Osiris-Rex, NASA’s first-ever attempt at an asteroid sample return, reached the 1,640-ft.-wide near Earth object known as Bennu as scheduled on Dec. 3.
SpaceX marked another milestone in its quest to develop a fleet of low-maintenance, reusable boosters with a third flight of a Falcon 9 booster on Dec. 3.
Airbus Defense and Space has opened an operating base for its Zephyr solar-powered high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft in Wyndham, Australia.
A planned South Korean order for two Elta ELM-2080 Green Pine Block C radars will reportedly give the country coverage against prospective North Korean SLBMs.
The UK has decided to halt talks in pursuing access to the secure elements of the EU's Galileo sat navigation system post-Brexit, and will proceed with developing its own capability.
Private equity firm Liberty Hall Capital Partners said it bought APG, which offers proprietary flight operations software targeted at the aerospace aftermarket.
Hexcel said Nov. 30 it signed a definitive agreement to acquire ARC Technologies, a custom provider of RF, EMI and microwave-absorbing composite materials.
When evaluating whether to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia, the U.S. should think not only about the countries’ recent rocky relationship but also reflect on how long the nations have been allies, a U.S. State Department official said.
The UK has decided to halt talks in pursuing access to the secure elements of the EU's Galileo sat navigation system post-Brexit, and will proceed with developing its own capability.
Cutting defense spending will not close the U.S. government’s spending deficit, and doing so would be a dangerous disservice to U.S. troops and the American people, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Dec. 1 here at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum.
In response to a Nov. 21 item on Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) future business jet work, IAI sent the following official comment: “IAI would like to clarify that it is fully committed to its partnership with Gulfstream and to the G280 project.
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved $655m Foreign Military Sale to Poland of 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) M142 Launchers and other related equipment.
South Korea plans to purchase two Green Pine Block C radar warning systems made by Israel Aerospace Industries’ Elta division in a deal worth an estimated $292 million.
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Honeywell said it has started testing commercial microfabricated trapped-ion qubit devices as the company spins up a quantum computing-related business line.
Subaru is aiming for large cost reductions in production of a new version of the Bell 412 that the company will build for the Japanese army and civil customers.
