First A380 powered by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel takes to the skies
Airbus has performed a first A380 flight powered by 100 percent Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Airbus’ A380 test aircraft MSN 1 took off from Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, France at 8:43 a.m., March 25. The...
View ArticlePioneering female aviator Wally Funk wins 2022 Michael Collins Trophy for...
Wally Funk was awarded the 2022 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime Achievement March 24, 2022, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum‘s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. The...
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Remembering Vietnam: The story behind ‘The Wall’
It’s been 57 years since the ground campaign of the Vietnam War began. It was a conflict that would drag on for a decade, take thousands of lives and forever change America’s mentality about war....
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New museum to honor Medal of Honor recipients
The National Medal of Honor Museum will enshrine the stories of Medal of Honor recipients for future generations, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley said. At the museum’s...
View ArticleU.S. Air Force selects BAE Systems’ high frequency technology for radio...
The U.S. Air Force has selected BAE Systems, with support from FlexRadio, to provide software defined radios for its Airborne High Frequency Radio Modernization program. The contract, which has a value...
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Boeing, Airbus Helicopters sign strategic H-47 Chinook partnership to support...
Boeing and Airbus Helicopters signed a Memorandum of Understanding March 25, 2022, to partner on the H-47 Chinook in support of Germany’s Schwerer Transporthubschrauber heavy-lift helicopter...
View ArticleHeadlines — March 30
News Russia has fired ‘multiple’ hypersonic missiles into Ukraine, US general confirms The stunt, likely meant to intimidate Ukraine and allies, has not had the effect Moscow intended. 400 Marines...
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Record-setting NASA astronaut, Russian crewmates return from ISS
After extending the record for the longest single spaceflight in history by an American to 355 days, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth March 30, 2022, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts...
View ArticleU.S. sending 6 Navy Growler aircraft to Germany to support deterrence mission
Six U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington State left their home base March 28, 2022, heading to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Pentagon Press Secretary...
View ArticleBoeing announces senior leadership updates
Boeing on March 28, 2022, announced Ted Colbert as president and chief executive officer of its Defense, Space and Security business. Colbert succeeds Leanne Caret who is retiring following nearly 35...
View ArticleFiscal 2023 budget funds military for today, future
President Joe Biden’s $773 billion fiscal year 2023 Defense Budget Request funds the department for today’s security environment and positions DOD to maintain its competitive advantage in the years...
View ArticleWinning technologies benefit NASA, industry on Earth and beyond
In 2021, NASA recognized four teams from around the agency for inventions and software that will help government and private industry. The new technologies can help improve passenger flights and...
View ArticleMarine squadron transitions from AV-8B Harrier to F-35B
Marine Attack Squadron 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducted a re-designation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 25, 2022. As part of the transition...
View ArticleNext-gen Polar is indispensable in highly contested space
On the battlefield, snipers rarely work alone. Snipers act as part of a system with a spotter who surveys a wide area to identify potential targets. That’s one way to think about the Next-Generation...
View ArticleNASA names winners of Lunar Robotics Design contest
NASA has chosen two students as winners of the Lunabotics Junior Contest, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the agency’s Artemis missions. Contestants were charged with designing a...
View ArticleNorfolk, Va.,-based E-2 Hawkeye crashes, two injured, one fatality
A Navy E-2D Hawkeye assigned to an East Coast Airborne Command and Control Squadron crashed in the vicinity of Wallops Island and Chincoteague, Va., March 30, 2022. One crew member has died and two...
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DOD acquisition officers will learn to better acquire, transition commercial...
In this era of modern warfare, access to cutting-edge, commercial technology is vital for warfighters and national security. To ensure access to commercial technology, the Defense Department is...
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Yuma Proving Ground at the forefront of autonomous vehicle testing
Self-driving and driver-aided vehicles, whether on the road, the crop fields, or battlefields, are the future. At Yuma Proving Ground, the automotive instrumentation section within the Instrumentation...
View ArticleHeadlines — April 1
News 1 dead, 2 injured in Navy Hawkeye crash off Virginia coast The crew member who died was found deceased in the aircraft. Amid new Russian attacks near Kyiv, White House says Putin misled by aides...
View ArticleDARPA awards BAE Systems Phase 2 of next-gen advanced electronics program
After the successful completion of Phase 1 of the next-generation electronics program, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has provided BAE Systems’ FAST Labs research and development...
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