Britain’s RAF has confirmed that one of its soon-to-be-formed Eurofighter Typhoon squadrons will be dedicated to the red-air aggressor training mission.
Ultima Thule, the farthest celestial body ever visited by a human spacecraft, appears like a dark reddish “bilobate,” or a single object comprised of two large and small lobes joined like the building blocks of a snowman.
The test schedule for the USMC's next-generation heavy-lift helo, the Sikorsky CH-53K, is in limbo as the program works through various technical issues.
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has revealed more detail on a light aircraft currently under development that it hopes will break the electric flight speed record in 2020.
NASA’s New Horizons mission team greeted the first signals on Jan. 1, confirming their spacecraft had successfully carried out its close flyby of Ultima Thule.
Osiris-Rex, NASA’s first-ever asteroid sample return mission, maneuvered into orbit around the 1,640-ft.-wide near Earth object Bennu on New Year’s Eve.
In a “buzzer beater” before the end of the calendar year, the Pentagon notified Congress it will pursue a two-ship aircraft carrier buy for CVN 80 and CVN 81.
India’s first manned spaceflight, Gaganyaan, has received government consent in a major boost to the country’s ambitious program to send astronauts into space.
The Spanish Air Force says it has supported a new, previously unknown phase of flight tests of the multinational Neuron unmanned combat air vehicle demo.
Parts of the U.S. government will remain closed into the new year, including NASA, but that will not keep the agency’s New Horizons probe from racing past the most distant Solar System object ever early Jan. 1.
Lockheed Martin will upgrade future F-35s with a third generation of computing and electronic systems under a $712 million contract awarded by the U.S. Navy.
A Russian Soyuz-2 rocket, outfitted with a Fregat upper stage, was being prepared for launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East on Dec. 27.
