Among experiments reaching the International Space Station on the first SpaceX Dragon capsule to revisit the orbiting outpost is a 3.5-kg experiment provided by the Beijing Institute of Technology that will study the effects of the in-space environment on genes.
Bell Helicopter has nudged expected certification of its Model 525 back to the end of 2018 as it awaits NTSB’s report into the fatal loss of one of the prototypes in 2016.
Lockheed Martin says hypersonic technologies are now sufficiently mature to enable progress towards a demonstrator for its Mach 6-capable follow-on to the SR-71.
Four U.S. government agencies have received $71.5 million from the Office of Management and Budget to study whether they can auction a minimum of 30 MHz of L-band spectrum used for air traffic control radar and other cross-agency purposes.
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has revealed a radically revised version of its concept for the Next-Generation Air Dominance penetrating counter air combat aircraft.
Lockheed Martin’s U-2 spy plane made its debut at the Northern Edge joint training exercise last month, demonstrating a new capability nicknamed the “Einstein Box.”
RAFAEL unveiled 12.7-kg. Spike LR II missile, a 5th generation Spike variant that can be fired from vehicles, helicopters, ships, and ground launchers. NORWAY’s fifth F-35 Lighgning II, AM-5, touched down for the first time May 25 at Luke Air Force Base, AZ. ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD. has $390m contract for ground electronic intelligence capabilities for undisclosed European customer.
Mitsubishi Electric said June 1 that it has finished construction of a facility at its Kamakura Works’ Sagami Factory in Sagamihara, Japan, that will double its satellite component production capacity. The new site, which sports high-precision machining equipment and automated welding machines, will be Mitsubishi Electric’s central production and testing site for solar array panels, structural panels and other satellite parts. Production starts this October.
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A diplomatic spat over Qatar’s alleged involvement in funding Islamic militants has resulted in Bahrain, Egypt, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates cutting diplomatic ties to Doha.
Orbital ATK’s seventh NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply capsule departed the International Space Station early June 4 for a week of solo science activities.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued an RFP for the production of maps identifying the locations of subsurface ice and hydrated mineral water deposits on Mars.
