U.S. startup ThereCraft is developing an unmanned aircraft that can deliver urgent cargo to remote locations with the accuracy of a helicopter but without the need to land or use parachutes.
Japan is evaluating the rough-field characteristics of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries C-2, exploring a capability for which the airlifter was not designed.
Ahead of the launch of his new book Harrier 809, aviation author and historian Rowland White joins Aviation Week’s London Bureau Chief Tony Osborne to discuss the story of Britain’s legendary jump jet and its role in the Falklands War.
The mission will mark the first flight of astronauts aboard a U.S. orbital spaceship since space shuttle Atlantis rolled to a stop at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 21, 2011
Airbus UK and Rolls-Royce have joined a list of companies that have responded to a British government call for the rapid production of medical ventilators to treat people suffering with the COVID-19 virus.
Organizers have postponed the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover and related events in Washington from May until September, given concerns related to COVID-19.
Raytheon is developing new air- and ground-launched versions of the Coyote Block II interceptor for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as production ramps up to support surging U.S. Army demand and a newly approved export license.
The U.S. Air Force has postponed the second demonstration of the Advanced Battle Management System from April to June because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, making an unprecedented fifth flight, successfully dispatched another 60 Starlink websats into orbit, then failed to touch down on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Textron Aviation is instituting rolling four-week furloughs for most of its U.S. employees in response to the coronavirus pandemic and to adjust production to anticipated market demand, the company said.
As NASA struggles with cost and schedule challenges in the development of the Space Launch System and Orion crew capsule, it is facing similar difficulties with another key piece of hardware, the Mobile Launcher.
Atlanta-based hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus has completed scaled static and high-speed laboratory tests of a turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine prototype up to Mach 5 and is working on near-term plans to test transition between engine modes.
The U.S. Army has awarded Sikorsky $97 million and Bell $84 million for Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competitive demonstration and risk reduction (CD&RR), the service’s project manager said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has notified Congress that the Pentagon will provide federal health officials with 5 million respirator masks and 2,000 specialized ventilators to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
LIG Nex1 is this year beginning a fourth phase in its effort to develop an advanced fighter radar, aiming at reducing the size of transmission and reception units so it can squeeze more power into the nose of a combat aircraft.
