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Standards to Help Define Role of Humans, Automated Systems in Aerospace Industry of Tomorrow
David Schutt, CEO of SAE International, opened the 2018 SAE Aerospace Standards Summit, focused on the theme of humans on the loop – defining the...
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First F-35 Crash; Pilot Safe
On September 28, a day after the first Lockheed Martin F-35B combat strike, an F-35B stationed at United States Marine Corps (USMC) Air Station Beaufort crashed a short distance from the base. The aircraft was...
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Final Orion Capsule Parachute System Test Successful
A team of engineers from NASA and Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. successfully completed the eighth and final test of the Orion spacecraft Capsule Parachute Assembly System at...
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Boeing Wins $9.2B U.S. Air Force Contract for T-X Advanced Military Pilot Training Jets, Simulators, Ground Equipment
U.S. Air Force officials announced a $9.2 billion award to Boeing [NYSE:BA] to provide a new, advanced pilot training system...
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Next Phase of the USAF Pilot Training Next Initiative Includes an Open Call for Innovative Solutions
The United State Air Force (USAF) Air Education and Training Command (AETC) is taking a different look at how people learn and hopes to...
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Ahead of USAF T-X Decision, Leonardo Finds Market for T-100’s Little Brother – the Single-Engine Aermacchi M-345
According to a letter of intent signed between Rome-based Leonardo S.p.A. and Paramount Group, the two companies will...
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GoFly Prize Invites Innovators to Shape Future of Flight, Compete for $1.8M in Prizes
Shape the future of flight while competing for a share of $1.8 million in prizes. SAE International, an organizational partner of the Boeing-sponsored GoFly...
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JAXA Launches HTV7 Unmanned Cargo Spacecraft on Resupply Mission to ISS
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 7 lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan at 2:54:27 Japan Standard Time (JST) on...
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JAXA MINERVA-II1 Rovers Achieve Asteroid Landing, Autonomy, Image and Data Capture
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) officials have released the first images from two unmanned rovers that landed safely on the surface of asteroid...
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Airlines for America and SAE International Recognize Lufthansa Technik, 3D.aero for Nondestructive Testing Innovation
Officials at SAE International in Warrendale, Pa., and Airlines for America (A4A) in Washington are recognizing Karsten...
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Old Bird Learns New Tricks
United States Air Force (USAF) boasts that the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fifth-generation air superiority fighter cannot be matched by any known or currently projected fighter aircraft. The aircraft’s...
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Transport Canada Grants Astro Aerospace a Flight Test Certificate for Autonomous Urban Air Mobility Vehicle
Astro Aerospace Ltd. of Dallas, Texas has been been granted a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC), a permit for the...
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US Army Tests Avionics in Effort to Upgrade Black Hawk Helicopters from Analog to Digital Glass Cockpit
US Army officials and engineers continue work to modernize the defense organization’s fleet of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter...
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A New Expanding NASA Aeroshell Could Mean Larger Planetary Payloads
On Sept. 12, NASA will conduct the first test flight of its latest heatshield, the Adaptable Deployable Entry Placement Technology (ADEPT). ADEPT will launch from...
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Delta II’s Final Flight a Success
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket carrying NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) spacecraft lifted off from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base,...
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Three Stages of Separation: Bidding Farewell to the Delta II Launch Vehicle
The upcoming launch of the NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) will be the last liftoff for the Delta II rocket, whose reliability made it a...
News Unmanned Systems
SAE International Debuts AS13006, Process Control Methods Aerospace Standard
SAE International in Warrendale, Pa., has published AS13006: Process Control Methods, a new standard with guidance material to support specific aerospace engine...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
FLYHT and Spectralux Avionics Integrate Systems to Deliver FANS-Over-Iridium Satellite Communications to Airlines
FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. of Calgary, Canada, and Spectalux Avionics of Redmond, Wash., have teamed up to integrate...
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NASA Chooses CoreAVI Vulkan API for X-59 QueSST Supersonic, Low-Boom Aircraft
Aerospace engineers at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, working on the NASA X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft in collaboration...
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Pratt & Whitney Receives $437M for Continued Adaptive Engine Development
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. based in East Hartford, Conn., was awarded a $437-million contract modification by the U.S. Air Force...
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Boeing Wins $2.9B for 18 KC-46A Military Tanker Aircraft Based on 767 Jet Airliner
Boeing [NYSE:BA] in Everett, Wash., won a $2.9 billion U.S. Air Force contract to deliver 18 additional KC-46A tanker aircraft, spares, support equipment,...
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Lockheed Martin and Drone Racing League Pit AI-Enabled UAS Against Human Pilots
Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md. and the Drone Racing League (DRL) is challenging the engineering community with a new twist on drone enthusiast racing...
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Northrop Grumman Completes First Live Motor Cast for OmegA Rocket
Northrop Grumman of Falls Church, Va. has successfully completed casting, or filling with solid propellant, the first live motor segment for its new OmegA rocket. The...
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GKN Aerospace to Develop First Additive-Manufactured Rocket Engine Turbines in Europe for Prometheus Project
GKN Aerospace in Trollhättan, Sweden, are developing and manufacturing the first additive-manufactured, or 3D-printed, rocket engine...
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Electronic Flight Bag Users Forum Focuses on Regulatory, AID, Security, Connectivity, Other Pressing Issues
More than 300 aerospace professionals are expected at SAE International’s Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Users Forum, hosted by...
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Boeing Wins MQ-25 Contract
Boeing, headquartered in Chicago, will build the U.S. Navy’s first operational carrier-based unmanned refueling aircraft, the MQ-25 Stingray. The $805-million engineering and manufacturing development (EMD)...
News Weapons Systems
T-X Competition to End in September with Selection of New USAF Trainer Aircraft
According to officials, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) will select a new trainer aircraft by September 30 – before the end of the 2018 fiscal year. The aircraft...
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Bye Aerospace’s Solar-Electric Prototype Completes First Flight
Bye Aerospace of Englewood, Colo. recently completed the first flight of its solar electric technology demonstrator prototype. The first flight – on August 20 – and...
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NASA Selects Frontier Aerospace to Continue Development of New Deep Space Thruster
NASA’s Space Technology and Mission Directorate (STMD) awarded Simi Valley, Calif.’s Frontier Aerospace Corporation with “Tipping Point” funding to...
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