With S-76 and UH-60MU autonomy testbeds flying, Sikorsky looks ahead to flying optionally piloted UH-60A and fielding advanced capabilities enabled by fly-by-wire across the Black Hawk fleet.
Most countries struggle with the usual budget limitations and a broad array of fleet replacement and new aircraft needs. But in the case of Singapore, there is a very interesting capability gap that implies a significant short-term requirement.
Once the development phase of the contract has been completed in 2018, the program will transition into a modernization program worth more than $50 billion, focused on cost reduction.
The need to provide the proper air defense for carrier strike groups is the driving force behind the U.S. Navy’s cruiser modernization plan, which sidelines the ships for some time.
At NASA’s Johnson Space Center, four women – a flight controller, scientist, medical doctor and aeronautical engineer – are simulating the most dynamic phases of a notional 715-day roundtrip mission to an asteroid.
German aerospace center DLR is teaming with Stanford University to test solutions to the familiar but often tense communications blackout that occurs when manned spacecraft re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
By incorporating more capabilities in the redesigned AMP tank round, the U.S. Army will reduce the need for tankers to make multiple ammunition choices based on perceived combat threats.
Ways to prevent missile launches; lawmaker girds for fight against NASA chief; safety outfits issue battery recommendations; the rocky road to rocket replacement.
Lockheed Martin has confirmed its choice of a modernized Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X advanced trainer competition.
Boeing’s stock price closed down almost 7% on Feb. 11 in volatile trading on Wall Street after investors digested a list of relatively negative headlines regarding the OEM and prime defense contractor.
NASA plans to expand tests of morphing flap technology on a modified Gulfstream III to assess the effect on aircraft noise as well as the potential lift and load shifting benefits from axially twisting the flap to different angles from one end to the other.
The U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2017 budget request includes a notable increase in the number of ship- and aircraft-fired missile that starts a solid inventory growth over the future year’s defense plan (FYDP).
Swedish aerospace firm Saab has enjoyed a bumper year of growth thanks to significant contracts from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the Swing-Role Surveillance System (SRSS) and from Brazil’s partnership with the Gripen fighter.
U.S. Air Force F-35As have arrived in Idaho for a month-long simulated deployment, a key test to prepare the aircraft for its interim operational capability declaration later this year.
