Switzerland has put contracts in place in place for its Lockheed Martin F-35 procurement, but the price tag is almost 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.1 billion) higher than when the type was selected.
Japan is bolstering its already record-high defense budget, primarily to accelerate and bolster its air-defense systems and maritime patrol and transport fleets.
The test center at Pontoise-Cormeilles will be used for real-world trials of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft and the supporting ecosystem.
“This latest round of funding will dramatically accelerate our ability to make on-orbit servicing routine by 2030,” Astroscale founder and CEO Nobu Okada said.
The A$60 million agreement with the Australian government to provide heavy maintenance and upgrades for the Royal Australian Air Force’s P-8A Poseidon fleet.
Rolls-Royce has generated more than a megawatt of power in ground runs of a hybrid electric engine on a testbed in Bristol, England, which is designed to pave the way for future hybrid-electric regional propulsion system development.
The Pentagon has created another task force to research unidentified aerial phenomena, following a June report to Congress that outlined UAP encounters which pilots experienced but investigators could not identify.
Japan’s SoftBank is to issue its first sustainability bond to raise funds for its high-altitude platform system business, which plans to operate solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft as airborne base stations for internet connectivity.
Twenty-three years after the launch of the first module for the International Space Station in 1998, Russia is preparing to complete the construction of its segment with the launch of its last element—the Prichal Node Module.
Saab has started the delivery process for the first six Gripen E fighters ordered by the Brazilian and Swedish air forces, the company said on Nov. 24.
Vertical says it remains on track to start flight tests in early 2022 as it targets certification for the VA-X4 in 2024 and entry-into-service in 2025.
Rolls-Royce says it has generated more than a megawatt of power in ground runs of a hybrid-electric engine on a testbed which is designed to pave the way for future development of a hybrid-electric regional propulsion system.
DART separated from its Falcon 9 second stage just less than 56 min. after launching, a milestone followed by signal acquisition by the APL mission operations center 70 min. after liftoff.
The eldest daughter of Alan Shepard, the first American to venture into space, will fly on the Blue Origin suborbital spacecraft named after her father, the company said on Nov. 23.
Lockheed Martin on Nov. 23 announced the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (NGG) Block 0 program passed its system-level critical design review, keeping pace for the first launch in 2025.
Otto Aviation has completed the first phase of testing of its unconventional Celera 500L and says flights of the full-scale aerodynamic prototype demonstrated the aircraft’s low fuel consumption.
