GOES-S, the second of four spacecraft in the NASA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-R series, was launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral on March 1
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Lockheed Martin Chief Executive Marilyn Hewson says she has not spoken to President Donald Trump regarding potential U.S. trade tariffs and their consequences.
Share prices of Ultra Electronics plunged around 10% after the defense supplier abandoned the acquisition of Sparton, an electromechanical parts provider.
China will conduct five missions with Long March 11 solid-propellant launchers this year, confirming the fast-response rocket is finally regarded as mature.
Famed Silicon Valley venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz has led a Series A funding round into Astranis, “a new space startup producing small satellites that are cheaper and faster to build and launch than anyone else in the game,” representatives said March 1.
President Donald Trump’s decision to impose U.S. tariffs on imported steel and aluminum should have only a minor negative effect on aerospace manufacturers, but could set off a trade war with China, according to financial analysts.
Buying more Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings is an option, the Asahi newspaper says, adding the ministry also has looked at extending the life of the F-2, which is due to retire in the 2030s.
France’s armed forces ministry launched a program on Feb. 28 to renew the country’s fleet of electronic intelligence aircraft with three special-mission Falcon jets.
The Pentagon advanced research agency plans to launch a program, called Blackjack, in fiscal 2019 to leverage commercial mass-production capabilities to demonstrate a proliferated smallsat constellation in low Earth orbit that can constantly keep track of “very large numbers” of targets.
The European Space Agency's Inspector General is satisfied with the action plan ArianeGroup and Arianespace presented to correct the problems identified after the Ariane 5's trajectory mishap last month.
The general in charge of U.S. Strategic Command is calling for improved threat tracking and missile defense capabilities as Russia unveils new nuclear weapons.
The state manufacturer of China’s Long March 5 space launcher, Casc, says it has determined the fault that caused the rocket’s failure on its second flight.
The Philippines National Police air unit is expected to return to the skies in June after delivery of a Bell 429 Global Ranger light twin-engine helicopter.
A rocket that Chinese state space contractor Casc hails as a low-cost space launcher is now due to fly in 2020, a little later than previously expected.
