Northrop Grumman plans to wrap up its first round of ISS cargo delivery missions for NASA with a year-long demonstration of its Cygnus freighter’s abilities.
South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope array will join the privately funded Breakthrough Listen initiative to scan 1 million nearby stars for signs of a technically advanced civilization beyond Earth.
Weather radar is no longer specified for an ambitious radar replacement program that U.S. government agencies would fund using proceeds from a future spectrum auction.
Fears of rocket attacks and use of incendiary, explosive-carrying balloons is prompting new interest in laser defense systems by the Israeli defense ministry.
The International Trade Commission plans to investigate a complaint of patent infringement against China’s DJI, the leader in the commercial drone market.
The FAA next year will begin a phased evaluation of satellite-aided surveillance of aircraft flying over oceanic spaces, including use of the Aireon space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system scheduled to begin operating in 2019.
The Pentagon will finalize the Joint Strike Fighter acquisition strategy in a few weeks, and the service acquisition executives have signed the document.
Chinese private space-launcher developer Landspace aims to make the first flight of its main rocket in 2020, following a complete engine test late this year or early next.
Russia's space agency Roscosmos plans to conduct a spacewalk outside the ISS to collect additional information about a drill hole in a berthed Soyuz capsule.
The USAF has notified lawmakers that prime contractor Lockheed Martin will need a new, $9.5 million facility to meet F-35 Lightning II full-rate production requirements.
Airbus and partners aim to stimulate tech development for sustainable lunar exploration and development with a new international competition called The Moon Race.
Airbus Helicopters, Thales, and missile manufacturer MBDA have been awarded contracts to begin risk-reduction work to develop an upgrade for the Tiger attack helicopter.
So far, the coast looks clear as NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission spacecraft continues its final approach to its target destination, the Near Earth Object (NEO) Bennu.
Moon Express, a privately owned lunar transportation and services company, has raised $10 million of a planned $20 million Series B round of financing.
Avcorp, a Canadian aerostructure provider to OEM and top-tier suppliers that has seen financial troubles this year, said Sept. 28 it secured a $3.5 million loan from Panta Canada, its super-majority owner.
The MiG-31 interceptor has taken on new tasks as the Kinzhal ground-strike system and as an aerospace missile system that can deliver small satellites to orbit or fight enemy satellites.
