Howmet Aerospace, formerly the aviation and defense-focused assets under the Arconic brand, said April 6 it will work to save about $100 million in costs as its OEM customers halt production of large commercial aircraft due to COVID-19 fallout.
The last of the SpaceX Dragon resupply capsules launched to the International Space Station (ISS) under an initial round of NASA commercial resupply contracts returned to Earth on April 7.
Discovered on Dec. 28, 2019, the puffy greenish Comet Atlas C/2019 Y4 rapidly brightened in the northern night sky near the Big Dipper as it raced toward the Sun.
The first aircraft carrier equipped to embark an F-35C, the USS Carl Vinson, completed its 14-month maintenance period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) in Washington state, a hot spot for the novel coronavirus.
President Donald Trump on April 6 signed a new national space policy directive reaffirming U.S. commitment to the commercial use of resources in space and encouraging international support for the policy.
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has joined a chorus of Democrats calling for the removal of Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly over remarks to sailors on the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt that referred to the fired captain of that aircraft carrier as “naive or stupid.”
Japan’s Next Generation Fighter acquisition program is the focus of a new informal channel set up by a Washington think tank for Japanese, U.S., British and Australian officials to discuss requirements and expectations.
Key aerospace and defense suppliers Woodward and Hexcel have called off their planned merger due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, ending a three-month saga that always baffled many industry insiders and has since been overtaken by survival necessities.
Aviation and healthcare training provider CAE on April 6 announced that it has furloughed one-quarter of its workforce among “flexible measures” being implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce says it is preparing for a dip in engine delivery volumes as the industry scales back operations in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Boeing’s suspension of aircraft production at its major Puget Sound and Moses Lake, Washington, campuses has been extended “until further notice,” the OEM said April 5.
The Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales has committed to providing $106 million in accelerated payments to suppliers, up from $53 million it promised March 27.
A third SpaceX Starship prototype was destroyed early April 3 during a tanking pressurization test with cryogenic nitrogen to simulate flight temperatures and pressures.
