Damage from Hurricane Michael to multiple Lockheed Martin F-22s stuck on a Florida U.S. Air Force base also shook the service’s confidence in existing data about the structural integrity of its aging facilities.
Pakistan has announced plans to launch its first-ever human spaceflight mission in 2022, the same year that its South Asian arch-rival India proposes to begin its own manned human space program.
The first flight test aircraft, 39-8 unleashed an IRIS-T short-range air-to-air missile over the Vidsel weapons range earlier in October, Saab announced on Oct. 26.
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is planning an experiment using a high-energy laser or high-power microwave to conduct precision airborne strike and aircraft self-defense.
An exo-atmospheric SM-3 Block IIA interceptor scored a kill against a ballistic missile target on Oct. 26, marking the second successful test for the developmental weapon in four tries.
Selection of the MQ-9B would make Belgium the second country to choose the Sky Guardian after the UK, which has chosen the platform as the basis for its Protector UAS program.
“It is a lost opportunity to strengthen European industrial cooperation in times when the EU [European Union] is called upon to increase its joint defense efforts,” Airbus said.
The long-planned second version, intended for launching satellites to geostationary transfer orbit, could be flown next year if development is begun soon, a source says.
Japanese program planners hope the country’s next fighter will make its first flight in 2025, local researchers believe, although separate reports put this target in doubt.
A senior Russian defense official says analysis by the Russian military indicates the swarming drone attack must have been orchestrated by a U.S. Navy P-8 flying off the coast of Syria.
Taiwan’s program to upgrade Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs to the F-16V standard is running behind schedule, with completion now due in 2023, a year later than previously planned.
NASA’s planned return to the Moon with astronauts nurture a range of technologies and capabilities needed to establish an Antarctic-like field station on Mars, according to a recent exploration workshop.
