SpaceX set a new record for Falcon 9 booster reuse, launching and landing its fleet leader for an 11th time on Dec. 18 as the company neared the end of a 2021 launch manifest that aims for a record 31 flights.
U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft are flying about eight sorties per day over Afghanistan to watch for ISIS-K and other threats after one month of no activity, according to newly released U.S. Air Force numbers.
The UAE has a demonstrated pattern of selecting a new fighter, breaking off talks for several years and then finalizing the deal when conditions appear more favorable.
The U.S. Navy and Boeing recently completed deck-handling tests on the company’s MQ-25 test asset, showing how the refueling drone will be able to integrate with carrier operations.
United Launch Alliance, based in Centennial, Colorado, has selected Wichita-based Maynard to supply components for the Atlas V rocket following a November meeting with potential Wichita suppliers.
The U.S. Air Force aborted an attempted boost test flight of the Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on Dec. 15, service officials say. The aborted flight became the third unsuccessful attempt this year to test the new booster rocket developed for the AGM-183A, a prototype that consists of a single-stage booster and a hypersonic glide vehicle with a high lift-to-drag shape.
Initial nondestructive scientific assessments of the sample of the asteroid Ryugu affirm the value of such material in providing new insights into the formation and evolution of the Solar System.
Japan is reportedly in the final stages of negotiations with partners from the United Kingdom to firm up the scope and price for the development of the future F-X fighter’s engine.
The Soyuz MS-20 carrying Yusaku Maezawa, Yozo Hirano and veteran cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin touched down in remote Kazakhstan on Dec. 20, marking the end of a 12-day private spaceflight.
The six-year-old startup, which said it reached profitability in 2020, is one of many targeting the burgeoning counter-UAS product and services market.
Counter-drone systems specialist Dedrone has landed $30.5 million in Series C venture capital, the company announced Dec. 17, and is working to be able to detect, identify and track more than 200 different UAS.
Stoke Space, a startup trying to develop a completely reusable rocket for the burgeoning commercial satellite market, has closed a $65 million Series A venture capital round that will go toward developing a rapidly repeatable second-stage segment.
As the military and burgeoning commercial space sector eye thousands of new satellites in low-Earth orbit companies such as Honeywell International and Skyloom Global are teaming to provide more secure and higher-performance optical-communication products and services.
NASA has assigned veteran astronaut Stephen Bowen and first-time flyer Warren “Woody” Hoburg to the sixth SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station.
Pandemic-related parts shortages and other supply chain issues have set the U.S. Air Force’s T-7 Red Hawk schedule back about seven months, but Boeing believes it can gain back some of that time as the shortage issues recede and tests continue on built aircraft.
Crew Training International, a 30-year-old specialist in providing aviation training services to the military,has been sold to acquisition-based investor Exchange Income Corp. for $45 million.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has called in researchers from the Netherlands Aerospace Center to investigate reports of noise generated by the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, after an uptick in complaints from local residents.
Aviation Week editors provide context and insights into Finland’s decision to buy the F-35, the UAE’s deal for 80 Rafales and Canada’s looming fighter decision and look ahead at what’s next for the market.
