In this week’s roundup: Singapore air force’s unusual runway, Poland receives two of eight new trainer aircraft, MBDA tests laser technology and Rolls-Royce partners with the U.S. Air Force to maintain Global Hawk engines.
SpaceX envisions building a massive constellation of 4,425 small spacecraft in low Earth orbit (LEO) over the next decade to provide satellite-internet with “full and continuous global coverage,” according to the company’s application for FCC approval.
Naval Air Systems Command’s Precision-Strike Weapons office is making preparations to more than double the range of the Boeing AGM-84 Harpoon and Raytheon AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon.
The U.S. Air Force’s push to regenerate its red air aggressor capability is part of a wider move to improve the fidelity and quality of training for the pilots of fifth-generation aircraft, the commander of Air Combat Command says.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has modified the payload bay of its semi-stealthy, unmanned Avenger aircraft—now dubbed “Angel One”—to deliver humanitarian relief.
Straightline Aviation (SLA), launch customer for Lockheed Martin’s LMH-1 heavy-lift cargo hybrid airship, has signed an agreement to provide dedicated shuttle services for Canadian rare-earth mining company Quest Rare Minerals.
Since releasing its Part 107 Small Unmanned Aircraft System rule on Aug. 29, the FAA as of Nov. 9 had received more than 30,000 new aircraft registrations from commercial operators and more than 22,500 remote pilot applications.
Aerospace control system and parts provider Woodward is combining its Engine and Industrial Turbomachinery systems groups into a new Industrial Systems unit.
The first operational F-35A squadron’s participation in an upcoming theater security package will signal the U.S. military’s capability and credibility.
Space-policy advisers to the nascent administration of President-elect Donald Trump see a revived National Space Council under incoming Vice President Mike Pence coordinating civil, military and intelligence space activities from the White House to avoid costly duplication of effort.
The NTSB determined that air traffic controllers failed to safely separate aircraft involved in two fatal 2015 midair collisions—one, near Charleston, South Carolina, involved an Air Force F-16.
The Spanish air force has exited the four-nation Eurofighter development plan in a bid to provide more timely upgrades for its fleet of Tranche 1 aircraft.
Boeing’s defense and space unit will consolidate jobs and cut its work sites by 2020, affecting thousands of positions and cutting roughly 4.5 million sq. ft. of space, the company said Nov. 15.
The NASA Advisory Council’s Human Exploration and Operations committee agreed Nov. 14 to defer deliberations on a SpaceX Falcon 9 liquid oxygen fueling concern.
The company has formed the Commercial Information Solutions business unit and launched the Quantix, a tailsitting drone that takes off and lands vertically but transitions to wingborne forward flight for increased efficiency and range.
Built like a 1970s pickup truck, the trusty Mil Mi-17 is becoming popular with oil and gas companies in the Americas, who are increasingly sending their pilots and maintainers to Alabama to stay up to speed.
