Karem Aircraft says its optimum-speed tiltrotor proposal for the U.S. Army’s upcoming Future Vertical Lift Medium does not need as much horsepower as its competitors.
Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin “will dominate the defense electronics market” in that order until almost 2025, Teal Group analysts predict.
NASA has agreed to pursue improvements in the agency’s handling of classified information, including the training of those responsible for overseeing self-inspection processes.
Korea Aerospace Industries expects to deliver two FA-50s to the Philippines this year, working toward filling an order for 12 of the light attack aircraft by next year.
AirTanker, the consortium created to deliver and operate the U.K. Royal Air Force’s (RAF) fleet of Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports, has declared itself fully operational after achieving its Full Service Date (FSD) milestone.
The British High Court has given permission for police to access U.K. Air Accident Investigation Board files relating to the crash of a vintage jet fighter at the Shoreham Airshow that killed 11 people.
Europe’s long mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko came to an end Sept. 30 when controllers deliberately crashed it into one of the deep “pits” on the object’s surface.
In a first for autonomous technology, Lockheed Martin successfully launched a small, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called Vector Hawk from an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) during a U.S. Navy exercise in August.
If the case for NASA’s journey to Mars is to close, those launching on the initial long voyages must count on the supplies and safeguards they can take with them as well as more advanced life support systems.
According to the Defense Department’s pricing czar, the crux of the military’s concern is about use, or access, to the know-how IP – not necessarily its ownership.
This week’s Washington Outlook: Virginia statesman praises Clinton; debate on reorganizing military space; and FAA probes Santa Monica’s airport closure plan.
There is growing interest in the idea of a “Moon village” on the lunar surface, and the FAA is willing to act as a sort of virtual cooperative for potential lunar villagers.
Sierra Nevada Corp. and the UN have signed an agreement to develop an unmanned mission to take experiments supplied by developing nations to orbit on the company’s Dream Chaser spacecraft.
A Philippines tender for light attack aircraft, covering an initial six units, is expected soon. Another batch of six to 12 aircraft should follow delivery of the first batch.
