Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) says the return-to-flight mission of its Falcon 9 rocket will lift 11 second-generation machine-to-machine satellites for Orbcomm, rather than SES-9.
With MV-22 Osprey gaining more ground in global missions and operations, the U.S. Marine Corps is working on developing a more robust logistics and supply chain.
This Lockheed Martin video depicts how the U.S. Air Force Space-Based Infrared System and the decades-old Defense Support Program predecessor scan every point on Earth at least once every 10 sec.
House to vote on Ex-Im Bank at last. Army studies Russian UAV ops in Ukraine. NASA plans for a return to the Moon in the long run. And the State Department prepares to sell Black Hawks to Saudi Arabia.
Gloria Flach is named new Northrop Grumman COO, and company reorganization will create three sectors from four. The moves could be a precursor to a CEO succession plan.
Lockheed Martin has teamed with Israel’s StemRad Ltd. to develop a vest astronauts could wear during solar storms and other dangerous radiation events.
Foreign air forces using the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are being compelled to build and fund U.S.-based software laboratories that generate data crucial to the fighter’s ability to identify threats.
With its new Bloostar concept,Spain-based Zero2infinty hopes to meet growing demand from the burgeoning nanosat community for an affordable, dedicated ride to space.
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, current commander of the International Space Station, sailed to a new U.S. record for time accumulated in space on Oct. 15.
Gloria Flach will become COO of Northrop Grumman in January, a move that could set in motion a succession plan for the Pentagon prime contractor’s CEO position.
F-35C passes crucial carrier tests - the ones "that create the most pucker factor" according to a Navy commander. And Aviation Week's Michael Fabey captured it on video.
The first hints have emerged that the U.K. Royal Air Force may be planning to keep some of its early-model Tranche 1 Eurofighter Typhoons in service for longer.
India has signed a contract with Slovenia-based Pipistrel Aircraft to buy 194 Virus SW80s and is likely to buy an additional 100 aircraft after three years.
Rand assesses U.S., Chinese military prowess. Northrop wins another G/ator upgrade. U.S. Army to deploy BAE’s Apkws, and France and Saudi Arabia forge closer ties.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is calling for a “new playbook” that prizes highly mobile forces, hybrid warfare, cyber battles and nuclear deterrence to counter Russian aggression.
The U.S. Army could cut years and billions of dollars from the planned Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Medium advanced-rotorcraft program by going straight into development after completion of the Joint Multi Role (JMR) technology demonstration, Bell Helicopter President and CEO John Garrison says.
Following performance issues during recent testing, the U.S. Navy’s planned unmanned underwater minehunter is facing greater scrutiny, the service says.
NASA has asked the European Space Agency and Airbus Defense and Space to build and deliver a second European service module to power the U.S.-led Orion crew vehicle.
