The U.S. Air Force has grounded its Bell-Boeing CV-22 fleet due to issues with the tiltrotor’s gearbox causing multiple safety incidents, including one as recent as last weekend.
With the ambition of becoming a midtier aerospace and defense player, AIRO Holdings Group plans an initial public offering to fund its entry into the electric air mobility market.
A Russian spacewalk outside the International Space Station ended well ahead of schedule on Aug. 17 when Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev experienced a sudden voltage fluctuation in the internal battery that powered his spacesuit’s life support system.
In the summer of 2021, the U.S. Air Force appeared to have a clear schedule for its refueling future: continued deliveries of Boeing’s KC-46 for the next several years, a “bridge tanker” KC-Y to follow starting in 2029 and then the next-generation KC-Z to follow beginning in the mid-2030s.
The UK Royal Air Force has extended the life of its Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules airlifters for another three months as it attempts to overcome shortfalls in availability of its Airbus A400M fleet.
The first Space Launch System rocket, topped with an Orion deep-space capsule, was rolled out to Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B on Aug. 17 in preparation for an Aug. 29 launch attempt.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has selected Microchip Technology to develop a High-Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) processor with “at least 100 times the computational capacity of current spaceflight computers.”
As part of its Project Crimson research effort, the U.S. Army’s Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center is looking for a drone to quickly deliver blood to wounded service members during times when medical evacuation is not possible.
The U.S. Army on Aug. 15 transferred its satellite communications mission to the U.S. Space Force, putting control of all military satcom under one command.
U.S. Air Force and Navy crews launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile early Aug. 16 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in the first test since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
A Canadian-built turboprop engine has been tested on the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-9B aircraft for the first time, the San Diego-based maker of uncrewed air systems said on Aug. 16.
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing completed the first three FAA supplemental type certifications for the MH-139 Grey Wolf in early August and the new helicopter is set to start military testing this month, the service says.
The pilot or co-pilot deviated from the planned route, entered a valley at low level and then banked the aircraft at angles far beyond the MV-22B’s limit for maintaining altitude.
After scrapping a deal with Russia for Mi-17 helicopters, the Philippines is considering a U.S. offer to fulfill its heavy-lift helicopter requirement.
