Program Management

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.

The U.S. defense research agency awarded Northrop a $13 million, one-year contract under the Glide Breaker program.

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

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

Kopter is advancing development of its single-engine SH09 in Sicily.

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.

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.

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

From environmental pressures to transformational technologies, significant changes lie ahead for the aerospace and defense industry.

IATA is offering an optimistic airline industry outlook for 2020. But the figures are moe of a cause for concern than for optimism.

NATO’s London meeting in December exposed deep divisions among alliance members.

NASA on Dec. 12 cleared Boeing for an uncrewed trial run of its CST-100 Starliner space taxi to the ISS.

United Airlines’ plans to buy Airbus A321XLR to replace its Boeing 757s is a major blow to Boeing that could see the OEM abandoning the proposed new midmarket airplane.

A British startup has unveiled a one-fifth scale model of an innovative lunar lander in partnership with a Ukrainian manufacturer, and plans to test another vehicle in the UAE.

The unique series of steps required to approve hundreds of stored aircraft for delivery to eager airlines has convinced the FAA that it needs to take over issuing airworthiness and export certificates for Boeing 737 MAXs once the agency has cleared the aircraft to return.

The U.S. Defense Department has awarded the initial contract to Lockheed Martin to support the first lot of full-rate production for the F-35A.

There is never anything simple about the design and delivery of aerospace and defense technology.

The next trend in sats is multiuse constellations, typically combining telecoms and Earth observation, says Guy Perez, sat manufacturer OHB chief tech officer and head of telecoms sats.

House lawmakers are calling on the FAA to preserve airspace safety and efficiency as it develops a regulation to simplify launch and re-entry requirements for commercial space operators.

Boeing rolled out the 737 MAX 10 at an employee-only event in Renton, Washington Nov. 21, a significant step in its effort to slow the Airbus A321neo’s momentum.

A competition has opened between L3Harris and Northrop Grumman to upgrade the self-protection jamming systems on hundreds of U.S. Air Force F-16s.

Defense against maneuvering hypersonic missiles will probably require interception while weapons are still climbing, former U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command chief Gen. Herbert Carlisle said.

The U.S. Air Force has unveiled three “vanguard programs” designed to partially fulfill the service’s science and technology strategy.

Through nearly half a century, Southwest Airlines has built its business around the Boeing 737, famously employing a single-aircraft fleet strategy to pioneer the low-cost airline model.

The head of U.S. Air Force acquisition says one lesson learned from the light attack experiment is the need for special operators to have an armed overwatch capability.