Logos Technologies has shrunk wide-area moving-target surveillance into a package that can be carried by a tactical unmanned aircraft, and it does not plan to stop there.
Assembly of Czech training aircraft begins; Thai military preparing for more defense imports; Lockheed wins LRASM contract, and Hughes scores wideband satcom study deal.
After decades of promise is hypersonic technology finally verging on operational capability? The U.S. Air Force thinks so, and is laying out high-speed requirements underpinned by a growing budget for sustained R&D.
NanoRacks LLC has demonstrated that spacesuit-garbed astronauts working outside the International Space Station can successfully maneuver around the external surfaces of what is to be the first commercially provided airlock.
Interest is mounting in a potential new fleet of low-cost, light-attack aircraft the U.S. and international allies could use to fight terrorists in the Middle East.
Startup says enough data exist to set a sonic boom standard that would allow its 45-seat airliner to fly supersonic flight over land when it enters service in 2023.
New Zealand’s Aviation Security Service plans to deploy a system that will improve the passenger screening process, as well as helping demonstrate the technology’s global potential.
HNA’s Lucky Air appears to be building up in Chengdu as it moves into intercontinental operations. It will also be the HNA unit overseeing creation of a proposed budget carrier there.
MiG-35 and Mi-38 are in, Zhukovsky is out as Moscow air show MAKS 2017 highlights Russian military orders for new aircraft and news of a new location for the 2019 show.
Post-Brexit, legacy airlines such as Air France-KLM, Lufthansa and the big three U.S. carriers may believe rolling back the clock would help them. It won’t.
An immediate reform will permit state shares to fall below 50% while keeping control. A later reform may merge two or all three of the largest Chinese airlines.
Using the concept of a quiet STOL airliner as the target, German researchers are advancing the state of the art in aircraft high-lift systems in an effort to improve flexibility and reduce noise.
Iran testing Kosar military trainer; Turkey looks to Russia, Europe for missile defense systems; Honeywell and IAI team to protect aircraft from jamming attacks; Boeing upgrades French AWACS; and Leonardo and Moog partner to make U.S. Army counter-UAS system.
North Korea’s acceleration of missile testing could see the U.S. expand its antiballistic missile system as the Missile Defense Agency also speeds development of tech to counter-maneuvering hypersonic glide weapons.
