NASA’s Juno spacecraft swooped close to the cloud tops of giant Jupiter for its first orbital flyby on Aug. 27, with all instrumentation and communications channels operating in expected fashion, mission managers said.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a way of reinforcing composites using tiny carbon nanotubes (CNT) that testing has shown can increase strength by 30%.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a way of reinforcing composites using tiny carbon nanotubes (CNT) that testing has shown can increase strength by 30%.
Under Darpa’s Icarus program to develop vanishing drones that can clandestinely deliver critical supplies and then disappear without leaving a trace, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are working on a parachute that will disintegrate on demand.
India has successfully tested its indigenously developed supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) engine, which engineers hope could one day allow a tenfold reduction in the cost of space launch.
MD Helicopters rounds out Afghan air force's light attack capability by delivering the final batch of new MD-530F helicopter gunships to Kabul Airport.
America’s ballistic missile defenses will struggle to keep pace with new Iranian and North Korean rockets, while Russia and China continue to modernize and upgrade their nuclear delivery vehicles.
The F-35's debut in the Netherlands excited the Dutch people and lifted public opinion in a crucial year for the program, according to the new chief of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft splashed down Friday with a 3,300-lb. return cargo just over 5 1/2 hours after departing the six-person International Space Station.
The U.S. is working to expand the scope of a major Scandinavian air exercise that could see it turn into a regional equivalent to Red Flag training events in Nevada and Alaska.
The U.S. Air Force is pressing forward with a competition to begin designing the first new U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile since the end of the Cold War, despite not having a unified estimate of what it will likely cost taxpayers.
The final four of 27 MD-530F Cayuse Warrior helicopter gunships ordered for the Afghan air force have been delivered, with a shipment of one upgraded and three new aircraft to Hamid Karzai Kabul International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 25.
Aviation Week presents presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with a list of aerospace technologies they should champion if elected, to keep the U.S. ahead of its adversaries and competitors.
Sen. John McCain’s proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 2017 would make more sweeping changes to the Pentagon than any since the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act.
The board is set for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X next-generation trainer competition, with new peeks at Boeing and Northrop Grumman’s clean-sheet designs.
America’s ballistic missile defenses will struggle to keep pace with new Iranian and North Korean rockets, while Russia and China continue to modernize and upgrade their nuclear delivery vehicles.
In this week’s Washington Outlook column: the GAO dings the Air Force on A-10 retirement plans, and Maryland Space Business Roundtable attendees weigh in on the U.S. presidential election.
On the heels of the U.S. Air Force’s milestone decision to declare the F-35A ready for battle, the Pentagon’s DOT&E is raising new concerns about Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation fighter.
A European Ariane 5 ECA launcher placed two Intelsat communications satellites in geostationary transfer orbit Aug. 25, lifting a record combined total mass of 10,735 kg, the bulk of which comprised the spacecraft.
