The terse reference in a written submission by Navy officials to the House Armed Services Committee on March 11 also likely offers the first proof that the SM-6 Block 1B remains in development.
The UK will withdraw as a member state of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency after a transition period and shift responsibility for aircraft certification and safety regulation to its own Civil Aviation Authority, British Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps said.
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 third-scale demonstrator for the Mach 2.2 Overture airliner is now planned to fly by mid-2021, CEO Blake Scholl told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Aviation Summit in Washington on March 5.
By the end of May-2020, most airlines in the world will be bankrupt. Coordinated government and industry action is needed—now—if catastrophe is to be avoided.