Space

Unusual debuts at Aero; Wing delivers in Australia; Ehang flies food; UK counters UAS; DARPA challenges launch teams; Connecting UAS to ATC.

The U.S. is recapitalizing its space assets while simultaneously focusing on a future space architecture.

Japanese F-35s grounded; industry calls Air Force IP buybacks a mistake; Raytheon helping bridge space tracking gap; Ukraine’s new cruise missile.

The National Space Foundation’s (NSF) Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project has unveiled the first-ever image of a supermassive black hole.

Responsive launch, defending U.S. satellites in geosynchronous orbit and a proliferated satellite constellation in low Earth orbit may all be tools for defending against adversaries in space, but the nation needs to keep all options open through funding all avenues, according to the U.S. Air Force’s acquisition executive.

The Pentagon is making optimistic assumptions, especially regarding congressional support, in its five-year plan for a U.S. Space Force (USSF), according to sources on Capitol Hill and in industry.

Brazil’s hopes for self-sufficiency in space ride on Visiona’s nanosat.

Westcott facility for Reaction Engines core testing takes British high-speed rocket propulsion research back to its post-war roots.

High-temperature, Mach 3.3 test paves the way for a hypersonic run for Reaction Engines pre-cooler.

The U.S. is responding to increased Chinese and Russian space threats by building a space force and planning to spend $14 billion in fiscal 2020. Is it enough?

Flying the SpaceX Falcon Heavy with ULA upper stage is an option for lunar missions beyond 2022.

Turkey, U.S. still at odds over S-400; Lockheed to deliver AEHF-5 soon; Cubesat to process hyperspectral images; and sizing up the defense electronics market.

Steppingstones are in place to fast-track revived U.S. lunar exploration initiative, but some key items are missing.

UK space tech firms Surrey Satellite Technology and Oxford Space Systems have been awarded government funding to develop a stowage-efficient Synthetic Aperture Radar.

The space agency sticks with the SLS and considers options to keep the rocket debut in 2020.

The U.S. Air Force is renewing its focus on how to fight in space to compete with China and Russia.

Within the next six months, Lockheed Martin plans to launch a cubesat mission to demo a software-defined sat architecture that will allow a spacecraft to change missions while on orbit.

The ability to fly helicopters on Mars could make possible future exploration of the red planet’s most hazardous terrain or areas off limits to humans because of planetary protection concerns.

Comac tests fuel-cell power; DLR to capture rockets in flight; Fluidic flight control; DARPA’s “Disruptioneering”; UAM in Austria.

With a lifelong passion for aviation, Paul Allen was the first of the technology barons to spend part of his fortune backing technology to enable less costly and more frequent access to space.

More than 400 luminaries gathered at the 62nd annual gala to honor the winners and top students pursuing aviation or aerospace careers.

Building an equatorial launch base in northern Australia should begin in April. A base for launches to polar orbits is in planning.

New organization will unify and integrate the development of space capabilities across the U.S. military.

NASA has outlined a three-step strategy for achieving a sustained human return to the Moon’s surface by 2028.

NASA chief fires warning shot, orders study to assess launching Orion lunar flight test on commercial boosters.