Whatever contributing factors account for the exact rise in spending, the major reorganization announced at the end of December and partly explained in January and February is supposed to further boost the capacity of China’s military.
Europe’s LISA Pathfinder gravitational-wave technology demonstrator was handed over to the European Space Agency (ESA) March 7 after undergoing a series of in-orbit tests led by industrial prime contractor Airbus Defense and Space.
As the Pentagon considers its options for aerial electronic attack, the focus is shifting toward the improvement of one of the primary sensors for the mission.
A European Ariane 5 ECA rocket successfully lifted the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to geostationary transfer orbit on March 9 for Paris-based fleet operator Eutelsat.
The U.S. needs to continue developing and deploying more longer-range surface-to-surface missiles in the Asia-Pacific, and there is a shortage of submarine forces in the region as well, says Adm. Harry Harris, head of U.S. Pacific Command.
U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko emerged from more than 11 months on the International Space Station with perhaps vital clues as to whether humans are physically and psychologically up to the challenges of traveling to Mars.
NASA’s Dawn mission spacecraft has marked the end of its first year in orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres with imagery of yet another curious surface feature.
The 26-year-old Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has presented its intended successors, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST), with a new challenge — find a galaxy older than GN-z11.
India is set to launch its sixth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1F, on March 10, continuing to build a regional navigation system that will provide location services over the country and neighboring areas.
The companies’ significant business overlap would have raised major concern with regulatory authorities, and even if it had been approved, the merger would have faced the wrath of customers.
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus KC-30A tanker-transport is conducting refueling tests in the U.S. with F-15 and F-16 aircraft following successful tanking trials with an Edwards AFB, California-based C-17 from the U.S. Air Force’s 412th Test Wing.
Air Force Secretary Deborah James listed seven key subcontractors on the B-21 bomber program March 7, including Pratt & Whitney, the likely maker of the engine for the long-range aircraft.
Growth in Chinese military spending will fall markedly below economic expansion this year, official figures suggest, while the country separately undertakes reforms to its forces intended to overcome some of their most deep-seated problems.
Technology and heritage from Orbital ATK’s parent companies are giving the ViviSat satellite servicing a kick-start to operations as early as 2018, with the first customer for a life-extension mission planned in 2018.
Swiss independent helicopter manufacturer Marenco Swisshelicopter is preparing to begin industrialization of its SKYe SH09 single-engine light helicopter.
