flight test campaigns in its 19-year history, validating compatibility with the UTC Aerospace Systems MS-177 long-range multispectral sensor.
Terrestrial rather than space-based observatories might hasten advanced warnings of solar disruptions that discharge high-velocity solar energetic particles into space that could pose a health threat to astronauts, a study says.
NASA scientists are preparing advanced plant growth hardware for delivery to the U.S. segment of the International Space Station later this month as part of a modest greenhouse.
Sikorsky has delivered a S-70i International Black Hawk to Turkish defense electronics firm Aselsan in the first phase of the Turkish Utility Helicopter Program.
A first-stage engine issue discovered during a prelaunch inspection of United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Medium+ rocket has set back the launch of the ninth and penultimate U.S. Air Force Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft.
