NASA should develop an advanced space observatory capable of directly observing Earth-like extrasolar planets to seek evidence for life on a cosmic scale, a new study says.
Northrop designed the Vanguard architecture to support a shift to a modular approach that reuses the same software and hardware on a range of products spanning airborne, ground and surface platforms.
An emerging architecture for a space-based sensor layer could use multiple types of observation tech to detect and track ballistic and hypersonic missiles, U.S. defense officials say.
The German defense ministry has begun a radical restructuring of the country’s armed forces to better prepare it for modernization and an uptick in defense spending.
Northrop Grumman has revealed the details of a production-ready new radar called Vanguard that its Mission Systems division launched about five years ago.
Air Force National Guard Brig. Gen. Edward Vaughn was selected by the active duty component to aggressively respond to pilots’ reporting of physiological events.
A Japanese requirement to replace Bell AH-1S attack helos shaping up as an opportunity for the country to enter an international joint development program.
An Indian Air Force MiG-27 fighter has crashed in the western state of Rajasthan, the latest in a series of similar accidents among the service’s aging fleets.
The history of aviation has largely been about improving performance, and a thread running through that narrative has been industry efforts to reduce the cost of its expensive products.
Japan's proposed military budget seeks money for land-based batteries, interceptors, an upgrade for an Aegis destroyer and air-to-surface weapons for knocking out threats before launch.
The air pressure within the habitable volume of the International Space Station held steady Aug. 31, a day after the six-person crew hustled to locate and internally seal a small leak in the orbital compartment of the Soyuz MS-09 crew transport capsule.
