A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early June 4 to deliver a powerful new communications satellite into orbit for Luxembourg-based SES.
NASA’s upcoming Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) promises a deeper look into the processes by which cosmic rays penetrate the heliosphere to pose a radiation threat to the humans.
A three-person U.S, Russian and Japanese International Space Station crew descended safely to Earth early June 3, the first step in a five-day exchange of personnel aboard the orbiting science lab.
The U.S. Navy has formally selected the Raytheon/Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to arm its Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and FFG(X) Future Frigate.
FLIR Systems is to supply the U.S. Army with a batch of Black Hornet nano-UAVs as the initial delivery under the service’s Soldier Borne Sensors (SBS) program.
Airbus Helicopters says it is mulling the future of its assembly line in Romania due to an apparent lack of commitment from the government in Bucharest.
GA-ASI is touting its ability to speed testing of the engine it has picked for the UAV it has proposed for the USN's carrier-based refueling program, the MQ-25.
SNC is emphasizing the “pseudo-partnership” with government in its Sierra Force plan to rebuild ex-U.S. Army UH-60s for the USAF UH-1N Replacement competition.
Raytheon is investing $100 million in a new 50,000-sq.-ft. facility in Mississippi that will be a “hub” for test, integration and production of S-band radars.
The top U.S. trade association for the aerospace industry has a few ideas about how to expedite the nation’s notoriously slow system of exporting defense items.
One year into Canada’s plan to boost defense spending by 73% over the decade ending in 2026-27, Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan says the ministry is beginning to see results and is seeding innovation.
Eric Fanning, who leads the trade association for the U.S. aerospace industry, is worried about a backlash to the trade tariffs set to be imposed by the U.S.
The FAA will no longer use RTCA as an official federal advisory committee, changing a relationship with the influential standards entity that dates to 1976.
