Program Management

By Irene Klotz
Flight test exposed Starliner software glitches, but NASA is more concerned about what else may be lurking in process flaws.
Program Management

By Irene Klotz
Accelerating plans to land astronauts on the Moon in 2024 will cost $35 billion, says NASA.
Program Management

By Guy Norris
Boeing appears to be redirecting its next new airliner project to compete more directly with the long-range Airbus A321XLR rather than take on the broader 757-767 replacement market previously studied under the shelved New Midmarket Airplane project.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
EASA has released the first edition of its “Artificial Intelligence Roadmap,” a document that begins to answer OEMs’ questions on how to certify an AI-based system.
Air Transport

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Artemis initiative to return human explorers to the Moon’s surface in 2024 is expected to cost about $35 billion going forward, Douglas Loverro, NASA’s new associate administrator for human exploration and operations, told a Feb. 10 news briefing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
The Trump administration’s fiscal 2021 defense budget request is “flat” for the Pentagon but doubles down on space, hypersonic and cyber capabilities against China, Russia and others and would make recent changes to the national security structure “irreversible,” officials said Feb 10.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
The Trump administration has proposed a fiscal 2021 budget of $17.5 billion for the FAA, which includes new funding for safety oversight in response to the Boeing 737 MAX crashes, but falls below the budget enacted for the current fiscal year.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Eurocontrol, the organization in charge of air traffic management (ATM) in Europe, wants to be prepared for the integration of hybrid electric aircraft—potentially with different needs and performance—in the continent’s airspace.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
President Donald Trump is requesting $25.2 billion for NASA for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, a whopping 12% budget increase in an attempt to bankroll a fast-track mission to land astronauts on the Moon in 2024.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
Operators say more spaceports will be needed to support launch demand.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Boeing’s new CEO orders a refresh of the next new airplane study, but what will emerge?
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) says its commercial aftermarket business is being hit by ramifications from the Boeing 737 MAX grounding and could see additional headwinds linked to the coronavirus outbreak, but executives are confident that any dip will be short-lived.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A new rendering of the Northrop Grumman B-21A released by the U.S. Air Force Jan. 31 offers a fresh perspective on the overall size and features of the highly secretive stealth bomber.
Defense and Space

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Knowledge Center

By Bill Carey
The FAA will introduce a new Space Data Integrator system in August to track space launch and recovery operations in real time with traditional air traffic, Administrator Steve Dickson said.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
A European consortium of industry and academia will develop a road Map for furthering hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft under a project funded by the European Commission (EC).
Aerospace

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected 16 wide-ranging science investigations and technology demonstrations for launch next year as the first payloads to be delivered to the Moon’s surface by two of 14 companies qualified by the agency for lunar missions under NASA’s $2.6 billion, 10-year Commercial Lunar Payload Services programs.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. defense research agency awarded Northrop a $13 million, one-year contract under the Glide Breaker program.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE – After two days of delays caused by bad weather Boeing’s 777-9, the first of the company’s new long range 777X flagship
Program Management

By Irene Klotz
Following a successful demonstration of Dragon’s launch abort system, SpaceX is in the home stretch for a crewed flight test.
Program Management

By Tony Osborne
Kopter is advancing development of its single-engine SH09 in Sicily.
Program Management

By Sean Broderick
Boeing on Jan. 6 provided more details on how the 737 MAX production pause will progress, while major program supplier Spirit AeroSystems said it will begin accepting “voluntary” layoffs.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
The USAF and Boeing are working to produce a new variant of the next sat in a constellation that provides high-capacity broadband comms to U.S. forces globally within five years.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
For space tourism’s prospects after any fatal accident, look to the X-15, the space shuttle and extreme mountain climbing, analysts say.
Program Management