Defense

Orbital ATK’s sixth NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission spacecraft departed the International Space Station early Nov. 21 to carry out a set of post-ISS objectives over the next six days.

Astronomer and former NASA Ames Research Center Director Pete Warden is floating a proposed commercially and internationally backed near-term human flyby of Venus and Mars.

The International Space Station has been restored to six-person operations for the first time since late October.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden gave his agency high marks Nov. 19 as he watched from Mission Control Moscow as friend and fellow astronaut Peggy Whitson reached the International Space Station

Embraer has recently received the Provisional Type Certificate for the KC-390 Basic Vehicle.

As the U.S. Marine Corps prepares to deploy the F-35B to Iwakuni, Japan, in January, pilots put the fifth-generation fighter to the test in a carrier proof of concept demonstration aboard the USS America Nov. 18-20.

Britain’s Chinook Digital Automatic Flight Control System upgrade will bring the oldest of Chinooks to the capability of its newest.

Donald Trump’s election to the White House means change is coming to the A&D world, but practically no one—maybe not even the president-elect—knows exactly what those changes will be.

President-Elect Donald Trump retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flyn to be his National Security Adviser.

Repairs are complete on the last of 13 U.S. F-35As affected by a cooling lines issue, and all have returned to normal flying operations.

Aircraft from VFA-147 “Argonauts” should embark on the USS Carl Vinson in 2021.

Thanks to the Nov. 17 launch by an Ariane 5 rocket of four Galileo satellites, the European space industry has further built confidence in its ability to progress toward more autonomy, despite glitches onboard previously launched Galileo spacecraft.

The crew set a duration record for Chinese human spaceflight.

The State Department has approved the long-awaited proposed sales of Boeing F-15s and F/A-18s to two Persian Gulf states.

the Pentagon is hosting a “Hard Kill Challenge” for industry and government entities to demonstrate novel approaches for swatting small UAVs.

Malaysia has no plans to economize by buying Chinese combat aircraft, despite a budget squeeze that is forcing the Southeast Asian nation to defer equipment purchases.

Africa is a key market for Airbus Defence and Space. Jon Lake explores the company's current situation and looks at opportunities within the continent.

After years of declining research efforts, defense primes and aerospace OEMs are repositioning to become the perfect partners for startups via corporate venture capital projects.

While the flight needs of the U.S. Army and Navy could not be more dissimilar, the expectation for positive results through simulation and training upgrades is common.

China's Casic says its KZ-11 can hurl 1 metric ton to a 700-km (430-mi.) sun-synchronous orbit, exactly the same that CASC attributed last year to Long March 6.

Aurora Flight Sciences and Sikorsky complete autonomy demonstrations under Phase 2 of DARPA’s ALIAS cockpit-automation program. Both are now bidding for Phase 3, to mature selected technologies for transition to potential customers—military and commercial.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: Heritage Foundation on military options for new administration; Trump may back bilateral space ties with China; and the flood of new UAV pilots.

The Australian P-8 Poseidon is due to arrive in November, heralding a decade of change.

The House Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.), has cautioned the incoming Donald Trump administration against raising the defense budget much beyond current levels.

A trio of U.S., Russian and European astronauts launched to the International Space Station Nov. 17 for what promises to be a demanding six months aboard the orbiting science lab.