The FAA on June 10 said it was investigating the cause of a satellite navigation system anomaly on Bombardier CRJ and other jets that forced several U.S. airlines to cancel flights.
Creating a sixth armed service is not in the Chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2020 defense policy bill released June 10. Committee staff said this is a result of diverging member opinions: ranging from “hell no” to supporting a full Space Force.
The head of the House Armed Services Committee is advocating that SpaceX receive monetary assistance if the company is selected for the second phase of a next-generation rocket competition to deliver National Security Space payloads.
India’s space agency has tested its indigenously developed cryogenic rocket engine in anticipation of the country’s first human spaceflight mission, dubbed Gaganyaan.
GE Aviation beat a competitor for a prized U.S. Army rotorcraft engine contract despite being assessed with an overall higher technical risk, according to a scorecard of the assessment obtained by Aerospace DAILY.
“None of the steps we are taking are irreversible,” said Ellen Lord, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. “We look forward to restoring normal program activity.”
The commercialization plan includes upcoming NASA solicitations for a commercial module to be attached to the ISS and a free-flying, commercial platform that could occasionally berth at the station.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, selected L3’s proposal from six offers for the C-130H Avionics Modernization Program Increment 2 (AMP 2) program.
The first step in extricating Turkey from the F-35 program could start on June 12 and continue through the end of July, the U.S. Defense Department announced on June 7.
Ducommun, a small aerospace and defense supplier that has been working through a financial turnaround, booted its CFO on June 5, according to a regulatory filing.
The U.S. aerospace and defense sector was responsible for more than 2.56 million jobs in 2018, a 5.5% gain over 2017, the Aerospace Industries Association says.
Sikorsky has started flying a UH-60A with a retrofittable fly-by-wire system and autonomous control features to demo a potential upgrade for the U.S. Army’s existing Black Hawk fleet.
House Democrats intend to block President Trump from making opulent additions to the Air Force One replacement, but the move is receiving opposition from the GOP.
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has developed a safer and more user-friendly topcoat that was applied onto the exterior of some USN and USMC aircraft.
