Defense and Space

A static firing of Super Heavy’s 33 Merlin engines is the last major milestone before debut launch.

Spacetug developer Exotrail of France has raised a $58 million Series B round.

The U.S. government has approved a Foreign Military Sale package for Iraq to buy 15 407M and 16 412M attack helicopters.

The International Space Station is nearing a challenging stretch.

Boeing is forging ahead with the company’s long-standing bid to sell Block III Super Hornet fighters to the Indian Navy.

The Indian government has announced that defense spending will increase by 12.5% for fiscal 2023-24.

Proposals for the Ground Organic Loitering Aerial Munition-Echelon II (GOLAM-II) are due on Feb. 24.

Tests were carried out by the naval version of the indigenous HAL Light Combat Aircraft Tejas (N-LCA) and a Mikoyan MiG-29K.

The Skydweller aircraft demonstrated remotely piloted three-dimensional guidance from the ground.

The cloud-computing company sees space as the next frontier for its technology.

Defensive preparations in the center of Moscow perhaps reveal a new Russian respect for homegrown weapons being fielded by Ukraine.

Modi touted the milestone as another step toward his long-held goal of building India’s defense industry.

Starship is a two-stage, Mars-class transport system in development.

The company is developing Starlab, a privately run space station in low Earth orbit, planned for launch in 2028.

The concept design appeared in a video released Jan. 31 on AVIC’s WeChat channel.

Pentagon and White House officials are sharing more details about the balloon as an effort continues to collect debris.

The 109-ft.-tall Vulcan booster and 38 1/2-ft. Centaur V upper stage arrived in Florida on Jan. 21.

Roscosmos said the DM-03 booster separated from the Proton’s third stage about 9 min. after launch.

China aims to set up an International Lunar Research Station on the Moon’s south pole sometime around 2028.

The AIR5349 Phase 6 Project aims to “ensure commonality” between Australia's EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft and the U.S. Navy’s Growler fleet.

Historic electronic systems facility in Rochester needs funding for modernization.

President Joe Biden gave the go-ahead to down the balloon once it crossed over land and to the Atlantic Ocean, limiting potential damage from debris.

The time-limit restriction now applies to the input quill assemblies inside the engine nacelles for the entire V-22 fleet.

Even if Ukraine can push Russian forces out of the country, it is likely Moscow will continue to harbor territorial ambitions.

Bell’s tandem-cockpit, single-main-rotor Invictus is competing for the FARA contest against Sikorsky’s Raider X.