Three-year-old New York startup Innovative Rocket Technologies on Nov. 4 said it has signed an agreement with two-year-old Turion Space of Irvine, California, to launch 20 of the latter’s proposed Droid orbital-debris-removing satellites to low Earth orbit via iRocket’s planned Shockwave launcher.
The acquisition broadens CACI’s capabilities as a U.S.-based FSO laser communications provider supporting space, airborne and terrestrial missions to U.S. government and commercial customers.
A Pentagon investigation into the Aug. 29 drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 Afghan civilians calls for changes to how future airstrikes are handled but says those involved in conducting the strike did not violate any laws of war and simply made a mistake.
Airbus and France’s Dassault Aviation are still ironing out details of the work sharing agreement they reached last spring for the trinational Future Combat Air System program, according to Airbus Defense and Space CEO Michael Schoellhorn.
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Nov. 3 released a request for proposals to industry for the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer, a step for improved commercial imagery with a specific focus on intelligence and military needs.
The U.S. military needs to develop more offensive capabilities in space, coupled with beefing up defenses for critical satellites, to maintain superiority in that domain as China rapidly closes the gap, the nation’s top uniformed military official warned.
UK startup Isotropic Systems has demonstrated the first simultaneous connections with communications satellites in different orbits, its solid-state terminal linking to SES spacecraft in both geostationary and medium Earth orbits at the same time.
The U.S. Navy needs to increase the number of fighters it buys to maintain its current inventory size, as F-35s are coming online too slowly while F/A-18E/F production sunsets and the service has not backed up its talk on the prioritization of unmanned aerial vehicles, a new think tank report argues.
The big, scary supply chain issue haunting the aerospace industry is actually the fragility and weakening position of lower-tier suppliers whose fate depends on the robustness of a commercial aero recovery.
Korean Aerospace Industries is planning to offer its FA-50 Golden Eagle jet trainer for an upcoming tender in Slovakia, South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration says.
The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin alerting aviation manufacturers, operators and pilots to the potential adverse effects of new 5G wireless networks on radio altimeters.
China’s nuclear stockpile will grow to 1,000 warheads by 2030, a near-quintupling of the current inventory amidst an intense push to expand a currently limited strategic arsenal within a decade, the Defense Department says in a new report to Congress.
The EC and Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst have launched the EU-Catalyst partnership to accelerate commercial deployment of technologies to help Europe meet its commitment to reduce its net-carbon emissions 55% by 2030.
The Indian Air Force and Defense Research and Development Organization flight tested two configurations of the Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon on Oct. 28 and Nov. 3.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Airborne International Response Team have joined forces to study the use of small unmanned aircraft systems by public safety and emergency response organizations.
Assuming a successful Dec. 18 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana atop an Ariane 5 rocket, the many thousands of experts who have worked on the $9.7 billion mission will have to hold their breath for another six months before the world’s most technically complex space observatory reaches its final orbit, fully deploys and checks out.
Recently public new-space company Redwire is buying Techshot, a microgravity biotechnology company that provided the first U.S. system capable of manufacturing human tissue in microgravity, among other innovations.
Area-I has unveiled a new Air Launched Effects design that adds 300% more payload and 20% greater endurance than the Altius-600, the Anduril Industries-owned company said.
The U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office is planning to release 20 solicitations to industry for commercially provided satellite services over the next year—starting with nine requests for proposals in the next two months.
Startup SkyDrive has become the first Japanese company to formally initiate the type certification process for an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
A European project to demonstrate a modular hybrid-electric propulsion architecture for future small short/medium-range regional aircraft has been completed with flight tests of a second power train demonstrator.
The White House has nominated Adm. Christopher Grady, the current commander of the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Forces Command, to serve as the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after a delay that raised concerns about a gap in the position.
