After a one-day delay due to poor weather, the 197-ft. (60-m) tall Atlas V lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at 9:14 a.m. EDT to deliver an Air Force X-37B test vehicle into orbit for a sixth mission.
The U.S. Air Force is leveraging the global coronavirus pandemic to advance one of its key development programs, the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS).
Virgin Orbit completed a second dress rehearsal of its LauncherOne small satellite launch system on May 15, but plans to conduct some additional testing ahead of the vehicle’s orbital test flight, targeted for later this month.
The Pentagon has ousted its expert on industrial policy in preparation for the agency to take an integral role in President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 vaccine effort, dubbed Operation Warp Speed.
The U.S. Defense Department has signed a contract with Capella Space to provide airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data and analytic services to the U.S. Navy.
Seeking a future, energy-efficient ride to cislunar space, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a demonstration program for a spacecraft powered by a nuclear thermal propulsion system.
The first of eight Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports planned for Europe’s Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit will be delivered to the Netherlands next month, but crew training is being delayed by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
A Lockheed Martin F-22 crashed May 15 during a routine training mission near Eglin AFB, Florida, and the pilot is in stable condition after ejecting, the U.S. Air Force says.
A former British TV soap actor has been named by Ghanaian authorities as wanted in connection with the corrupt sale of Airbus C295 turboprop airlifters to the West African nation’s military.
Using the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty as a blueprint, NASA on May 15 unveiled a framework for conducting missions on and around the Moon that it hopes to parlay into a series of bilateral agreements with other countries.
NASA is slowing reopening some of its facilities, including parts of the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, where work to prepare the first Space Launch System (SLS) for a static test fire has been on hiatus for two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The satellite operator Intelsat announced May 13 that it has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a financial restructuring to free up liquidity and continue operations while it awaits repayment from the government from an auction of C-band spectrum.
Lockheed Martin could still be producing 36-48 F-16s annually in 2027 if the single-engine fighter claims a string of international order opportunities, said Ken Possenriede, chief financial officer, on May 14.
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have begun a two-week quarantine ahead of a flight test of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS.)
The UK has launched the second phase of a £300 million ($366 million) challenge to develop a novel aviation system enabling safe operation of new types of aircraft including delivery drones, urban air taxis and electric regional aircraft.
House Republicans have stepped up a campaign spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to ground the drones that Chinese manufacturer DJI has loaned or donated to local police departments to support their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The air chiefs of France, Germany and Spain have set up a trilateral working group to establish improved connectivity capabilities for their existing Eurofighter and Rafale combat aircraft fleets.
Seeking to pave the way for unmanned aircraft systems to complete a mission beyond direct human control, Lockheed Martin demonstrated a podded, autonomous intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability, the company said.
