Defense and Space

A senior scientist at the Indian Space Research Organization says the 1,000 Earth days correspond to 973.24 Mars Sols.

Discussions at Le Bourget revealed a handful of topics that seemed to be on everyone’s minds.

China and Russia seem to be far ahead on work hypersonic flight and weaponry, perhaps even forcing rethinking of strategic systems.

Images released by the company show a rail-mounted laser weapon capped by the company’s electro-optical infrared Multi-Spectral Targeting System, typically carried by the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper.

Senior staffers for the committee confirm that the proposal by the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee to create a Space Force has been carried forward to be voted on.

The first spacecraft is in storage, awaiting launch in 2018, and the second is integrated and ready for environmental testing, according to Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed is working through “unexpected issues” in adapting the latest iteration of F-35 simulator software...

The 65,000-ton, 280 meter-long HMS Queen Elizabeth was inched out of the Rosyth naval dockyard on June 26.

Two of the three twin-seat Typhoons ordered by Muscat touched down at the newly built Adam air base in central Oman on June 21.

The launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) was the second mission for SpaceX in three days, following Friday’s deployment of Bulgaria’s first communications satellite.

The SmartGlider weapon family, which MBDA says will be available from 2025, is an unpowered glide-bomb fitted with deployable wings offering a high lift-to-drag ratio.

Trump administration boosts military space budget by 5% compared to last year’s projections, provides seed funding for six new programs.

The launch was the second to use a Falcon 9 first-stage rocket that had previously flown and landed.

U.S. lawmakers want the U.S. Air Force to sustain or accelerate fielding of its T-X trainer and consider ditching the General Atomics Block 5 MQ-9 Reaper in favor of the company’s newer MQ-9B.

India has successfully launched its Cartosat-2E remote sensing satellite, along with 30 co-passenger satellites.

Lockheed Martin hopes to leave behind the F-35’s troubled past and shift the focus to the battlefield. The Paris display may not silence the critics, but it certainly changed the conversation.

As part of a tradeoff for reduced deliveries, the French Air Force gets a pumped-up combat aircraft.

China’s Reaper lookalike makes its Western debut at the Paris Air Show.

Shuster throws down the ATC gauntlet again, while defense lawmakers seethe.

Anglo-French FCAS study finally confirms engine selection and planform.

NASA is evaluating a range of power system options to meet the challenging requirements of the agency’s human Mars exploration ambitions.

India’s space agency is in the final stages of preparation for the planned June 23 launch of its Cartosat-2E remove sensing satellite.

The second intercept test of the supersized Raytheon/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Standard Missile-3 Block 2A failed June 21 against a medium-range ballistic missile target.

The European Space Agency awarded the “batch 3” order for Galileo satellites to OHB System June 22 during a contract signing event at the Paris Air Show.

In an active M&A market for the industry, Michael Richter, managing director and head of Lazard’s aerospace and defense investment banking group, shares his observations from the Paris Air Show.