U.S. central bank leaders who set interest rate targets for large banks are warning about pain ahead for the economy. It is a price they are willing to pay to get history-making inflation under control, one of their core mandates.
The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) should be strengthened to address the potential proliferation of ballistic missile technology through the development of new-generation satellite launchers, a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has suggested.
In case SpaceX needs more time to begin commercial service of its Crew Dragon transportation system to the International Space Station, NASA has bought a seat aboard the next Russian Soyuz flight, scheduled to launch in October.
The European Space Agency is reducing on-site personnel at its mission control center in Darmstadt, Germany, and switching some science missions into standby mode.
The FAA issued Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) the evening of Jan. 7 prohibiting U.S. civil aircraft operators from using airspace over Iraq, Iran, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
Owners of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) weighing more than 250 grams (0.5 lb.) will have to register their systems and undertake a safety awareness test, the UK government has announced.
The U.S. Air Force's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battlelab (UAVB) soon will begin test-dropping the BLU-108 anti-armor submunition from a Sentry HP unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), according to Lt. Col. Timothy Cook, chief of the UAVB's Combat Applica-tions Division. "We are going to take a 12-and-a-half foot wingspan, 185-pound empty weight UAV, put a wide-area anti-armor munition on it, and we're going to kill tanks," Cook said March 31 at the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement's (IDGA) Combat UAV conference in Arlington, Va.
U.S. Air Force officials hope to receive approval to begin working on the Miniature Air-Launched Decoy program's jammer version (MALD-J) in fiscal year 2006, according to Program Manager Ann Harbaugh.
The U.S. Air Force has formed a task force to prioritize investments and improvements for its Predator unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), according to Maj. Gen. Ronald Sams, director of ISR for air and space operations at Air Force headquarters. The task force was formed roughly a year ago at the prompting of the Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. John Jumper, and Air Force Secretary James Roche, according to Sams. Sams leads the task force, which is called "Task Force Arnold."
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Boeing are mulling their options following an accident in which the X-50A Dragonfly unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was "damaged extensively" in a crash. An investigation team has been formed to look into the mishap, which took place at roughly 7:30 a.m. MST March 30 at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. The Dragonfly was attempting to hover at 10-20 feet above the ground when the accident occurred, according to Boeing spokesman Doug Kinneard.
