Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus resupply spacecraft was unberthed from the International Space Station on Jan. 6 to begin the three-week, free-flight phase of its lengthy mission.
Options for replacing the Looking Glass airborne command post, or "Doomsday," mission must be survivable, but not necessarily airborne, the head of Strategic Command says.
Personnel at Nellis AFB in Nevada are preparing to welcome two F-35s this summer as part of a fifth-generation aircraft aggressor unit, the 57th wing commander said.
An investment fund formed last summer to support small and medium enterprises in the French aerospace sector has received an additional €100 million ($120 million) from the Credit Agricole banking group, thus bringing it closer to its goal of raising a total of €1 billion.
The schedule update effectively unfreezes the Regional Glide Phase Weapon System after the MDA halted the program in April to review options for accelerating the prototype to the field.
The European Commission (EC) has launched a feasibility study for an EU-owned, space-based communication system that would use quantum technology for secure connectivity.
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $4.9 billion undefinitized contract modification to build three geosynchronous Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellites.
The U.S. Air Force has moved MQ-9 aircraft and 90 personnel to Romania to provide additional intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability in the Balkans and Black Sea for NATO operations.
The UK has declared its carrier strike capability operational, paving the way for the first operational cruise of new carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in the spring.
Teledyne Technologies will buy smaller rival FLIR Systems under a proposed $8 billion stock-and-cash deal unveiled Jan. 4, bringing together two complementary providers of digital imaging, aerospace and defense electronics to form a growing midtier specialist.
For the U.S. Defense Department, however, the next 12 months will form a long-awaited crucible of testing on several of the pillars of the weapon systems and rapid acquisition processes introduced by the Trump administration.
The Italian Air Force has taken delivery of its first two Leonardo M-345 jet trainers as part of a modernization of the country’s fast jet training fleet.
NASA will invest nearly $110 million in a pair of solar science missions, one teaming the agency with the Japanese and European space agencies to study eruptive solar activity and another assessing electrical currents within the Earth’s atmosphere linked to auroral activity.
The White House has issued an interagency strategy for protecting the Earth and other planetary bodies from cross contamination of potentially harmful biological entities.
Israel’s Ministry of Defense has delivered the second Iron Dome system to the U.S. Army to serve as an interim defense capability against cruise missiles and other aerial threats.
