Industry News
News about the aerospace industry curated by AIAA staff
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Virgin Orbit Says First LauncherOne Flight Failed to Reach Orbit After Propellant Line Broke In Engine
23 July 2020
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NASA Astronauts Behnken, Cassidy Conduct Final Spacewalk Before SpaceX Capsule Returns to Earth
22 July 2020
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Rolls-Royce Selected to Provide Engines for Bell Textron V-280 Valor Aircraft
22 July 2020
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NASA Seeking Input On Proposed Liability Framework for Private Astronaut Missions
21 July 2020
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Delivery UAVs See Demand Spike During COVID-19 Shutdown
21 July 2020
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Rolls-Royce Making Progress On Trent 1000 Engine Upgrade
20 July 2020
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NASA Schedules August 2 as Return Date for Demo-2 Astronauts
20 July 2020
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British Airways to Retire Boeing 747
17 July 2020
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NASA Astronauts Behnken, Cassidy Complete Third Spacewalk of Mission
17 July 2020
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Elon Musk Touts Self-Orienting Starlink Terminal
16 July 2020
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BAE Systems Considers Hybrid or Fully Electric Propulsion System for UK’s Next Fighter Jet
16 July 2020
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Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur 4 Rocket Scheduled to Launch Four Payloads for NRO on Wednesday
15 July 2020
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Delta to Retire Its Boeing 737-700 Fleet by Year’s End
15 July 2020
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FAA Publishes V1.0 Concept of Operations for Urban Air Mobility
14 July 2020
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US, Japan Sign Agreement Over Japan’s Role In Artemis Program
14 July 2020
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SpaceX Test Fires Falcon 9 Rocket Ahead of Tuesday’s Launch of South Korean Military Satellite
13 July 2020
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American Airlines Warns It Could Cancel Several Boeing 737 MAX Orders
13 July 2020
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US Business Aviation Recovering from COVID-19-Related Slowdowns
10 July 2020
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Raised Atop Atlas 5 Rocket
10 July 2020
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SpaceX Scrubs Launch of Falcon 9 Rocket Wednesday Due to Weather Conditions
9 July 2020
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Four AIAA Journals to be Made Available On ScienceOpen Platform
9 July 2020
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NASA Recommends Additional Safety Changes to Boeing’s Starliner
8 July 2020
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Researchers Discover How to Locate UAV Operator Using UAV’s Path
8 July 2020
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SpaceX Plans to Launch Falcon 9 Rocket Wednesday
7 July 2020
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July 4th Weekend Air Travel Down 73%
7 July 2020
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NASA Looking to Award Multiple Contracts for Smallsat Launch Services Program
6 July 2020
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Boeing to Retire 747 Jumbo Jet
6 July 2020
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NASA Astronauts Perform Second Spacewalk of the Week
2 July 2020
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Blue Origin Delivers First of Two BE-4 Engines Tto ULA for Vulcan Centaur Rocket
2 July 2020
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US Air Force Delays Airborne Laser Weapon Test Until 2023
1 July 2020
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NASA Pushes Launch of Mars 2020 Mission to No Earlier Than July 30
1 July 2020
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SpaceX to Launch Falcon 9 Rocket for US Military Tuesday
30 June 2020
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Airbus Completes Two Years of ATTOL Flight Testing With Demonstration
30 June 2020
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NASA Astronauts Complete Spacewalk Outside ISS
29 June 2020
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FAA Confirms Boeing 737 MAX Test Flights Could Begin Monday
29 June 2020
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General Atomics Updates MQ-9A Reaper UAV
26 June 2020
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Virgin Galactic Completes Test Flight of SpaceShipTwo
26 June 2020
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NASA Names HQ Building After Engineer Mary W. Jackson
25 June 2020
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USAF’s F-35A Undergoing Tests With New B61-12 Nuclear Weapon
25 June 2020
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NASA Creates Office to Look Into Flying Personnel On Suborbital Flights
24 June 2020
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Private Jet Travel Rose During May
24 June 2020
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USAF Using AI-Infused Training for UAV Pilots
23 June 2020
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SpaceX’s Launch of Falcon 9 Rocket Pushed to Thursday
23 June 2020
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Virgin Galactic Signs Agreement With NASA to Offer Private Spaceflight Experiences
22 June 2020
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Analyst Says Business Aviation’s Recovery Is Happening Quicker Than Expected
22 June 2020
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Vega Rocket to Launch No Earlier Than Monday
19 June 2020
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Lead Author of Report Encourages US to Make Rules for Advanced Aerial Mobility System
19 June 2020
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Mars 2020 Mission Launch Is On Schedule
18 June 2020
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Gulfstream to End Production of G550 Aircraft
18 June 2020
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NASA Approves SpaceX to Reuse Crew Dragon, Rocket 9 First Stages from Demo-2 for Future Missions
17 June 2020
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Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Helicopter Reaches Speeds of More Than 200kt
17 June 2020
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HAPSMobile Plans to Fly Pseudo-Satellite UAV from Spaceport of America
16 June 2020
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Siemens Offers UV Light System to Disinfect Aircraft
16 June 2020
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NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Sends Back Images of Parallax Effect
15 June 2020
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US Airlines Begin Recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic
15 June 2020
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SpaceX Schedules Launch of Ride-Share Mission for Saturday
12 June 2020
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Passengers Slowly Return to Airlines After Coronavirus Dropoff
12 June 2020
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Aerojet to Make 24 RS-25 Engines for NASA’s SLS Program Using Additive Manufacturing
11 June 2020
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Sources Say Boeing Aims to Conduct 737 MAX Certification Test Flight in Late June
11 June 2020
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SpaceX Demo-2 Mission Likely to End in August
10 June 2020
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USAF Delays Approval Decision of KC-46 Tanker
10 June 2020
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Travel Sector Expecting Limited Summer Rebound
9 June 2020
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NASA, Lockheed Martin to Conduct Flight Tests for “Low Boom” Supersonic Jet in Fall of 2021
9 June 2020
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Comes Within 12 Million Miles of Sun
8 June 2020
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USAF Looks to Set Up War Games Between AI-Controlled UAV and Piloted Aircraft
8 June 2020
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Large Asteroid to Pass by Earth Saturday
5 June 2020
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New Zealand to Buy Five Super Hercules Aircraft from Lockheed Martin
5 June 2020
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NASA Rolls Out Emerging Technologies Entrepreneur Challenge
4 June 2020
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USAF Begins Search for UAV Replacement of MQ-9
4 June 2020
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NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Could Expand Science Research Done On ISS
3 June 2020
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Delta Retires Last McDonnell Douglas Aircraft
3 June 2020
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SpaceX Launch of Starlink Satellites Aboard Falcon 9 Rocket Scheduled for Wednesday
2 June 2020
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USMC Looking for Counter UAS System
2 June 2020
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SpaceX Starship SN4 Prototype Explodes During Engine Test
1 June 2020
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DOT Set to Grant Several Airlines Permission to Suspend Service to Some US Airports Amid Pandemic
1 June 2020