Textron Aviation is seeing a pickup in orders for light turboprops and jets from private buyers, but demand from corporations for larger business jets has yet to show signs of recovery, parent company Textron told analysts on July 30.
Garmin said it was returning to normal operations following a cyberattack that disrupted its web-based aviation and consumer applications for several days.
The HAPSMobile venture involving Japan’s SoftBank and AeroVironment has completed a fourth test flight of its solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft, flying for longer and reaching a higher altitude than previous tests.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will act as prime contractor for the upgrade of up to 98 Japanese Boeing F-15J fighters, the U.S. company said, announcing the signing of an agreement on the program between the two sides.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral AFS on July 30, sending the $2.4-billion NASA Perseverance rover on its way to Mars to search for signs of past life and cache promising rock and soil samples for a future return to Earth.
NASA’s current tally for the economic toll to its programs from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is about $1.5 billion, Administrator Jim Bridenstine said on July 29.
The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory plans to audition the medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system next year to carry two, newly-developed airborne networking pods.
U.S. Space Command (Spacecom) is partnering with U.S. Cyber Command by offering a planning element to implement cyber protection and capabilities or space expertise.
Boeing’s noncommercial businesses remain its lone bright spot amid a global airline industry crisis that is forcing the company to shrink, despite a second-quarter performance that saw minuscule year-over-year revenue growth and lower operating margin in Boeing’s Defense, Space, and Security unit.
As part of a larger strategy shift that calls for the removal of 11,900 U.S. troops from Germany, an F-16 unit is relocating from Spangdahlem Air Base to Italy, Defense Secretary Mark Esper says.
The development and operational test phases for the Boeing F-15EX will be managed by the Operational Flight Program Combined Test Force (OFP CTF) at Eglin AFB, Florida.
In-situ resource utilization, combined with advances in additive manufacturing, could provide the materials and technologies for the construction of habitats, factories, spare parts and supplies on the Moon and Mars.
A new report on the space industrial base discusses the catastrophic impact the spread of the novel coronavirus has had on space companies and how the global pandemic provides a dangerous opportunity for China and Russia to challenge or surpass the U.S. in space.
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee is against folding funding for Defense Department programs into the latest COVID-19 relief package.
