A mobile weather station developed with support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is helping with recovery operations in challenging environments.
The U.K.’s minister of state for defense procurement met with top Pentagon officials July 28 and discussed a number of issues, including the F-35 and nuclear submarines.
JAXA says the test is the first supersonic flight of an experimental aircraft using low-boom design techniques to reduce both front and rear shock waves.
The U.S. Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy completed the 21st annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Carat) Singapore exercise earlier this month.
NASA’s efforts to foster private sector cargo and crew transportation services in support of the International Space Station could serve as cost-cutting model for U.S. human Mars exploration ambitions through the phased development of a commercial base on the Moon for propellant production, a space agency-backed study says.
Former Indian President Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, acknowledged as the father of India’s missile technology, died July 27 after collapsing while delivering a lecture at a management institute.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is expected to adopt findings that the co-pilot’s earlier-than-planned unlocking of the feathering tail mechanism on SpaceShipTwo was the probable cause of the fatal accident that struck the suborbital project on Oct 31, 2014.
British aero-engineering firm GKN is increasing its involvement in Airbus and Boeing commercial programs as well as Lockheed Martin's F-35 with the takeover of Dutch aerospace firm Fokker Technologies.
The French Bureau Enquêtes Accidents Défense (BEAD) reported that the primary cause of the accident was that the aircraft had not been trimmed correctly for takeoff.
NASA is funding 24 investigations related to astronaut health on future deep-space missions with $12.9 million in grants to scientists at 21 U.S. research institutions.
Russia’s moves in Crimea are causing some to question whether European countries should shoulder more of the burden for ballistic missile defense (BMD) and other defensive efforts, according to the U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS).
A 1932 paper by famed German aerodynamicist Ludwig Prandtl inspires NASA Armstrong work on a tailless flying-wing aircraft that could eventually fly on Mars.
On-orbit testing can now begin for the U.S. Air Force’s seventh Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) spacecraft, following its successful launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on July 23 at 8:07 p.m. EDT. Satellite manufacturer Boeing will spend a few months checking out the spacecraft before turning over operations to the Air Force’s 3rd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.
