Virgin Galactic aims to fly SpaceShipTwo beyond the atmosphere for the first time before year’s end, kicking off what is expected to be a final round of test flights before beginning commercial suborbital space tourism and research flights.
The planned Oct. 12 launch of the latest Progress cargo capsule to the International Station was halted moments before liftoff at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Pentagon's new top weapons buyer hopes to offload day-to-day oversight of most major acquisition programs from the department--with a few exceptions.
NASA is investigating whether angling an aircraft’s outboard wing sections up or down can increase yaw stability and control and reduce rudder size and tail drag, thus saving fuel.
Eutelsat 172B, the first European-built all-electric satellite, has reached geostationary orbit in just more than fourth months, allowing manufacturer Airbus and operator Eutelsat to claim a new record.
Northrop Grumman subsidiary Scaled Composites has flown its latest experimental aircraft, the Model 401, built for an unspecified “proprietary customer” to demonstrate low-cost manufacturing techniques.
HOUSTON—The U.S. Joint Polar Satellite System is poised to reach full strength for improved weather forecasting, environmental assessments and climate modeling on global scales with the scheduled Nov.
HOUSTON—Four British academic and industrial research institutions have been selected by the UK Space Agency to develop advanced microgravity research experiments for flight aboard the International Space Station (ISS) under a £230,000 ($304,000) U.S.
The Hellenic Defense Ministry is expected to sign a letter of agreement by the end of this month to modernize its F-16 fleet—a deal that could be worth more than $1.5 billion, according to Greek aerospace officials.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has transitioned exclusively to production of the extended-range MQ-1C Gray Eagle for the U.S. Army after completing production of the 165th and final baseline aircraft.
Raytheon Missile Systems has presented its offering for the U.S. Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires program, a precision-guided missile aptly named DeepStrike.
NASA spacewalking astronauts Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei returned to the outside of the International Space Station Oct. 10 to perform several maintenance tasks.
The Pentagon has selected Lockheed Martin to upgrade the U.S. Army’s long-range artillery rocket to strike moving targets both on land and at sea under an effort run by the department’s secretive innovation office, Aviation Week has learned.
Honeywell International will hold on to its traditional aerospace and defense businesses and may try to grow them through merger and acquisition activity, Honeywell President and CEO Darius Adamczyk said.
Afghanistan will become the first operator of Orbital ATK’s upgraded AC-208II, a weaponized Cessna Caravan, through a $69 million contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force last month.
