NASA’s near-Earth asteroid-bound Osiris-Rex spacecraft braked for a third time this month on Oct. 29, slowing an approach to its sample return target, Bennu.
Small-sat launch service provider Rocket Lab has added a last-minute customer to the manifest for its upcoming commercial Electron mission in November.
BOEING has $131.6m U.S. Navy contract for procurement/upgrade of weapon replaceable assemblies for Block I low-rate initial production F/A-18E/F Infrared Search and Track systems.
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied Raytheon’s bid protest for the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer tech demo for the low-band frequency.
A fault in the third-stage attitude control system appears to have caused the failure of the initial launch attempt of China’s first privately developed orbital space launcher.
The Indian Coast Guard’s 17 Dornier aircraft will get an advanced technology upgrade to make them more potent for surveillance in the country’s maritime zones.
Damage from Hurricane Michael to multiple Lockheed Martin F-22s stuck on a Florida U.S. Air Force base also shook the service’s confidence in existing data about the structural integrity of its aging facilities.
Pakistan has announced plans to launch its first-ever human spaceflight mission in 2022, the same year that its South Asian arch-rival India proposes to begin its own manned human space program.
The first flight test aircraft, 39-8 unleashed an IRIS-T short-range air-to-air missile over the Vidsel weapons range earlier in October, Saab announced on Oct. 26.
SIKORSKY has $717.4m U.S. Navy contract for logistics/repair support for 98 CH-53 and MH-53 aircraft weapon replaceable assembly components and related equipment.
Researchers working with Airbus have tested a visual pattern that causes birds of prey to avoid airport areas where there is a high risk of collisions with aircraft.
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is planning an experiment using a high-energy laser or high-power microwave to conduct precision airborne strike and aircraft self-defense.
An exo-atmospheric SM-3 Block IIA interceptor scored a kill against a ballistic missile target on Oct. 26, marking the second successful test for the developmental weapon in four tries.
Selection of the MQ-9B would make Belgium the second country to choose the Sky Guardian after the UK, which has chosen the platform as the basis for its Protector UAS program.
“It is a lost opportunity to strengthen European industrial cooperation in times when the EU [European Union] is called upon to increase its joint defense efforts,” Airbus said.
