NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson quickly puts her finger on two major challenges facing astronauts traveling to deep space destinations like the Moon and Mars.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has appealed for passage of a stopgap spending measure to avert a government shutdown, or risk further harming a strained military.
WASHINGTON—Industry, government and academia should start research into the requirements of a comprehensive “in-time aviation safety management system” (IASMS) that would continuously monitor all components of the U.S. national airspace system (NAS), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommends in a NASA-funded study released Jan. 18.
Indonesia will sign a much-delayed contract for 11 Sukhoi Su-35 Flankers before the end of January if the newly appointed air force chief of staff has his way.
Israel’s UVision has demonstrated an extended-range loitering munition, using a moving vehicle and a human in various scenarios to show the system’s ability to track, lock on and precisely strike a target as well as its ability to abort the mission.
Lord Co., Erie, Pennsylvania, is being awarded a $27,067,123 five-year firm-fixed-price, long-term contract for repair of three items used on the V-22 aircraft.
British startup Effective Space Solutions will launch two robotic spacecraft called Space Drones in 2020 to service two comm sats for an undisclosed operator.
The upcoming launch of the USAF's fourth Sbirs missile warning satellite will feature a launch vehicle deorbiting maneuver designed to limit space junk.
Unexpected severe vibrations generated during OEI flight trials of Bell’s 525 helicopter caused the fatal crash of the first prototype, the NTSB has concluded.
The U.S. government and private sector are being drawn closer together in what could become a new “golden age” of space, according to one 30-year industry veteran.
An influential GOP congressman expects the Trump administration’s National Defense Strategy will provide a blueprint to guide congressional spending decisions.
The French Air Force is planning on a gradual entry into service of the four Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules military transports it has begun receiving.
The development of a device designed to detect microbial contamination of drinking water aboard the ISS more quickly than its existing system is proceeding.
Airbus has been ordered to pay €104 million ($127 million) over a long-running commercial dispute over the sale of missiles to equip Taiwan’s fleet of Dassault Mirage 2000s.
NASA's Inspector General is critical of the nonprofit organization assigned responsibility for managing research aboard the U.S. National Laboratory portion of the International Space Station.
