President Donald Trump’s 13-day trip to Asia is being facilitated by dozens of U.S. military refueling tankers and cargo aircraft that regional operators say are needed in the Middle East to fight terrorists.
Malaysia has shifted its ambitions to seeking additional, secondhand Boeing F/A-18s Hornets, putting off a long-standing requirement for advanced new aircraft until the 2020s.
On Thursday morning NASA Associate Administrator William Gerstenmaier will brief House Science, Space and Technology committee members on the state of the agency’s exploration systems.
On Thursday morning NASA Associate Administrator William Gerstenmaier will brief House Science, Space and Technology committee members on the state of the agency’s exploration systems.
Boeing has installed the last of 44 silo-based ballistic missile interceptors ordered by the former Obama administration as U.S. President Donald Trump requests funding from Congress for another 20.
The U.S. Air Force will use a Lockheed Martin-built fiber laser weapon for fighter aircraft self-protection in a live-fire demonstration expected by 2021.
A Kawasaki Heavy Industries C-2 airlifter will appear at the Dubai Airshow this month during a deployment classified as a flight training exercise but obviously also intended to market the type.
Aiming to mitigate effects from delayed Exploration Mission-1, the ascent abort test of Orion’s launch escape system will proceed, a program manager says.
Lockheed Martin would offer a dual-band, active electronically scanned array radar to replace the U.S. Army’s Raytheon-built MPQ-65 Patriot missile defense fire control radar.
The launch of the first NOAA/NASA Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft from Vandenberg AFB, California, has been delayed from Nov. 10 to no earlier than Nov. 14.
A large portion of the amended request, $2.1 billion, would support missile defense efforts, including building a new ground-based interceptor field at Fort Greely, Alaska.
ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES has first order for its ELK-1882T satcom terminal with conformal electronic-steered antenna for fighters from undisclosed Western customer. First deliveries in 2021.
A new European engine test rig is allowing the interaction between the combustion chamber and the turbine to be examined in realistic conditions for the first time.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Raytheon will greatly improve detection range and sensitivity of the X-band TPY-2 missile defense radar through the introduction of gallium nitride semiconductor components.
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