US pilot union Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is calling on the industry to revisit numerous labour, safety, subsidy and collective bargaining issues that for the past year have taken a back seat to the coronavirus pandemic. US pilot union Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is calling on the industry to revisit numerous labour, safety, subsidy and collective bargaining issues that for the past year have taken a...Continue Reading
Bell believes its work on the V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the US Army and the unmanned V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor concept for the US Marine Corps (USMC) ought to have “synergy” with the US Navy’s (USN) Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Maritime Strike programme. Bell believes its work on the V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the US Army and the unmanned V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor concept for the US Marine Corps (USMC) ought to...Continue Reading
The USA has funded 70 efforts to develop hypersonic missiles, and related technologies, between fiscal years 2015 and 2024. The USA has funded 70 efforts to develop hypersonic missiles, and related technologies, between fiscal years 2015 and 2024. Those efforts, which total nearly $15 billion, are primarily led by the US Department of Defense (DoD), with the Department of Energy and NASA also participating, according to a Government Accountability Office...Continue Reading
Following several deadly accidents in recent years, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to tighten oversight of certain passenger flights conducted under general aviation rules. Following several deadly accidents in recent years, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to tighten oversight of certain passenger flights conducted under general aviation rules. Such operations can include commercial air tours, skydiving...Continue Reading
NASA is planning for Ingenuity, its Mars helicopter, to fly within the next three weeks, engineers say on 23 March. NASA is planning for Ingenuity, its Mars helicopter, to fly within three weeks, engineers say on 23 March. Bob Balaram, Mars Helicopter chief engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), says the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet will be “no earlier than” 8...Continue Reading
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