Use of Russia’s largest commercial space contract may be halted, with Russian State Space Corp. Roscosmos requesting legally binding guarantees from the OneWeb satellite operator and the French Arianespace launch provider that the constellation, deployed by Russian Soyuz 2 rockets, will not be used for military purposes.
To improve the ground situational awareness of the Singapore Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defense has acquired the Rafael/Aeronautics Orbiter 4 UAS under the close-range unmanned aerial systems program.
European Union plans to transfer Warsaw Pact-era combat aircraft to Ukraine appear to have faltered after the Eastern European governments operating them said they would not be handing over the aircraft.
Boeing says it has improved the performance and reduced the production time of its Wideband Global Satcom-11+ (WGS-11+) satellite by using advanced manufacturing techniques, in particular by 3D printing more than 1,000 parts.
The head of the U.S. military’s nuclear command has not recommended any posture changes more than two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ordering his nuclear forces to a “special mode” of alert.
Russia’s forces appear to be reassessing their approach and changing tactics as they advance into Ukraine from the north toward Kyiv, the Pentagon said March 1 in its latest assessment of the invasion.
NASA added $766 million to its Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities contract with SpaceX to cover an additional three crew ferry flights to the International Space Station
The U.S. Air Force has repackaged a series of upgrades for 608 Lockheed Martin F-16s into a single modernization program worth $6.3 billion, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center said on March 1.
A Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 has been returned to the embattled country six days after a pilot fled with the two-engine fighter to Romania in the first hours of the Russian invasion, Romanian military officials said on March 1.
Rocket Lab has confirmed plans to locate manufacturing facilities and launch operations for its new medium-lift reusable Neutron rocket on a 28-acre site on Wallops Island in Virginia.
The Space Development Agency on Feb. 28 awarded agreements worth about $1.8 billion to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems to develop the foundation of a mesh network of 126 optically connected communication satellites.
Germany’s Diehl Defense has confirmed its intention to join Australia’s Sovereign Missile Alliance to help local industries develop and build guided-missile systems for the Australian Defense Force under the Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise.
NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts has selected 17 proposals for $5.1 million in Phase I and II technology development activities that could advance future space and aeronautics missions.
The Pentagon is exploring ways to deconflict U.S. and Russian aircraft as airspace over Ukraine continues to be contested, though so far there has not been interest from Moscow as the invasion continues.
