NASA astronaut Nick Hague, with one aborted space launch to his credit, nonetheless remains confident in the ability of the six-person orbiting lab’s Russian partners to find and remedy the source of flight risks.
A national security meeting of Japan’s ruling party has called for the acquisition of shipboard fighters capable of short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL).
The European medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft system passed its system preliminary design review on Nov. 22, Airbus Defense & Space says.
USAF Space Command has assumed responsibility for procuring commercial satellite communications services for the DOD from the Defense Information Systems Agency.
As the Pentagon looks to change how it buys satellite communication services, Intelsat General is offering a new managed service for military customers.
The U.S. Air Force’s first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite is now encapsulated for its planned Dec. 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
A U.S. startup developing a single-person hybrid-electric multicopter is looking at potential military applications as a logistic or soldier transport.
Boeing has decided not to join a group of six other newly identified companies bidding for a contract to supply the Canadian military with aircrew training services.
Russian military aircraft that were deployed to Venezuela on Dec. 10 will return to their home bases after a brief and controversial visit, the White House says.
The future House Armed Services Committee leader believes the Pentagon “is being a little bit disingenuous” when claiming a fiscal 2020 defense budget under $733 billion will increase risk for the U.S. armed forces.
Departures of chief financial officers in the aerospace and defense industry may be picking up, if two recent high-level announcements are any indication.
The U.S. Navy is looking to the commercial aviation industry for best practices on getting aircraft through the government’s depot maintenance facilities.
South Korea’s parliament has OK'd an 8.2% rise in the 2019 defense budget to 46.671 trillion won ($41.35 billion), despite improved relations with North Korea.
