Certification of VCT’s aft-body drag-reducing devices is planned on the 737NG family following the company’s positive flight-test results on the C-130 and C-17.
Airbus expects the H135s to be supplied mainly for police and medical services in Shandong, the province of which Qingdao is the largest city. It has good reason to think they will be.
Thornberry would spend more on missiles and missile defenses to counter North Korea; Transportation Secretary disperses airport funding; and Raytheon will pursue future multiyear standard missile contracts.
The country’s push toward manned/unmanned teaming in the air domain is a response to the extreme cost of modern warplanes and advances in autonomous technology.
Merger will join Safran’s activities in aircraft engines, space propulsion, landing gears and electronics with Zodiac’s cabin interiors and aircraft systems.
French company Thales, which continues to pursue big data analytics and other breaking technologies, could get a boost from election of Emmanuel Macron as president.
Engine makers jockeying for position in the early contest to power Boeing’s New Midsize Airplane, but wary of investing in the 45,000-lb.-class powerplant.
India takes another step toward Make-In-India; Philippines seeks bids for maritime patrol aircraft, bidders queue for Canadian search-and-rescue helicopter competition and Lockheed’s latest training and simulation software release.
Self-regulation is not a novel idea: The American Medical Association sets rules for doctors; the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority oversees financial services.
Airspace services provider AirMap says the Drone Federalism Act would help industry by harmonizing and limiting state and local rules restricting unmanned aircraft operations below 200 ft.
High-altitude wake turbulence is often thought of as a bump in the night, but the tale of a Challenger business jet toppled by an A380 in January has the industry taking a second look.
The Trump administration’s attempt to opt out of the Restore-L project and transfer its technology to the private sector is raising questions and objections.
A venture development company specializing in commercializing innovations languishing within large OEMs creates a startup to unlock the potential in a C-130 drag reduction developed by Lockheed.
