SpaceX’s Starship program saw mixed results on Jan. 16: tthe second recovery of the booster.but the loss of the first upgraded Block 2 upper-stage variant.
Derek Tournear, the director of the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA), has been placed on administrative leave, “pending the results of an investigation.”
Defense Research and Development Canada has launched three formation-flying microsatellites as part of its Arctic surveillance technology demonstration mission.
President-elect Donald Trump is poised to nominate Troy Meink, the principal deputy director of the NRO, to be the next secretary of the Air Force, Aviation Week has learned.
Saab is looking to expand production of its Sirius Compact passive EW system that has applications such as uncrewed aircraft and ground-based air-defense.
Washington has cleared the way for Japan to acquire more extended-range Lockheed Martin AGM-158B/B-2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM-ER).
Blue Origin has achieved its goal of becoming an orbital launch player, even as it failed to recover its first-stage booster in the ambitious inaugural flight of its New Glenn rocket.
Funds are also to be used to accelerate the development of Nova, as well as enhancements to private testing and manufacturing facilities, the company said.
The service announced Jan. 15 that it will buy four production representative test vehicles (PRTV) with fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation funds.
