The fleet leader of SpaceX’s growing cadre of reusable Falcon 9 Block 5 boosters will launch for an unprecedented third time later this year, following its second successful launch and landing early Aug. 7.
Consulting company Frost & Sullivan says it expects launch demand for smallsats to increase to 11,740 units total by 2030 with revenue reaching $70.1 billion.
U.S. Navy acquisition executive Hondo Geurts has established a Naval Agility Campaign Task Force to elevate and scale policies, tools, practices and training.
Raytheon has opened a facility on its Massachusetts-based campus that includes advanced automation technology to support complex radar testing and integration.
There were 25% fewer instances of drones interfering with wildland firefighting efforts as of July when compared to the same time last year, the DOI says.
Low-cost launch start-up company Relativity Space plans to accelerate development of its Terran 1 small satellite mid-size launch vehicle by introducing an even larger 3D printer to augment its manufacture.
A test of a Chinese hypersonic wave-rider on Aug. 3 was in part aimed at demonstrating a new thermal conduction system and booster-payload separation under high dynamic pressure.
Darpa has demonstrated algorithms that could enable small commercial drones to become autonomous scouts in urban battle zones or searchers for survivors inside buildings damaged by natural disasters.
The U.S. Air Force has issued a notice of proposed contract action for light attack aircraft and is limiting the competition to Sierra Nevada and Textron.
