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By Bill Carey
An Air China Boeing 737-800 recently completed a trial flight using China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system, which is nearing global coverage.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Thales and Leonardo, plans to study potential military uses of the Stratobus as part of a contract issued by the French defense materiel agency, DGA, and announced on Jan. 8.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. military is looking for an affordable, ground-based radar system to monitor deep-space activity.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
"These astronauts could one day in fact walk on the Moon as part of the Artemis program," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s Royal Air Force is gearing up to establish a squadron that will fly the air arm’s first swarming drone unit.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Woodward andHexcel have proposed a stock merger to create one of the largest independent aerospace and defense supplier.
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has tested a wind tunnel model of a high-speed compound helicopter designed to cruise at 500 mph (270 kt

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Sean Broderick, Steve Trimble
Iran has admitted accidentally shooting down a Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737, flight PS752, backtracking on previous denials that it was responsible for the Jan. 8 crash, which killed all 176 people on board.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
The Swiss government has issued a second request for quotations for new combat aircraft and ground-based air defense systems.
Defense

By Sean Broderick
Boeing is facing a second civil penalty for installing unairworthy slat tracks on 737s—this one covering 178 MAXs.
Air Transport

Industry Events Calendar

By Bill Carey
Hungarian LCC Wizz Air has launched SITAOnair’s internet protocol (IP)-based airline operations messaging service in Europe.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Spirit AeroSystems, the leading aerostructures provider and Boeing’s top supplier, announced Jan. 10 it is laying off 2,800 of its employees in Wichita due to t
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force will integrate the baseline version of the Northrop Grumman AARGM-ER on the Lockheed Martin F-35A, but as a testbed.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Singapore has opted to purchase the short takeoff and vertical landing version of the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

Major aerospace supplier Heico through a subsidiary has acquired the human-machine interface (HMI) product line of Spectralux.

By Tony Osborne
Rolls-Royce says it is eyeing additional phases of its research into Embedded Electrical Starter Generator tech to look at advanced thermal management systems.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Army is grappling with a $34 million reduction to its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Competitive Prototype effort.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Low Earth orbit satellites that provide high-bandwidth internet service around the world are on the cusp of becoming reality.
Defense

By Bill Carey
A special mission Pilatus PC-12 turboprop operated by the Colorado Department of Public Safety detected no suspicious aircraft while supporting the investigation into a rash of unexplained drone sightings.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury has said the company is committed to its operations in the UK despite Brexit.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Boeing’s new recommendation that 737 MAX pilots undergo simulator training before they return to flying the airliner justifies moves by major simulator manufacturers to ramp up production.
Air Transport

By Lee Hudson
Bell has demonstrated for the first time the autonomous flight capability of its V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor.
Defense