Defense

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The U.S. Space Force landed the Boeing-built X-37B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 12, completing a 908-day mission that set a new record for endurance.

CAPE CANAVERAL—Post-hurricane inspections and analysis of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, which rode out a Category 1 storm at the launchpad, show no impediments toward picking up the two-day countdown for launch as planned on Nov. 14, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free said on Nov. 11.

Bosco da Costa Junior, the chief commercial officer of Embraer Defense & Security, will succeed Jackson Schneider as president and CEO of the unit, the company announced Nov. 11.

Communications breakdowns between the operational community, the acquisition community and Boeing’s engineering teams are the focus of Rand's new study.

The Space Force has paid attention to how SDA is preparing for its biggest threat—cyber attacks—and is following suit, according to SDA's director.

2Excel had 18 aircraft based at Doncaster but has been forced to move its fleet to Teesside and Humberside airports, after Doncaster Airport’s owners Peel Group announced it would close the airport in September.

A slew of new-space companies are unveiling strategic changes or acknowledging setbacks. Is it the end or the beginning?

U.S. Air Force and Boeing have a mounting challenge: How to fix the KC-46 at the same time it is needed for operations.

Ukraine will need Western combat aircraft to resecure its skies against Russia, an examination of the air war over Ukraine concludes.

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Inspections are underway of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, which rode out a Category I hurricane at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B, with launch on the Artemis I flight test still targeted for Nov. 16.

In a joint technology demonstration, United Launch Alliance and NASA tested a 20-ft.-dia. inflatable heat shield that is intended to pave the way for a future rocket engine recovery system for ULA and a system for NASA to land heavy, human-class missions on Mars, among other uses.

Iran has built a hypersonic ballistic missile designed to evade and defeat air defense systems, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force said on Nov. 10.

Advanced Space LLC will demonstrate a spacecraft at a location about 200,000 mi. from Earth that can monitor other objects in the cislunar region, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced on Nov 10.

Russian Helicopters will have to recertify its new Kamov Ka-62 medium twin aircraft after replacing Western-made components.

The U.S. will send four Boeing AN/TWQ-1 Avenger air defense systems to Ukraine as part of the latest batch of $400 million in aid, along with additional Stinger missiles and munitions for Hawk air defenses.

The test of the reheat module in the T-7A’s GE Aviation F414 turbofan kicked off a series of high-power engine tests.

Pratt & Whitney is expanding research work with NASA under the agency’s Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core project to demonstrate the compatibility of sustainable aviation fuels with advanced combustors for small core engines.

After buying Rafale fighters, A400Ms and C-130s, the defense minister eyes the purchase of F-15ID fighters and refurbished F-16s.

Members of the UK’s DragonFire consortium developing a high-power directed energy weapon are gearing up for tests that will see the laser used in operationally representative scenarios.

The approval covers 18 M57 ATACMS pods for the Baltic country, along with eight M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers.

The launch of the Lockheed Martin AGM-158 from a 352nd Special Operations Wing MC-130J off the cost of Norway came during the annual ATREUS exercise.

Leonardo has secured the certifications for the latest upgrade of its AW169 twin-engine, intermediate-light helicopter.

A ramjet-powered, hypersonic demonstrator vehicle named Sexbomb will be moved from Canada to the UK to start ground testing, startup Space Engine Systems said on Nov. 7.