Regulation

TSA Wants to Take Airport Security Into the Future

As the U.S. Transportation Security Administration prepares to further test next-generation technology at airport security checkpoints, the agency wants to align the procurement of new carry-on baggage scanners and the related automated…

Military

DOD Demands Authority to Destroy Drones in Restricted Airspace

Privately owned drones routinely violate restricted airspace over military bases, ships and airfields. The Pentagon wants more authority to shoot them down, Defense Secretary James Mattis told lawmakers Wednesday. The military can disrupt or…

Military

Airbus Helicopters Tests Man-Unmanned Teaming

Airbus Helicopters has successfully completed manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capability tests with its H-145M helicopter and Austrian defense company Schiebel’s S-100 unmanned air system (UAS), the company said April 24. The tests between the H145…

Military

Boeing KC-46A Pegasus Completes Certification Tests

The KC-46A Pegasus tanker, which Boeing is developing for the U.S. Air Force, has achieved a key milestone by finishing flight tests needed to obtain its second of two airworthiness certifications from the…

Military

B-21 Bomber Software Upgrades are Underway

Software deliveries have begun for the U.S. Air Force’s future B-21 Raider bomber. “We’ve delivered the first set of software for the platform,” said Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, military deputy in the Air…