The third demonstration on May 25 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico created a swarm of six networked bombs, which were also linked to a ground station.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered the 29th batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on May 26 as the company expanded beta trials of its high-speed internet service to Belgium and the Netherlands.
Questions surround NASA’s strategy for transitioning human activities in low Earth orbit from the aging International Space Station (ISS) to multiple commercial free flyers, with potential industry partners curious about the agency’s funding commitment.
Bye Aerospace said its eFlyer 800 electric aircraft program remains on track despite expected battery supplier Oxis Energy entering insolvency administration in the UK.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has opened a new $12.8 million facility focused on integrating space research and development programs at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
Validating the quiet supersonic performance of NASA’s X-59 QueSST low-boom flight demonstrator will require precise measurement of the shock waves generated by the aircraft and how they propagate through the atmosphere to the ground.
Europe’s aviation regulator believes commercial use of electric air taxis could begin by 2024-25, but that it will take at least five more years to enable autonomous passenger transport, the holy grail for ubiquitous and affordable urban air mobility.
Startup Merlin Labs has emerged from stealth mode with a contract from special mission operator Dynamic Aviation to modify 55 Beechcraft King Airs to autonomous operation.
The Philippines is set to take delivery of its first pair of Turkish Aerospace Industries T129 ATAK gunships in September, after the U.S. approved export of the rotorcraft’s engines.
In a policy reversal from a year ago, the head of U.S. Transportation Command will support the Air Force’s plan to start retiring the Boeing KC-135 fleet in order to invest the proceeds from operational costs into KC-46 procurement.
President Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. Air Force Secretary says one of the Pentagon’s best options for reducing F-35 sustainment costs is to buy the jet in sufficient quantities.
CAPE CANAVERAL—The U.S. plans to spend $2.5 billion over the next 10 years on a fleet of five new spacecraft to improve monitoring of Earth’s changing climate, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on May 25.
The UK’s Tempest future combat air system initiative could generate more than 20,000 jobs and pump £26 billion ($37 billion) into the economy between 2021 and 2050, suggests an independent review of the program.
The UK Ministry of Defense has opted for Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Ground Missile rather than MBDA’s Brimstone as the primary weapon for its new AH-64E Apache attack helicopter fleet.
Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. record for cumulative time spent in space, plans to return to orbit, this time as commander of a private mission to the International Space Station for Houston-based Axiom Space.
Fresh off new venture capital funding, small-rocket, mass-manufacturing startup Phantom Space is aiming to broaden its business model through the recent acquisition of StratSpace, a consultancy and developer of bespoke space systems and flight hardware.
