Developing A New Family Of Spacecraft For Low-Cost Space Exploration

Moon Express, one of the competitors in the Google Lunar X Prize program, has unveiled plans to build a new family of spacecraft that it says will reach from the Moon to Mars and beyond.

The Full Motion Advanced Aviation Training Device Can Now Be Used To Credit Flight Time Towards Certificate Requirements

The FAA has approved the Redbird VTO full motion helicopter trainer as an Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD). This approval will allow pilots to credit a portion of the time spent training in the VTO towards the aeronautical experience requirements for the pilot certificate or rating being sought. For example, private pilot applicants will be able to credit up to 7.5 hours and instrument applicants may credit up to 20 hours of training time in the helicopter trainer.

Annual Growth Projected To Be In Excess Of 15 Percent

A new report, now available on ASDReports projects that the drone simulator market will grow from an estimated $376.9 million in 2017 to $764.7 million by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 15.20% from 2017 to 2022. The increasing use of drones for commercial and military applications has led to increased demand for drone pilots across the globe, thereby fueling the growth of the drone simulator market.

System Batting 1,000 With 14 Successful Tests

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system built by Lockheed Martin successfully intercepted a target Tuesday in a missile defense test led by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency with critical support provided by the U.S. Army.

Strategic Alliance Continues To Deliver More Value For Customers

ForeFlight, creator of the essential and widely used flight planning and electronic flight bag app for Apple iPad and iPhone, today announced that Jeppesen’s world-class library of standard chart coverages are now available as an option with the current release of ForeFlight Mobile, making it the premier all-in-one mobile solution for planning, briefing, filing, flying, and logging flights across aviation.

Simulates Two Main Types Of Attacks Anticipated From Enemy Drones

A Florida based small business is taking the defensive response to the emerging drone threat straight to the troops through their development of a realistic drone based IED simulation and training system. Explotrain LLC has developed the first and only functional drone and simulated IED integrated device, addressing the vital and emerging threat of drone weapons in theater.

Grants Are As Large As $750,000

Twenty-two universities across the country have been selected to receive NASA grants for research and technology development projects in areas critical to the agency’s mission. Nine of these universities will have the opportunity to test their research aboard the International Space Station.

Heavy Fines And Jail Time Set For Violators

Flying a drone near a wildfire could land the operator in very hot water.

Company Sees UAVs As 'The Answer To Public Safety Policing'

Autonomous drones are set to take over border patrols, crime hotspot monitoring and more, says South Africa's Airborne Drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)s, commonly known as drones, will soon be a common sight over border zones, crime hotspots and city streets, as public safety and security officials and police departments discover the cost saving and efficiencies offered by drone patrol 'armies', says Airborne Drones, a South African-based international manufacturer of enterprise-grade drones.

Will Acquire 10 New Airbus A321neo LRs

AerCap Holdings has signed an agreement with Air Transat for the lease of 10 Airbus A321neo LRs. The airline will become the first North American Airbus A321LR operator when the aircraft enter into service starting in 2019.

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PRODUCT: Airbus Helicopters Model SA330J helicopters.

Congressional Budget Office Proves AIRR Act Would Be A Budget Buster!

The nation's CBO says that H.R. 2997 would be costly -- as noted in the attached summary published late this week. Summary: H.R. 2997 would establish a federally chartered, not-for-profit corporation (known as the American Air Navigation Services (AANS) Corporation) to assume responsibility for operating the U.S. air traffic control system, a function currently performed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The proposed corporation would be governed by a 13-member board of directors composed of individuals representing certain aviation stakeholder groups. To finance the costs of providing air traffic services, the bill would authorize the cor

Bill Gerstenmaier Makes Revelation At Propulsion Meeting Of The American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics

In nearly every NASA news release over the past several years, the agency has touted its mission to "land humans on Mars" as one of its ultimate goals. The mission has been planned for sometime in the 2030s, and would be a crowning achievement for the agency.

Major Engine Supplier Joins Forces With Small Aircraft Manufacturer…

GE recently made an agreement with Venom Aircraft to supply engines for the kit-built airplane which the company hopes can gain some traction in the military and para-military market. Roy Plackis, Director of Operations for Venom Aerospace, told ANN news editor Tom Patton at Sun 'n Fun in April that the engine that is being offered with the airplane is a GE H-80 family engine producing 750 horsepower...

Jack's Not Happy... And For Darned Good Reason You've all heard it... various bits of hot-air from a number of elected officials trying to infer that the effort to bring about ATC Privatization has plenty of support among the entire aviation community... which plainly isn't true. EAA Boss Jack Pelton, as tired of the misinformation as the rest of us, just took aim at the GA Caucus to let them know that this simply isn't acceptable... or true. The following is a missive that Jack sent out just a few hours ago... "I feel really compelled to make sure the record is set straight on where General Aviation stands on H.R. 2997. That is why I am reaching out to all of you. The misrepresentation of our position is getting beyond frustrating...<

Former TWA Pilots Lose Arbitration With The Airline

When American Airlines acquired TWA in 2001, part of the deal was a guarantee of a limited number of Captain positions to TWA pilots.

Will Serve Two Year Tours With The Demonstration Team

The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Holmes, has officially selected the officers who will be joining the United States Air Force Thunderbirds for the 2018 demonstration season.

Will Be Available As An Option On Aircraft Delivered In 2018

Bristell Aircraft, made by BRM Aero in the Czech Republic, and imported by Bristell Aircraft in the USA are now offered with a new MT-Propeller.

Solo Flight Ceremony Held July 5

On July 5, the Solo Flight ceremony of the first 34 cadets of the Argentine Air Force trained on Tecnam P2002JF aircraft took place at the School of Military Aviation in Córdoba, Argentina, where both Giovanni Pascale Langer, Tecnam’s Chief Operating Officer and Walter Da Costa Global Sales & Marketing Director were invited to attend.

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Investigators for a U.K. newspaper say that a photograph central to a documentary which aired Sunday on The History Channel, about Amelia Earhart, does not show the lost aviatrix about to board a boat on the island of Jaluit in the Pacific Marshall Islands. The photo shows a group of people on a jetty on a Pacific island. It was allegedly found in the National Archives in a Navy file by Les Kenny. But, investigators for the paper say that the photo was taken after 1940, three years after Earhart

Several Changes Make It More Friendly To GA And Business Aviation, According To The Reason Foundation

The latest version of the House FAA reauthorization bill ... the AIRR Act ... is a significant improvement over the bill passed by the house in 2016, according to analysis from Robert W. Poole, Jr., Searle Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow and Director of Transportation Policy, for the Reason Foundation.

“The entire field of officer applicants this year was phenomenal.” Source: Lt. Col. Jason Heard, Commander of the USAF Thunderbirds, on the selection of officers for the 2018 season.

As a request: “Communication is difficult. Please say every phrase twice.”

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