A failure associated with the USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) forced the U.S. Navy to return the aircraft carrier to port, and a root cause investigation is ongoing.
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) helicopter and a police drone flying in the same area collided in midair earlier this year, forcing the helicopter pilot to make a precautionary landing on a road.
France will accelerate the introduction of new military aircraft and helicopter fleets as part of its €15 billion ($16.9 billion) support package for the country’s aerospace industry to help it through the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation Z-10 Thunderbolt is a Chinese attack helicopter whose prototype airframes were powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6C-67C turboshaft engines.
A scramjet-powered missile developed under the joint DARPA/U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program was destroyed in a recent test accident, Aviation Week has learned.
Camp Simba in Kenya and Al Asad Air Base in Iraq both came under attack in January in a way that dramatized the wide range of vulnerabilities facing U.S. air bases around the world.
Investigators probing the crash of a Canadian Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopter in the Mediterranean in April say the aircraft “did not respond as the crew would have anticipated” as it maneuvered to land on its embarked warship.
Korea Aerospace Industries is aiming to hand over the first LCH civil helicopter in 2023, the same year in which it will begin deliveries of the military LAH version to South Korea’s army.
The Canadian government is replacing two Challenger 601 utility aircraft with two Bombardier Challenger 650 jets for the Canadian Armed Forces for mission-critical roles in a contract valued at $105 million. The contract also includes training and spare parts.
The design concept for the habitation and logistics elements of the lunar-orbiting Gateway that NASA is pursuing under a $187 million contract with Northrop Grumman has a significant heritage in the evolving Cygnus resupply mission spacecraft that have so far launched and berthed successfully to the International Space Station 13 times since September 2013.
A more powerful version of China’s Long March 11 solid-propellant space launcher will fly in 2022, state manufacturer Casc has told government news agency Xinhua.
