A J-20 that performed at Zhuhai may have been a production aircraft, but it also had ill-fitting panels and other features that did not look very stealthy.
The Sikorsky X2 technology demonstrator that spawned the S-97 Raider and SB-1 Defiant has been retired to the Udvar-Hazy National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.
U.S. light helicopter manufacturer Robinson Helicopters says New Zealand’s civil aviation regulatory environment needs to better harmonize with the U.S. if it is to resolve concerns over the safety of its aircraft.
According to a new report by Govini, the aerospace and defense sector should pay far more attention than usual on down-ballot election campaigns, particularly in congressional districts.
Although there is enthusiasm about anticipated advances in astronomy and astrophysics promised by NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, cost and schedule concerns could jeopardize funding for mid- and smaller-scale initiatives.
Long March 5, the critical launcher for China’s space program over the coming decade, flew for the first time on Nov. 3, demonstrating the country’s advances in hydrogen-fueled propulsion.
DARPA program plans to field navigation-grade MEMS IMU by 2020 as a drop-in replacement for today’s tactical-grade sensors to extend the time for which precision weapons can fly without GPS.
The newly revealed Avic Cloud Shadow appears to have a span of around 20 m (66 ft.), like the General Atomics Avenger used by the U.S. Air Force, though the Chinese aircraft is less bulky and probably lighter.
In this week’s Washington Outlook, the Pentagon acquisition chief defends procurement reforms; the FAA maintains a ban on flights over Ukraine; and insiders speculate who will lead Senate space policies.
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that its fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite has begun testing and will not become a multimillion-dollar piece of space junk, despite not quite reaching its intended geosynchronous orbit.
The Marine Corps has already witnessed the Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack fly for 19 hr. with a 30-lb. payload before dropping out of the sky. But but what if it could continue flying for another nine days?
NASA and its congressional funders are not keeping pace with the demand for space-based data on Planet Earth, the NASA inspector general’s office reports.
Despite troubles maintaining its old and shrinking inventory of Boeing AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles, the U.S. Air Force says speeding up development and fielding of the follow-on Long-Range Standoff weapon is not the answer.
In this week’s roundup: Turkey adds to F-35 fighter request; U.S. black budget ticks up; IAI wins key Asian cyber security contract; and UK extends its Sentinel ISTAR aircraft life.
Nuclear weapons captured the interest of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and the issue of how to counter Russian and Chinese weapons will be at the forefront of the whoever wins the presidency. Aviation Week & Space Technology editors discuss some of those pending issues: programs to upgrade nuclear ICBMS, cruise missiles and bomber aircraft—and how to afford it all.
The Pentagon has unilaterally issued a $6 billion F-35 contract to Lockheed Martin without first securing a mutual agreement, signaling ongoing discord.
The U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite has been maneuvered into a “roughly geosynchronous” orbit with enough fuel remaining to “keep us in an operational condition,” a Navy official says.
A U.S. Air Force KC-10 tanker from the 60th Air Mobility Wing lost its refueling boom during a Nov. 1 flight and was forced to make an emergency landing.
The European Space Agency and the European Commission last week issued a first-of-its-kind joint statement on a shared vision for Europe in space, drawing praise from the industry.
A two-decade-old remote sensing technology used by the U.S. military to detect harmful airborne pathogens and toxins may find new life seeking organic biosignatures in the atmosphere and on the surface of Mars and other planetary science destinations.
