Spinoff 2022 is NASA’s latest edition of an annual profile linking the challenges of overcoming the technical hurdles of human spaceflight and other aerospace initiatives to improving life on Earth.
Bell has started work on the second CV-22 nacelle improvement modification package for the U.S. Air Force after returning the first upgraded tilt rotor aircraft in December.
U.S. startup Elroy Air has unveiled the first preproduction prototype of its Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft, revealing a revised design for the hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
When the US State Department made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale of 72 F-15QA aircraft to the Government of Qatar on November 17, 2016 – it included provision for continental United States based Lead-in-Fighter-Training for F-15QA aircrew, training materials, personnel training, simulators and other training equipment.
The Royal Malaysian Air Force has inducted the first two of four Leonardo AW139 helicopters that it is leasing from oil and gas aviation provider Weststar Aviation Services.
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that the Lockheed Martin F-35C involved in a “landing mishap” on Jan. 24 fell into the South China Sea and the service is now drawing up plans to salvage the aircraft.
European plans for the development of a multinational medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed air system have moved a step closer to reality after the Spanish government approved spending worth €3.16 billion ($3.57 billion) on the program.
Engineers believe they have tracked the cause of a problem that prevented one of the two circular solar arrays on NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe from unfurling completely, according to mission Principal Investigator Hal Levison, with the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
U.S. authorities have refused to issue an entry visa for Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Chub, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin reported in his social media account on Jan 22.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is suing to stop Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales, from taking over rocket and missile propulsion specialist Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Italy’s Leonardo says its contract to deliver Eurofighters to Kuwait is not affected by an investigation the Gulf state’s anti-corruption agency is pursuing into alleged inflated prices paid for the aircraft.
Space 11 Corp., an aerospace company focused on the production of space-based entertainment, is partnering with Nanoracks, a commercial space station visionary, to develop an orbital free flyer intended to support space film and television production and serve as a live venue and soundscape.
A month after launching aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, the James Webb Space Telescope on Jan. 24 reached its operational orbit about 940,000 mi. from Earth.
SpaceX’s 24th NASA-contracted cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station conducted a parachute-assisted descent into the Gulf of Mexico waters off Panama City, Florida, on Jan. 24. Dragon returned a more than 4,900-lb. payload of scientific and medical research, technology hardware and other equipment for recovery.
NATO has announced a series of deployments to Eastern Europe that will bulk up its response to Russia’s continued buildup of forces near the Ukrainian border.
U.S. Patriot missile defense batteries shot down incoming missiles at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, early Jan. 24—the second time within a week that defense systems downed incoming missiles in the area.
Bell’s 360 Invictus competitive prototype for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft fly-off contest is 75% structurally complete at its facility in Amarillo, Texas, and remains on track for first flight in 2023, the company says.
