All United States articles – Page 180
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RN establishes UAV squadron
The Royal Navy has established its first unmanned air vehicle squadron to oversee the deployment of the Insitu ScanEagle that has been in operation for some 12 months.
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NTSB 787 battery report details quality concerns at GS Yuasa
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has raised a number of concerns with the manufacturing and inspection processes followed by GS Yuasa, the Japan-based company that makes the Boeing 787’s lithium-ion batteries.
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Temperature in 787 battery cells spikes in cold conditions: NTSB
Cells inside the Boeing 787’s lithium ion batteries get “significantly” hotter when tested in cold temperatures like the conditions experienced by three aircraft that suffered battery issues, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
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NTSB faults Boeing, FAA and contractors for 787 battery fire
Failures by Boeing and its battery suppliers, and insufficient oversight by the US Federal Aviation Administration, resulted in a lithium-ion battery fire aboard a Boeing 787 in Boston early last year, according to a report released today by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
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Arca Space pitches low-cost stratospheric UAV to civil market
A new stratospheric unmanned air vehicle with the same high-tech capabilities found in US military-operated unmanned systems – but with the price tag of a car – is being pitched to the civil UAV market.
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USAF toasts Whiskey designation for CRH fleet
The US Air Force has settled on the HH-60W designation for its future fleet of Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk-derived combat rescue helicopters (CRH), some five years before it will start taking delivery of the new type.
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In-service report: How good is the 787?
Flightglobal should have published this Boeing 787 in-service report about 18 months ago.
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Army aviation restructuring moves forward
The US Army has started executing a plan that will lead to a historic reshaping and downsizing of a war-weary aviation branch even as it attempts to upgrade its capabilities at the same time it cuts more than $12 billion in spending over the next five years.
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Boeing blames delivery schedule for Delta A350 deal
Boeing attributes the loss of a 50-aircraft Delta Air Lines order announced on 20 November to a lack of available delivery slots.
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Delta confirms A350, A330 order
Delta Air Lines has confirmed an order for 25 Airbus A350-900 for delivery beginning in 2017 and 25 A330-900 aircraft that will start entering the fleet in 2019.
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University of Maryland receives COA for Talon 240 UAV flight
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) to the University of Maryland unmanned air vehicle test site to carry out flight testing using the UAV Solutions Talon 240 UAV.
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ATK-Orbital merger 'to go ahead despite ISS launch disaster'
The spectacular failure of the 28 October launch of an Orbital Sciences Antares rocket has delayed the company’s proposed merger with ATK by about a month, but not derailed the deal.
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NTSB ruling strengthens FAA enforcement power on UAVs
The US National Transportation Safety Board has given the Federal Administration a major victory in the regulator’s efforts to govern the commercial use of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) in the national airspace.
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Nigerian air force eyes Scorpion combat surveillance aircraft
Nigeria's air force has expressed an interest in acquiring the Textron AirLand Scorpion strike and surveillance aircraft in order to counter the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency in the country.
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Boeing resumes 787-8 ecoDemonstrator flights
Boeing has launched the latest round of ecoDemonstrator testing using a 787-8 flight test aircraft loaded with 25 new technologies.
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Brazilian Navy restarts KC-2 Turbo Trader contract
A contract amendment signed on 7 November by the Brazilian navy's directorate of aeronautics and Marsh Aviation revives a long-delayed programme to refurbish and re-engine four ex-US Navy Grumman S-2 Trackers.
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Robospace: Star moments in robotic space exploration
At the end of a week that saw the European Space Agency turn heads the world over by achieving the first-ever soft landing on a comet, we look at the most dazzling achievements in five decades of robotic space exploration.
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VIDEO: 'Transformer' UAV touted to parcel delivery market
Krossblade Aerospace is touting its SkyProwler “transformer” unmanned air vehicle to the delivery market in the hope that once airspace regulations are lifted, it will offer speedy delivery of parcels across the USA.
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Textron readies Scorpion jet for production
Textron AirLand has started making preliminary decisions ahead of launching the production phase of the light attack and reconnaissance Scorpion jet.
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Amazon seeks UK employees for Prime Air UAV parcel delivery service
Amazon has revealed that it is looking to recruit British employees to join its Prime Air unmanned air vehicle delivery service project, that until now was largely centred out of its Seattle headquarters.