Israel Aerospace Industries and the Australia Missile Corp. are discussing collaboration with the aim of meeting Canberra’s requirement for “sovereign” Australian guided weapons.
NASA has selected two missions to Venus for its next Discovery-class planetary science expeditions: Davinci+, which will send a probe into the planet’s thick atmosphere, and Veritas, which will map the planet’s surface.
Houston-based Axiom Space has signed an agreement with SpaceX for three more private astronaut missions to the International Space Station—pending NASA approval—aboard Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Converting the rooftops of underused parking garages into vertiports is seen as an early opportunity to expand the ground infrastructure for urban air mobility (UAM) beyond the limited number of heliports now operating.
The U.S. Air Force is seeking $4.2 billion to pay for unfunded requirements in the fiscal 2022 budget request, including aircraft procurement dollars for 12 F-15EX jets, according to a document obtained by Aerospace DAILY.
Spacewalking cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov continued preparations outside the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) early June 2 for the anticipated arrival of the Nauka Multi-Purpose Laboratory.
The Brazilian Air Force says it may reduce the number of KC-390 airlifters it plans to purchase because of the affect of the coronavirus pandemic on the country’s defense budget.
The U.S. Air Force on June 1 ordered the first of six Bombardier Global 6000 business jets to convert into E-11A aircraft to serve as communication relays.
The U.S. Army is seeking $5.5 billion to pay for unfunded requirements in the fiscal 2022 budget request, including advance procurement dollars for five CH-47F Block II aircraft, according to a document obtained by Aerospace DAILY.
In preparation for a launch this month, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has conducted a free space interconnect demonstration ground test of its Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System spacecraft.
Outsourced air combat training and augmented reality startup Red 6 announced June 1 that it landed $30 million in new venture capital, almost all of it from existing investor Snowpoint Ventures.
The U.S. Navy has decided to acquire stealthy cruise missiles instead of developing a powered version of a long-range glide munition, a spokeswoman said on June 1.
The Air Force spared the U-2S from a list of hundreds of proposed aircraft divestments next year, but details buried deep within the fiscal 2022 budget request unveiled on May 29 reveal the aircraft’s long-term fate.
Responding to Wisk Aero’s lawsuit alleging the theft of trade secrets, Archer Aviation has described the case as “entirely baseless” and accused its urban air mobility (UAM) rival of “reckless innuendo and rank speculation” in a bid to “weaponize the legal system” to harm the startup.
The James Webb Space Telescope will not make its targeted Oct. 31 launch date, but should be ready to fly before the window for its ride to space aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket closes in early December, the European Space Agency said on June 1.
Barely a month after being acquired by private-aviation powerhouse Directional Aviation, helicopter operator Halo Aviation has announced a partnership with Embraer spinoff Eve Urban Air Mobility to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air-taxi operation in the UK and U.S.
