Defense and Space

Ordinary matter accounts for just 5% of the universe. The Euclid mission will focus on everything else.

Link Plumeria is now formally attached to the F/A-XX development project at the heart of the Navy’s Next Generation Air Dominance program.

Both demonstrations are part of a wider effort to make RAF training more realistic and relevant in modern combat.

The trination Global Combat Air Program could see several hundred export sales of the crewed aircraft that emerges, industry figures suggest.

When Saab test pilot Andre Brannstrom launches the Gripen E into the skies above the RIAT, it will be the type’s debut display outside Scandinavia.

The U.S. Air Force's former "chief futurist," retired Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, explains what the application of air power means today and how it may evolve.

A planned downselect announcement is expected in about three weeks for the program.

Boeing currently supports several training programs in the UK.

No formal requirements for the satellites, their numbers or timelines for their service entry have been released.

The U.S. Air Force expects to resume accepting deliveries of KC-46s next month.

Stratonautica has become the first Russian company to test a system for delivery of picosatellites, tiny spacecraft with a wet mass between 0.1-1 kg.

The U.S. Air Force will complete repairs on all of the aircraft in its C-130H fleet by the end of September.

Debate started July 12 on the fiscal 2024 defense authorization bill after scores of controversial amendments were rejected.

Beleaguered rocket startup Astra Space will raise as much as $65 million gross through a new stock sale effort while also carrying out a stock consolidation effort.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been exploring Jezero Crater, a 3.5-billion-year-old, 28-mi.-wide meteor impact site.

The initiative now requires specific technology that excludes certain hardware that is important to some NATO members that have not signed up for it yet.

Thales' acquisition of cockpit communication systems company Cobham Aerospace Communications could create flight deck system integration possibilities.

The Australian Defense Department and quantum technologies company Q-CTRL have agreed to develop quantum sensors for air and maritime applications.

NASA’s return to the Moon—and future human exploration initiatives—rely on private sector partnerships.

Europe’s workhorse Ariane 5 ends operations after 117 flights.

There has been an ongoing debate between the services and commands on the Air Force’s plan, Brown said during his July 11 nomination hearing.

About 650 U.S. military officers are caught up in a blanket hold on nominations.

NASA has awarded Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace new task orders under existing contracts to provide spacesuits for use in low Earth orbit and the Moon’s surface.

Russia is approaching the launch of its Luna-25 mission to the Moon—the country’s first lunar exploration effort in almost 50 years.

The FOO Fighter system is to demonstrate defense against advanced missiles.