Long-duration International Space Station crewmembers Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko joined their soon-to-depart commander, Gennady Padalka, aboard the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft early Aug. 28 for a brief flight to exchange parking spots on the orbiting science laboratory.
The Department of Defense (DOD) is not effectively using portfolio management to optimize its weapon system investments, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says in a recent report, citing shipbuilding funding as an example.
Naval Sea Systems Command (Navsea) approved Milestone B earlier this month for the Advance Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Robotic System (Aeodrs) Tactical Operations variant, Increment 2.
A group of aerospace and technology experts from government, industry and academia has sent the FAA back to the drawing board over a congressionally mandated research plan for certifying and integrating new technologies into the National Airspace System.
The U.S. Army and Marine Corps’ next airborne guided weapon, the Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), has completed its first launch against an armored target, which was also its first flight test in fire-and-forget mode.
India’s three-stage heavy-lift Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) lifted off with the country’s GSAT-6 advanced multimedia communication satellite Aug. 27.
With growing budgetary concerns and operational questions being raised in the current economic and threat climates, the recent laying of the keel for the second Ford-Class aircraft carrier, the CVN 79 John F. Kennedy, is taking on greater importance than simply a ceremonial milestone.
Airbus is publicly questioning Japan’s choice of the Bell 412 to fulfill the Japanese army’s UH-X utility helicopter requirement, contrasting its offer of an all-new helicopter with the venerable age of the selected type.
Northrop Grumman recently awarded a second Australian supplier contract to Mincham Aviation for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAV initial production lot.
An experienced aviation team has taken the unusual step of launching a crowdfunding campaign to gauge interest in investing in the development of a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) light business aircraft. Exploiting new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules that allow start-ups to “test the waters” before a stock offering, the crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine is part of a larger financing plan by XTI Aircraft to raise capital to begin development of the TriFan 600.
The U.S. Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter flew for 11 hr. – with more than an hour of fuel in reserve – out to 150 nm from Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, during recent tests, contractor Northrop Grumman says.
Despite budget worries and continued operations against terrorists in the Middle East, the U.S. Defense Department is still sending its most advanced aircraft, ships and other equipment to the Asia-Pacific region, the Pentagon says in a recent report.
Republican lawmakers have questioned whether SpaceX is receiving special treatment in NASA’s oversight of the two commercial launch providers, but NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says that is not the case.
The fast-attack submarine SSN-21 USS Seawolf returned to its homeport of Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton on Aug. 21, following a six-month deployment that included scheduled under-ice transits and under-ice operations in the Arctic.
An engineering mockup of NASA’s Orion crew exploration capsule settled intact onto the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in southwest Arizona Aug. 26, marking a successful conclusion to a key high-altitude drop test of the spacecraft’s parachute recovery system.
