Sergei Chemezov, Rostec CEO, will personally lead the consolidation process after appointing himself to lead the UAC Board of Directors, Rostec announced on March 18.
NASA’s Space Launch System core stage fired up its four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines on March 18 for a critical, 8-min. integrated test ahead of the booster’s debut launch on the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission.
Technical Refresh (TR)-3, which updates the F-35's mission computer, display computer and the spherical camera array, is “currently tracking seven months later than originally planned,” according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
With its Starlink broadband network now exceeding 1,200 satellites, SpaceX formalized an agreement with NASA to operate its megaconstellation on a noninterference basis with the International Space Station and other agency spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
Hybrid-electric pioneer Ampaire plans to conduct the UK’s first electric regional flight following a successful bid for funding support under the government’s £125 million ($174 million) Future Flight Challenge.
A design tool enabling power trains for electric aircraft to be modeled and optimized early in design has been released by startup LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Systems.
Startup Jetoptera is to compare the noise generated by its fluidic propulsion technology with that produced by conventional propulsors used on unmanned and mobility air vehicles under a contract from the U.S. Air Force.
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps released a new plan rounding up the services’ various aircraft, surface, and undersea unmanned systems efforts, but missed an opportunity to provide Congress and other stakeholders with details on the way ahead and other unanswered questions, analysts say.
Against a background of U.S. government opposition to using small drones produced in China, Texas-based Windhover Labs has unveiled a domestically developed flight computer designed to make it easier to develop and certify drones in the U.S.
In the ongoing thorny negotiations with Dassault Aviation on the Future Combat Air System program, Airbus appears to be willing to make concessions in governance, intellectual property and work sharing for the program to remain on track.
In an era of likely declining or stagnate defense budgets, the U.S. Army believes it is a “false choice” to choose between its vertical lift modernization efforts, although a service official acknowledged the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft is the top priority.
High-rate composites manufacturing technology for the aerospace, automotive and air mobility industries is at the heart of a £90 million ($125 million) UK government-industry investment in five research and development projects.
The FAA has renewed two launch operator licenses for Northrop Grumman for its aircraft-launched Pegasus rocket system from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, and Cape Canaveral, the agency said March 17.
Aerovel is to begin ramping up production of the Flexrotor vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft system after securing $2.5 million in Series B capital.
Though the Martian surface is now cold and dry, imagery dating back to the 1960s reveals a planet where large amounts of water once flowed and pooled, perhaps contributing to an environment amenable to life.
SpaceX continues to expand the operational envelope of its Falcon 9 fleet, with a successful ninth launch and landing of a first-stage booster, setting the stage to meet its goal of 10 launches per rocket with minimal refurbishment between flights.
Gen. Glen VanHerck’s testimony, which was submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee, adds another detail into the public domain about the U.S. intelligence community’s analysis of China’s nuclear modernization plans.
