Efforts by the Indian Space Research Organization to re-establish comms with the Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lunar lander continued Sept. 9, a day after imagery revealed Vikram had landed in one piece but hard.
Efforts by the Indian Space Research Organization to re-establish comms with the Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lunar lander continued Sept. 9, a day after imagery revealed Vikram had landed in one piece but hard.
Britain’s approach to developing a future combat aircraft is studying new business models that could see industry compete to write new software for the platform while the aircraft itself could be built for a shorter service life than its contemporaries.
The market for geostationary satellites, which until recently was going through a trough, is picking up, according to the CEOs of launch service operator Arianespace and satellite manufacturer Maxar Technologies.
USAF officials have demoed a weapons bay modification that would expand the internal weapons capacity of the B-1B by 75% and allow the bomber to carry a hypersonic missile.
Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is developing a an algorithm to eliminate imperfections in carbon fiber composites for materials used in the production of propellant tanks and other spacecraft components.
Japan has flight tested an integrated suite of sensors for its next fighter, creating a single system from a gallium-nitride radar, a passive radio-frequency sensor and an infrared camera.
The environmental impact statement released as part of the Air National Guard “beddown” process that establishes several new F-35A bases also identifies the unique radar chaff system tailored for the F-35.
Communications between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander were lost moments before a scheduled landing at the Moon’s south pole Sept. 6 U.S. time, during the braking phase with the spacecraft and its Pragyan rover about 2.1 km above the lunar surface. The autonomous descent, which got under way at 4:08 p.m. EDT, was considered to be going as planned until that point. The loss of signal was reported by the ISRO control center at Istrac, Bengaluru at 4:24 p.m. EDT.
The U.S. Army vehemently maintains that Future Vertical Lift will remain relevant as some say the concept of operations for the effort is obsolete against potential adversaries like Russia.
NASA’s long-standing Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) is encouraged by the agency’s early efforts to speed up a crewed lunar mission to 2024, but cautions that the NASA workforce may be stretched too thin.
Six weeks after deciding not to submit an independent proposal to the U.S. Air Force, Boeing has opened discussions with Northrop Grumman to create a combined team to win the $85 billion Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program.
Russia’s unpiloted Soyuz MS-14 test spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Sept. 6, headed for re-entry and a parachute-assisted landing in south central Kazakhstan.
The U.S. Air Force will offer more than $500 million in pricing credits for bidders on a B-52 re-engining program that can achieve maximum targets for fuel consumption and unscheduled removal rates.
Dassault Aviation is ready this month to deliver the first of the 36 Rafale fighters India has ordered, and a date is being considered with the French and Indian governments, CEO Eric Trappier says.
The U.S. Air Force plans to start testing within six weeks Boeing’s proposed fix for the flawed Remote Vision System (RVS) on the KC-46A tanker, the service’s acquisition chief says.
The U.S. Army has released a solicitation to formally kick off risk reduction for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and intends to host a competitive demo in March 2020.
A thermo-structural failure, prompting a violent event in the second-stage engine, most likely caused the premature termination of the Vega VV15 launch from French Guiana, an independent commission says.
