How much autonomy should astronauts on deep-space missions have in determining their daily routine? An experiment with ISS crews sought to answer that question.
The U.S. Air Force acknowledges that the Oct. 16 crash of a Ukrainian Su-27UB fighter aircraft during a multinational military exercise involved a U.S. service member.
The European Aviation Safety Agency is seeking comments on proposed airworthiness standards for certification of small vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Allen’s death from non-Hodgkin lymphoma comes as one of his most cherished projects, the Stratolaunch air-launch system carrier aircraft, nears its long-delayed first flight.
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Will rising trade tariffs between China and the U.S., or the recent indictment of an alleged Chinese spy misappropriating GE Aviation knowhow, damage the Western aerospace industry’s access and opportunities inside the world’s soon-to-be largest aviation sector?
DARPA has fully transitioned Northrop Grumman’s Tern program to its partner, the ONR, but it appears there are no longer firm plans to fly the ship-based VTOL unmanned aircraft demo.
More than 80% of operational F-35s are cleared to fly again following engine inspections and all of the U.S. services and international partners have resumed flying, the joint program office says.
While a NASA anomaly review board continues to troubleshoot a gyroscope issue with the 28-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, a second case of the mechanical pointing system malady also appears to be responsible for sending the Chandra X-ray Observatory into “safe mode.”
A British F-35 test pilot has performed a ship-borne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) onto the new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier for the first time.
India has tested the cryogenic engine for its heaviest rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 3, that is due to launch the country’s second lunar mission early next year.
A series of live fire trials have pitted Leonardo’s Miysis directed infrared countermeasures system against potential man-portable surface-to-air missiles.
The combined company would be named L3 Harris Technologies and would be the sixth largest defense company in the U.S. and a top 10 defense company globally.
BOEING announced investment in satellite propulsion startup ACCION SYSTEMS INC. of Boston, which produces Tiled Ionic Liquid Electrospray in-space propulsion system.
Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan says there are two concurrent efforts concerning military space within the Pentagon: space reorganization and doctrine.
DynCorp CEO George Krivo discusses how the military and logistics services company has worked to stabilize itself through boom and bust cycles in the industry.
Singapore-based fuel-cell producer HES Energy Systems has unveiled its concept for a hydrogen-electric four-seat regional aircraft, building on its experience developing hydrogen propulsion systems for unmanned aircraft.
