DOD spending on major acquisition programs increased 10% in 2017, driven primarily by an increase in weapons buys planned to counter growing global threats.
The U.S. State Department has approved three potential Foreign Military Sales, including a request from Slovakia to purchase up to 14 new Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70/72 Viper aircraft.
A study shows the mortality rate from cardiovascular problems among Apollo astronauts who ventured to the Moon is much greater than for colleagues who did not.
SpaceX Dragon’s 14th NASA-contracted resupply mission spacecraft rendezvoused with the-six person International Space Station as scheduled early April 4.
With “appropriate” input from the F-35 international partners, the Pentagon will develop a plan for transitioning the existing F-35 management structure to separate program offices run by the U.S. services that fly the fighter.
Rolls-Royce has teamed up with UK startup Superdielectrics to explore the potential of a new class of supercapacitor with higher energy density, faster charging and longer life.
The Navy’s F-35C is headed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, in the near future, bolstering the fifth-generation fighter’s ranks in the Asia Pacific.
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build an X-plane to show that sonic booms can be reduced to a level low enough to enable the flight ban to be lifted.
Moog and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences have agreed to co-funded work in support of adapting blockchain technology for additive manufacturing.
The 230-ft (70-meter) rocket lifted off at 4:30 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40, kicking off the seventh of some 30 missions SpaceX plans to fly this year.
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NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $34.4m U.S. Army contract for maintenance and training on Counter-Rocket Artillery Mortar, Counter-Unmanned Aerial System C2 system, and $27m to extend the current contract by 21 months.
