Aviation Week’s Pentagon Editor Lara Seligman joined the U.S. Navy aboard the USS George Washington Aug. 16 just off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, for the final phase of developmental testing of the F-35C carrier variant.
The head of U.S. Strategic Command has again raised concerns about the testing of maneuvering hypersonic glide vehicles by America’s opponents as they try to counter the latest ballistic missile defense systems being fielded by the West.
The largest defense contractor in the world saw its share price drop roughly 3% on Aug. 16 after Lockheed Martin announced a lower final deal value for a business unit spinoff to information technology (IT) company Leidos.
An unmanned version of the U-2 Dragon Lady is among the list of platforms being considered by Lockheed Martin for the Missile Defense Agency’s stratospheric UAV-borne laser demonstrator program.
Roscosmos, the Russian state space corporation, has told its International Space Station partners that to save costs it may reduce from three to two the number of cosmonauts assigned full time to the six-person International Space Station
An uprated astronomy telescope built around a surplus National Reconnaissance Mirror has the potential to “significantly advance” scientific progress, particularly if it is launched early enough to work with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
The British defense ministry has signed a £184 million ($238 million) contract with missile manufacturer MBDA to begin production of a stockpile of new generation Asraam air-to-air missiles for the U.K.’s fleet of F-35s.
Facing the “tyranny of distance” in any future conflict with China, the U.S. Air Force is looking again at the value of high-speed platforms for surveillance and strike missions as well as affordable, responsive access to space.
German startup E-volo has conducted dynamic flight tests of its Volocopter V200, flying the electric-powered two-seat vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft unmanned to gather data with which to refine the design of the planned production vehicle.
With sales of more than 70 helicopters to the Algerian government, Italian manufacturer Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s relationship with the country has been a lucrative one.
The supply chain faces a situation not unlike the advice a Harvard Law School dean supposedly gave to incoming students: “Look to your left, look to your right, because one of you won’t be here by the end of the year.”
Supply chain squeezes by OEMs and Tier 1s are entering follow-on phases, like Boeing’s PFS 2.0. Older market trends are cementing and new ones emerging.
NASA’s burgeoning push to develop technology for electric aircraft propulsion is evident in the latest series of fast-paced feasibility demonstrations to be funded under the agency’s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions project.
NASA’s exoplanet-seeking Kepler space telescope has resumed science operations after the apparent loss in late July of a third focal plane detector module in the observatory’s photometer, the project manager says.
Charges for the Royal Air Force pilot who sent an Airbus A330 Voyager tanker into a dive are perjury, making a false record and negligently performing a duty, according to a British newspaper report.
The latest tests of the updated US16E seat and new lightweight helmet used mannequins in the lowest weight class, representing pilots who face the greatest risk during an ejection.
