The British Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows aerobatic team is moving from its current base to operate alongside the UK’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance fleets.
As the U.S. Defense Department prioritizes great power competition, demand for the Raptor fleet as the Air Force’s “silver bullet” air dominance force has never been greater.
Avic Guizhou has flown the first aircraft of an improved version of the JL-9G trainer that it appears to be pitching at a Chinese naval training requirement.
High-speed propulsion developer Reaction Engines has been awarded a European Space Agency study contract for a hypersonic flying testbed design which could potentially evaluate the in-flight performance of its Sabre (Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine) system.
The first Eurofighter outfitted with the Long-Term Evolution package of upgrades could start rolling off the production line in 2027, Airbus officials say.
Saab has signed a 1.553 billion SEK ($160 million) contract for its Erieye airborne early warning radar-equipped Saab 2000 for an undisclosed customer.
NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility began a reopening May 18 for some mission-critical activities due to a decrease in COVID-19 illness reported in the New Orleans area.
Citing concerns about Tropical Storm Arthur, which was passing off the coast of North Carolina on May 18, SpaceX is standing down from its planned May 19 launch of a Falcon 9 rocket to build out its Starlink network, putting the long-awaited flight test of a crewed Dragon spacecraft next on the launch schedule.
BEIJING—China is likely to finish its Beidou 3 satellite navigation system six months before the original program target of the end of 2020, with the 30th and final spacecraft due to go into orbit next month.
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.
