The Air Force released the final request for proposals for the T-X advanced pilot trainer on Dec. 30, launching a competition that is expected to pit a half-dozen major contractors against one another for a contract worth in excess of...
4th Class Cadet Timothy Barber died Saturday when the private aircraft piloted by his father, retired Air Force pilot Greg Barber, collided with another airplane in midair near McKinney, Texas. Barber’s father and the pilot of the other aircraft died...
The Sept. 1, 2016 explosion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., was triggered when “one of the three composite overwrapped pressure vessels [COPVs] inside the second stage liquid oxygen [LOX] tank failed,” the company announced...
DARPA has completed Phase II of its Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System and has awarded Sikorsky a $35.7 million contract for further testing in Phase III of the ALIAS program, according to a release. Under the agreement, the government will...
Committee assignments were announced for the 115th Congress Tuesday, and two new Republicans and two new Democrats will be joining the Senate Armed Services Committee. Overall, the Republicans will retain 14 spots on the committee, the same number as in...
The Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB, Del., is working to restore an historic C-119 transport aircraft for display as the prize of their collection. The Fairchild C-119B Flying Boxcar, serial number 48-0352, was moved over three days in...