Chinese space engineers have identified the fault that caused the failure of the second flight of their country’s largest space launcher, Long March 5.
Sierra Nevada Corp. has continued its push into potential Canadian space and defense markets, striking a deal with the Canadian Space Agency centered on its Dream Chaser spacecraft.
Tuesday afternoon the House Armed Services Committee will review U.S. defense strategy in South Asia with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. and Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Co., Hollister, California, has been awarded a $77,000,000 ceiling for an indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery, firm-fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract.
NASA plans a sole-source contract with Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace to extend and expand the use of the company’s Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM.
All three of NASA’s current International Space Station crewmembers are preparing for a series of spacewalks this month to service the station’s crucial robot arm.
An unidentified company bid for Orbital ATK before Northrop Grumman succeeded in securing the space, missiles and munitions provider last month for $9.2 billion.
LEONARDO conducted first flight of first of eight upgraded Brazilian Navy Super Lynx Mk. 21B helicopters at its facility in Yeovil, England, on Sept. 28.
After a slow start to nominating senior civilians at the Pentagon, President Donald Trump is on track for putting names forward, though he lags past presidents when it comes to those hires taking office.
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After an aborted launch seconds before liftoff early last month, an Ariane 5 on Sept. 29 placed the Intelsat 37e and BSAT-4a satellites into geostationary orbit.
Bell Helicopter intends to eventually push its V-280 Valor next-generation tiltrotor prototype to 300 kt. airspeed, up from its basic design speed of 280 kt.
