Unique research assets on Japan’s Kibo space station module will enable closer cooperation between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on the International Space Station.
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover resumed normal operations July 11, nine days after the mechanical geologist was hobbled by what ground experts at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory believe is a software conflict.
As Lockheed Martin’s short takeoff-vertical landing F-35B defies gravity in front of thousands of spectators in the U.K., Rolls-Royce says it has reached an agreement with F-35 engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney for 13 more LiftSystems.
A consortium of QinetiQ and Thales have chosen Textron Airland’s Scorpion light attack aircraft as the platform for its bid into a major U.K. live flying training program.
An international tribunal has tilted toward the Philippines in its territorial clashes with China in the South China Sea, leaving other Asia-Pacific countries to await China’s next move and the ensuing U.S. response.
UTC Aerospace Systems has been contracted to integrate its long-range MS-177 reconnaissance sensor with the U.S. Air Force’s global intelligence gathering and exploitation network as the “Syers-2” successor is readied for the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk.
General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems has received an FAA experimental certificate for its Predator C Avenger, allowing routine operations of the company-owned unmanned aircraft system in the U.S. national airspace system.
A coming wave of low Earth orbit satellite constellations will force a step change in satellite manufacturing, with builders having to become more “industrial-like,” according to a July report from global business advisory firm AlixPartners.
F-35s take center stage at the Royal International Air Tattoo—two years later than planned—and seem to have bolstered the country’s mood about its defense outlook.
A collapse in oil and gas prices that has choked off demand for commercial helicopters has been harsher than anticipated, says Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, but she stands behind the company’s $9 billion acquisition of Sikorsky last year from United Technologies Corp.
Stratcom says the test occurred at 10:28 p.m. July 8, off the coast of Sinpo, North Korea. Tracking data indicate the missile fell over the Sea of Japan.
In an effort to learn more about the F-35’s ability to find and fix an aircraft with a small radar signature, Norway is now conducting Joint Strike Fighter training in a limited-capability mode against the Vietnam War-era A-4 Skyhawk.
Rolls-Royce will soon get to work at RAF Marham supporting not just the lift fan the company built for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but also the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that powers the fifth-generation fighter jet.
The fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite experienced an anomaly that required a scheduled “transfer maneuver” to be temporarily halted, the U.S. Navy says.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has described the country’s aerospace industry as one of its greatest strengths and one that needs to be exercised following the country’s so-called Brexit decision to leave the European Union.
The Defense Department’s top acquisitions official is cautiously optimistic after his latest review of Raytheon’s next-generation GPS ground-control system, even as the Pentagon considers terminating the program in the face of a critical cost breach.
Boeing began the Farnborough International Airshow July 11 by securing nearly £5 billion ($6.47 billion) in contracts from the British government for P-8 Poseidon maritime patrollers and Apache attack helicopters.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has bested six well-resourced rivals to win the U.S. Air Force’s highly sought-after Low-Cost Attritable Strike Unmanned Aerial System technology demonstration program.
The U.S. Air Force is on the verge of declaring its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters operational after resolving a software bug that caused the jets’ systems to stall out mid-flight and have to be rebooted.
Bell’s new CEO Mitch Snyder has declared innovation as his top priority, as the company works to re-position itself in the challenging rotary-wing market.
The Indian Air Force, India’s Defense Research and Development Organization and Israel Aerospace Industries have recently tested the latest medium-range surface-air missile air and missile defense system, a member of the Barak 8 air defense weapon system.
