The U.S. Army’s research arm is hard at work on its first shore-based missile intended to destroy both maritime and land targets and increase the range and lethality of its defenses.
The Russian Air Force is preparing to seriously expand its airborne early warning capabilities, with its new A-100 AEW aircraft set to make its first flight by year’s end.
DARPA has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a contract to demonstrate a turbine-based combined cycle engine that could power a reusable high-speed aircraft from takeoff to beyond Mach 5.
World View Enterprises Inc. has successfully demonstrated high-altitude Earth observation and communications capabilities with its Stratollite balloon and Stratocraft payload components.
Airbus tests urban eVTOL propulsion, Israel’s IAI demos unmanned helicopter, Cambridge Consultants develops drone that navigates by GPS to user’s smartphone location, NASA tests inflight wing-folding, BAE floats fixed-/rotary-wing adaptive UAV, and NTSB investigates New York drone-helicopter collision
Since the beginning of July 2017 Sukhoi Superjet 100 has successfully performed flights to one of the oldest airports of Northern Europe – Bromma (Sweden). It has relatively short runway of 1660 m and it is situated within the boundaries of the city, unlike most European airports. Besides, for landing in Bromma, SSJ100 needs only 1425 m even loaded with maximum landing weight.
The proposed arms package includes up to 44 Lockheed Martin Thaad launchers and 360 missiles, plus seven Raytheon TPY-2 mobile, long-range X-band radars.
The U.S. Air Force has taken the next step in its plan to transition from the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine after issuing a request for proposals (RFP) for co-investment in up to three next-generation launch vehicles.
Lockheed Martin and Rockwell Collins are beginning work on competing prototypes of the U.S. Air Force’s next intercontinental ballistic missile airborne launching system.
The U.S. Air Force is laying the foundation for a 10-year mega contract with Raytheon Missile Systems for continued development of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile through fiscal 2032.
Safran this week inaugurated a ground testbed for a full-scale counter-rotating open-rotor engine in Istres in southeast France, marking key progress in the EU-funded demonstration program.
In this week's Washington Outlook: Vice President Pence directs National Space Council to look at human space exploration; regulatory changes for commercial space and a new security framework.
