The Pentagon has agreed to “resolve critical deficiencies” with the F-35 program before full-rate production begins, according to its response to a government watchdog report....More
The remote airfield at Wyndham, in the state of Western Australia, also will be used to perform trials of the various payloads envisaged by the Zephyr customers, which include the U.K. defense ministry....More
Jun 4, 2018
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The rotary-wing UAV is a response to the need for real tactical intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance missions at sea and on land, Steadicopter says....More
Jun 5, 2018
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Boeing’s dedicated fatigue test airframe, dubbed S-2, has been undergoing structural evaluation since 2012....More
NASA’s upcoming Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) promises a deeper look into the processes by which cosmic rays penetrate the heliosphere to pose a radiation threat to the humans....More
An Indian air force (IAF) Jaguar trainer crashed in the state of Gujarat on June 5, killing the pilot....More
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Jun 5, 2018
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SpaceX is examining a deployable, inflatable aeroshell with a built-in flexible thermal protection system able to protect the Falcon 9's upper stage through atmospheric entry....More
“Our strategic divestiture of EES helps AeroVironment focus on our leading small UAS [unmanned aircraft systems], tactical missile systems, high-altitude pseudosatellite, and commercial information solutions businesses," said AeroVironment CEO Wahid Nawabi....More
The ship-to-shore system will build on Skyways, the mail delivery drone that Airbus is currently testing in conjunction with the Singaporean mail service....More
FAA plans to issue a request for information (RFI) this week to the seven UAS test sites, after which it will choose some or all of the sites to conduct a UAS traffic management demonstration....More
"Experts from the transport policy community outside of aviation will also need to be engaged in the policy debate on drones,” the International Transport Forum says....More
