Orbital Sciences has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide XR-5 electric propulsion subsystems for GEOStar-3 commercial geostationary orbit communications satellite platform.
A TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 aircraft crashed into a river near Taipei, Taiwan, killing at least 19 people.
Emirates Airline has selected Parker Aerospace to provide comprehensive maintenance for its fleet of Boeing 777 and Airbus A330 / A340 aircraft and engines.
Nasa has requested an increase of more than $500m in budgetary allocation to $18.5bn during the fiscal year of 2016, to support the agency's space exploration programmes.
Honeywell Aerospace is testing voice recognition capabilities inside aircraft cockpits using a newly developed prototyping system.
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) has placed a firm order worth $2.2bn with Airbus and Boeing, to meet demand for increasing domestic travel.
Nasa has launched a soil moisture active passive (SMAP) observatory designed to collect data of soil moisture below the Earth's surface.
The UK aerospace industry is reportedly seeking extended long-term support, and other tax allowances from the government in order to be competitive in the global market.
UK satellite telecommunications firm Inmarsat's second Global Xpress (GX) satellite, Inmarsat-5 F2 (I-5 F2), has launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Malaysian Government has declared the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as an accident, which is in one of the world's biggest aviation mysteries.
