"The work we have done today verifies our models and shows that the physics we are talking about—the basis of what we are trying to do—is sound," Lockheed Martin Skunk Works VP and General Manager Jeff Babione says.
Lockheed Martin’s ambitious plans to develop a compact fusion reactor to provide clean nuclear energy remain on track according to the company and are set to move to the next stage with the completion this year of a scaled up, more powerful test reactor.
Virgin orbit, which is starting work on the sixth LauncherOne rocket, says its role in Artemis will be “to launch satellites built and operated by other team members, with the first launch coming as soon as late 2020.”
Boeing’s Q2 earnings will include a $4.9 billion after-tax charge to cover some actual and estimated future expenses linked to the 737 MAX grounding, while a reduced production rate is driving up 737 costs and lowering margins.
The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent solicitation invites bids on the weapon system’s engineering and manufacturing development phase and includes five production lot options to manufacture and deploy the weapon.
“We’ve been talking to all of the large UAS manufacturers, then Northrop Grumman opened the Firebird to commercial sale,” President Thomas Swoyer Jr. says.
The UK's broad plans to expand the country’s access in space so far do not include building a bespoke global navigation satellite system akin to the U.S. GPS system.
Trump’s backtracking comes one day after the U.S. announced it is officially removing Turkey from the F-35 program because of the nation’s purchase of the S-400.
The UK is elevating the role of its 11-year-old Joint Forces Command, which was charged with shaping and overseeing joint operations for a new era of “gray zone” conflict.
The service is creating a replicated threat in a degraded and denied environment, Brig. Gen. Walter Rugen, Future Vertical Lift cross functional team director, told Aerospace DAILY July 16 at Ft. Myer in Arlington, Virginia.
“[The] Chandrayaan-2 launch, which was called off due to a technical snag on July 15, 2019, is now rescheduled at 2:43 pm IST (local time) on Monday, July 22,” according to a senior official at the state-run Indian Space Research Organization.
Startup Ampaire says it already holds “more than a dozen” letters of interest from regional airlines and charter providers for its "Electric Eel" conversion of the Cessna 337 Skymaster.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) says the upcoming launch of a Delta IV rocket with a GPS III satellite will be retargeted for no earlier than Aug. 22 to allow time for technicians to replace and retest a faulty component in the booster’s upper stages.
U.S. AIR FORCE released request for proposals for Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile system July 16. Contract award expected fiscal 2020.
The announcement moves the UK into the exclusive club of nations vying to develop hypersonic weapons and aircraft, joining China, France, Japan, Russia and the U.S.
The flights were unique, Everdrone says, because the landings were performed in a GPS-denied location between tall buildings and were only possible because of the drone’s onboard sensing system.
