Defense and Space

NASA’s 28th SpaceX-contracted Cargo Dragon resupply mission spacecraft departed the International Space Station June 29.

The Virgin Galactic space company conducted its inaugural commercial flight on June 29.

The French Air and Space Force has kicked off Pégase 2023, an annual military exercise, to demonstrate its capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Air Force F-35 pilot Captain Heath ‘Shady’ Williams talk through the F-35’s unique capabilities.

The Republic of Singapore Air Force confirms that it has integrated the Rafael Python-5 short-range air-to-air missiles as part of its F-16 mid-life upgrade.

Lockheed Martin’s Tony Frese outlines why the LMXT programme using A330 MRTT aircraft could meet the US Air Force’s future strategic tanker requirements.

The service is investing in new ISR, UAS and combat air capabilities as it prepares for a new era of data-driven defense.

New initiative announced at Paris Air Show coincides with apparent decreased American presence in Le Bourget.

George Nield, who led the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, talks about managing the risks of private space travel without harming innovation.

Building a space taxi for NASA turned out to be a whole lot harder than Boeing imagined.

The Midland, Texas, company said it will use net proceeds for general corporate purposes.

Taiwan will deliver a record high of more than 1,000 indigenous missiles next year amid rising tensions with China.

The company has spent the last three years investing in in-space servicing, propulsion and robotic technology to develop a prototype AMU.

The iROSAs, the seventh and eighth overall, will be used to upgrade solar power generation aboard the ISS.

The first EMD aircraft for the service took off from Boeing’s St. Louis facility.

Euclid, planned for an early July launch, will be joined by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by May 2027.

The Irish government ordered two C295Ws in a maritime surveillance configuration as part of a €230 million contract to replace CN235 Persuader aircraft.

REX is an unmanned hybrid electric all-wheel drive vehicle with optional amphibious capabilities, featuring a highly developed suspension system.

The $5.9 billion package suggests that Canada has requested a P-8 capability like that already flying with the U.S. Navy and other Poseidon customer nations.

Germany’s defense ministry has closed a contract with Diehl Defense to acquire IRIS-T SLM ground-based air defense systems.

The White House is surging another $500 million in military equipment to Ukraine amid its ongoing counteroffensive.

More U.S. Air Force installations are getting new aircraft as Congress appears poised to allow the service to continue retiring the aging A-10 fleet.

This includes both rapid launch to reconstitute satellite architectures and on-orbit servicing.

Donecle says the AirScan service was made possible by its collaboration with Dassault.

Italy has signed a letter of intent with France and the UK to join the development of the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) program.