The Indian Defense Ministry is investigating how an unarmed, supersonic missile flew by accident from the Indian state of Haryana 124 km (77 mi.) into Pakistan on March 9.
With a growing chorus of lawmakers calling on the Biden administration to help send Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine, the Pentagon is sharing more detail on the air battles over that nation to argue more aircraft are not needed.
Venturi Astrolab, the bespoke European car company’s space startup comprising NASA and SpaceX alumni in Hawthorne, California, has unveiled its Flex rover family for manned Moon and Mars missions.
The Croatian Ministry of Defense is examining the wreckage of an uncrewed aircraft that crashed near Zagreb, apparently having overflown Hungary and Romania and may have come from Ukraine.
NASA has reached an “inflection point” as it looks to transition its human-spaceflight focus from low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, according to the chair of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.
The Philippine Air Force has taken delivery of its first T129 ATAK attack helicopters from Turkish Aerospace, becoming the first export customer for the platform.
Finland’s Aurora Propulsion Technologies and U.S. space traffic-management startup Kayhan Space have partnered to develop a system to autonomously identify collision threats and automate avoidance maneuvers in low Earth orbit.
Pakistan has inducted its first batch of six Chengdu J-10C multi-role fighters, a week after they were delivered to Kamra Air Base on March 4. This marks the first export for the Chinese-made type, which was acquired by Pakistan in response to India’s acquisition of Dassault Rafales.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force has unveiled an improved command-and-control system, fitted with combat-management and decision-support features and packed with data analytics and artificial intelligence.
Slingshot Aerospace has developed a web portal and mobile app, Slingshot Beacon, that allows satellite operators to communicate and avoid satellite collisions in orbit.
With a focus on stabilizing its supply chain through the rest of the year, helicopter-maker Schweizer RSG aims to double and possibly triple its production output in 2023 and has plans to further expand beyond that depending on market demand.
Al-Shabaab fighters were able to overwhelm a remote U.S. airstrip in Kenya, killing three people and destroying seven aircraft due to a series of failures, some years in the making, Defense Department officials said.
The U.S. government has determined that North Korea tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile twice in recent weeks, with these initial launches designed to evaluate the system before an upcoming full-range test.
The first Moon-class rocket in 50 years is set to roll out to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on March 17 for a dress rehearsal and fueling test ahead of launch.
The U.S. Air Force will ask Congress for permission to retire fewer aircraft in fiscal 2023 than it did in its 2022 request, after lawmakers allowed the service to cut some platforms and appear ready to further bolster the Pentagon’s budget.
Using distributed electric propulsion to blow air over the wing and flaps promises to enable ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing capability but poses challenges for flight control because of the strong coupling between aerodynamics and propulsion, between generating lift and producing thrust.
As it plans its Artemis lunar-exploration program, NASA is engaging the planetary-science community in ways not possible during the Apollo 11-17 missions that landed a dozen men trained primarily as test pilots on the lunar surface to gather samples for researchers on Earth.
Menlo Microsystems is targeting end-users in aerospace and defense, among other key markets, for a device that marries a mechanical relay and a semiconductor switch.
U.S. hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus has closed a $100 million Series B fundraising round, providing the funding to fly its first three Quarterhorse flight-test vehicles and advance design of its planned Darkhorse production aircraft.
A NASA program to demonstrate on-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing has passed its mission-critical design review putting it on track for launch in 2025 at the earliest.
