“How do we use aerial mobility in the future on Mars, to help not just robotic exploration, but to help human exploration?”
Ellen Stofan
Smithsonian
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Dec 23, 2016
Small satellites loom large in the coming year, as smallsat technology advances broaden their possible applications at much lower cost.
Dec 23, 2016
Whether the Trump election in the U.S. or the Brexit vote in the UK, 2016 delivered shocks to the global aerospace and defense industry that will reverberate through 2017.
Dec 23, 2016
Aerospace and defense was shaken up in 2016, with the UK opting out of the EU and a new U.S. president elected—and then critiquing via Twitter. Despite that, the coming year promises to be an active one in the industry.
Dec 23, 2016
SpaceX and ULA will go toe-to-toe for space launches in 2017, in both the commercial and defense realms.
Dec 23, 2016
Congress prioritizes readiness, troop increases over procurement in 2017.
Dec 22, 2016
Aerospace & Defense 2017 is the latest version of our annual predictor of trends to watch across all the fields we cover. With that issue in the bag, we talk with our top editors about what to look for in 2017.
Dec 22, 2016
The Spaceflight sector was hopping this year including China's continuing advances. New probes on Mars and Jupiter will keep U.S. and European scientists busy into the coming year and beyond.
Dec 22, 2016
Pentagon faces decisions on critical and complex military space systems as the commercial satellite communications market continues to evolve.