The U.S. Navy (USN) and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) have some gaps to fill in the Asia-Pacific region when it comes to air operations, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) says in a recent report.
A Russian company is set to assemble Airbus H135 twin-engine light helicopters in the Urals to support the growth of aeromedical evacuation helicopters.
Sixty days after Blue Origin achieved its first milestone vertical landing with the New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle, the company has repeated the feat with the same rocket.
French President Francois Hollande and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi say they have reached a political agreement on the sale, but negotiations on price continue
As part of SpaceX’s plan to develop a human-rated version of a Dragon crew capsule capable of precision-powered landings on the ground, the company has revealed the first images of propulsive hover tests.
The U.S. Navy recently tested its newly developed Common Control System (CCS) with a submersible unmanned vehicle during a series of underwater missions at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport in Puget Sound, Washington.
Unmanned aircraft in the news: UAV lands on car; Coyote prowls hurricanes; Black Hawk gives UGV a ride; DHL’s delivery drone evolves; Caterpillar teams up.
The program is still on track for an unmanned trip around the Moon in the fall of 2018 with some extra features enabled in part by a $174 million congressional funding boost.
As the U.S. and its coalition partners intensify the pace of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon plans to bolster Baghdad’s arsenal with nearly $2 billion in weaponry, equipment and logistics support for Iraqi F-16s.
U.S. and Japanese naval aircraft figured heavily in the recent Guam Exercise, an annual bilateral training exercise between the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
With a new Pentagon clarion call ringing for additional and more realistic wargaming, the Naval Postgraduate School has started to get its officer students designing, executing and evaluating scenarios just now being developed by the Navy brass.
Sluggish aircraft industry growth is threatened by several looming macroeconomic trends, and the jetliner primes’ lofty production goals appear out of line with economic reality.
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus launched the service’s “Great Green Fleet” earlier his month, touting the big move toward alternative fuels as a way to save money, make ships better in combat and increase the Navy’s ability to innovate.
Based on initial indications, the problem occurred due to an apparent failure to follow procedures during an operational test of the port and starboard main propulsion diesel engines, the Navy says.
