Three U.S. and Russian astronauts returned to Earth after departing the International Space Station aboard their Soyuz-TMA-14M spacecraft and descending under parachute into central Kazakhstan.
The Zumwalt’s electric drive and other technological improvements underscore the Navy’s efforts to harness energy resources more efficiently at sea, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) says it has verified the viability of long-distance wireless power transmission, which could be used for space-based solar power generation, and will now pursue practical application of the technology.
French defense procurement agency DGA has selected Airbus Defense and Space and Thales to co-prime design and construction of Europe’s first operational space-based military signals intelligence system.
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus hosts a deep ocean of moderate alkalinity that interacts with a hot rocky core, producing hydrothermal conditions similar to those that may have spawned the first living organisms on early Earth, a study shows.
The Turkish government has decided to cease operations with its McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom reconnaissance aircraft following a series of fatal accidents.
Solid-propulsion engineers are evaluating data from the static test of a five-segment solid-rocket booster designed to boost NASA’s planned Space Launch System heavy lifter off the pad when it begins moving human explorers beyond low Earth orbit.
The first 18 Rafale jets are to be built in France. After that, India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. would take over production of the remaining aircraft.
India will conduct a test flight of its reusable launch vehicle this year, marking a significant step toward bringing down the cost of access to space technology.
The U.K.’s Conservative Party may promise to hold defense spending at 2% of gross domestic product before the country’s general election in May, according to Michael Fallon, the secretary of state for defense.
The addition of the Ground-Launched-Small Diameter Bomb could allow the artillery system to hit targets with precision over a longer distance than currently possible with the Multiple Launch Rocket System.
As the U.S. Navy and other organizations study the Arctic more carefully, they will have to rely more on robotic-based research, says Martin Jeffries, Arctic science advisor and program officer for Arctic and global prediction at the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
The Defense Department and U.S. Navy will need to develop new areas of expertise, authorities and planning processes, particularly in areas that span different battle domains, according to a U.S. Naval War College (NWC) game report.
A U.S. Navy remotely operated vehicle (ROV) assisted in the recovery of the body of a civilian diver who went missing at the Blue Hole near Apra Harbor, Guam, in recent weeks.
Airbus Defense & Space announced the handover of the first of four A400M airlifter aircraft for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) on March 10 at its site in Seville San Pablo, Spain.
Spawar uses SOTs to ensure interdependent command and control systems work seamlessly, including the combat, command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C5I) networks.
In what has become an annual tradition, Western media reports are exaggerating the rise in China’s defense budget, omitting the adjustment for inflation.
