U.S.-based adversary air companies are beginning to return Dassault Mirage F1s to flight in preparation for their role as commercial-operated aggressor aircraft.
Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) plans to deliver by June 2020 a batch of eight aircraft from the T-50 military jet family that Thailand ordered two years ago.
C4ISR and defense training provider Cubic saw its publicly traded shares lose around 20% in price Nov. 21, the day after the company forecast fiscal 2020 expectations that were softer than Wall Street expected.
NATO’s first Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) platform, a derivative of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system, has arrived in Europe, a major milestone for the delayed program.
A company with hopes of winning the U.S. Air Force’s light attack competition, Air Tractor, has filed two bid protests with the Government Accountability Office.
A prototype upper-stage for SpaceX’s Mars-class Starship launch vehicle was destroyed during a maximum pressurization test Nov. 20 at the company’s Boca Chica Beach, Texas, complex.
A NASA strategy to partner with the U.S. commercial sector to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) could enrich a growing global space economy if the agency and its international partners can stay the course to the Moon and Mars, its top strategist told SpaceCom 2019 on Nov 20.
London-based Spacebit is opening a Lansing, Michigan, office to find and develop investment opportunities in the U.S. that meet its lunar commerce ecosystem business strategy.
NASA’s Inspector General predicts that certification of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Commercial Crew Program (CCP) spacecraft will occur no sooner than summer 2020.
The Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP), responsible for managing air traffic from the Caribbean island of Curacao, has started using space-based surveillance data from Aireon to track aircraft.
U.S. DOD Secretary Mark Esper is urging the FCC head to reject Ligado Networks’ license modification request to allow sat frequencies near the GPS band to be used for terrestrial 5G networks.
Kenya's Ministry of Defence has selected Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) – part of the new Abu Dhabi-based Edge Group to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to the Kenya Air Force.
Paramount Aerospace Systems has provided the upgrade and engineering support for Draken International’s first regenerated Mirage F1 that took to the skies on its maiden flight over Lakeland Linder International Airport, Lakeland, Florida.
Russia provides MiG-29s to Mongolia; U.S. greenlights Morocco Apache buy; GAO rules on U.S. Air Force launch contest; and the outlook for the Iranian Air Force.
Preparation for final testing of Ariane 6 engines is progressing, while the main- and upper-stage assembly lines are up and running in anticipation of first launch next year.
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning is proving to be unexpectedly useful to Japan, particularly in gathering information, according to a former head of the Japanese air force.
Marubeni Aerospace is bidding to supply a Gulfstream G550 to the Japan Coast Guard, which has two GVs for maritime patrol but needs a third aircraft to guarantee availability.
Japan’s AstroScale named Gene Fujii as chief engineer and Mike Lindsay as chief technology officer, adding the respective OrbComm and OneWeb veterans to its management team as the orbital debris removal startup tries to solidify its business plans.
A U.S. Air Force technical sergeant has developed a new concept for F-22 Raptor intake covers that can be folded and packed into a small compartment on the aircraft instead of having to be shipped separately.
