A UK ejection seat maker has pleaded guilty to breaches of health and safety rules over the inadvertent ejection of a member of the Red Arrows aerobatic team.
The long-awaited engine test of SpaceX's new triple-core Falcon Heavy rocket will not proceed due to the suspension of non-essential U.S. government services.
As the blame game begins, government agencies including the U.S. Defense Department, FAA and NASA will begin furloughing staff and shutting down facilities.
George Industries has taken over Numerical Precision, a specialist manufacturer of parts for satellites, aircraft and other aerospace and defense programs.
Defense Secretary James Mattis says if the federal government shuts down maintenance on critical equipment, training for the reserve force, and intelligence operations around the world will cease, and over half of the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce will be furloughed.
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is probing countermeasures and defense electronics firm Chemring over allegations of corruption and the use of intermediaries.
The U.S. Congress is considering legislation that would block the U.S. government from buying or leasing equipment or services from Chinese companies Huawei, ZTE or the affiliates of those companies.
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson quickly puts her finger on two major challenges facing astronauts traveling to deep space destinations like the Moon and Mars.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has appealed for passage of a stopgap spending measure to avert a government shutdown, or risk further harming a strained military.
WASHINGTON—Industry, government and academia should start research into the requirements of a comprehensive “in-time aviation safety management system” (IASMS) that would continuously monitor all components of the U.S. national airspace system (NAS), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommends in a NASA-funded study released Jan. 18.
Indonesia will sign a much-delayed contract for 11 Sukhoi Su-35 Flankers before the end of January if the newly appointed air force chief of staff has his way.
