Hurricane Nicole was forecast to strengthen before passing over or near Bermuda on Oct. 13, possibly triggering a further delay in an International Space Station resupply mission.
Based on lessons learned from operations of the International Space Station (ISS), the next-generation of space station is likely to be smaller, designed for a single purpose and possibly just crew-tended, NASA says.
Solid rocket motor manufacturers Aerojet Rocketdyne and Orbital ATK have been barred from exclusively teaming with prime contractors Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman or Boeing Defense, Space & Security for the U.S. Air Force’s forthcoming intercontinental ballistic missile competition.
The U.S. Air Force is looking forward to bringing online a capability that top brass say could fundamentally change the way the service conducts air refueling.
Northrop Grumman says an U.S. Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk has flown another payload demonstrations aimed at re-hosting key U-2 sensors on the unmanned aircraft.
NASA's human-exploration planners are developing work schedules for the human-tended habitat they hope to put in orbit around the Moon in the coming decade.
AeroVironment says its latest U.S. Army contract for the Switchblade remotely operated kamikaze drone supports an “urgent requirement” for the newest Block 10C variant.
The Finnish defense ministry will purchase 28 used Grob 115E piston-engine training aircraft from Babcock International to fulfill the country’s ab-initio/elementary pilot training needs.
Anglo-Japanese studies for improving the MBDA Meteor air-to-air missile with an advanced seeker could result in a new and larger weapon, officials here say.
The Polish defense ministry says it will initiate a new program for a fleet of multi-role helicopters following cancellation of a deal with Airbus Helicopters for 50 H225M Caracals.
Lockheed Martin Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider compound helicopter prototype has flown with retracted landing gear for the first time as envelope expansion continues toward a design speed of 220 kt. and faster.
NASA has developed a concept for a small secondary payload on the planned “Europa Clipper” mission that would dip as low as 2 km above the Jupiter moon’s icy surface to sample ocean-ice fragments that could contain the chemical signatures of life.
The U.S. Navy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the development of a tri-band telemetry system for its Gulfstream G550-based range support aircraft.
Radiation exposures that human explorers are likely to encounter from galactic cosmic radiation on deep space missions to the Martian environs appear responsible for long-term brain damage in rodents that served as human analogue subjects in ground-based experiments.
Raytheon Missile Systems says it has begun developing a more modular and easily manufactured “Multi-Mission Coyote” UAV and has already flown several “primitive prototypes,” with more iterations to come in 2017.
Amidst growing talk of the Philippines abandoning long-term ties with U.S., the country’s air force took delivery of a single C-130 Hercules transporter on Oct. 9.
Triumph Group is relocating operations from Grandview, Missouri, to a newly-built facility in Edgerton, Kansas, to accommodate growth and new technology.
