Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser lifting body spaceplane "Tenacity" and its Shooting Star cargo module are being readied for shipment to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
The Pentagon’s pick of AeroVironment’s Switchblade 600 in the Replicator program allows the company to increase its manufacturing capacity to meet demand.
An IMAX camera recorded astronauts repairing the attitude control system of NASA’s Solar Maximum satellite, which space shuttle Challenger captured for the repair.
A new generation of high-speed rotorcraft technology is available for the U.S. Navy, but ship-board limitations already have ruled out the natural option.
According to data from Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery Military tool, NATO’s ISR fleet only counts 19 aircraft, but these modest numbers belie the strength of the alliance’s combined ISR capability.
Ex-NASA exec says the technical and cost challenges of a Mars Sample Return mission could be addressed with a single launch using the Space Launch System.
The U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft recently completed a preliminary design review, with the tiltrotor incorporating special-operations tweaks.
The main surprise in the defense microelectronics manufacturer Mercury Systems' third-quarter fiscal 2024 earnings report was a net loss of $44.6 million.
The acquisition of Aerovel and the company’s Flexrotor UAS moves the U.S. subsidiary of the European aerospace giant into a hotly competitive market segment.
The service modules for NASA’s first six Artemis Moon-mission Orion crew capsules are relying on propulsion from refurbished Orbital Maneuvering Systems.
The Press Council of South Africa ruled that ‘Die Vrye Weekblad’, a South African online publication, breached various clauses of the Press Code that governs South African media in its reporting on the African Peace Mission to Ukraine and Russia, in June 2023.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force has suffered its first F-16 write-off since 2004 after a Lockheed Martin F-16 Blk. 52 crashed shortly after takeoff.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will remain at Kennedy Space Center while ULA repairs their ride to space, the first Atlas V to launch crew.
Central to Italy’s defense plans are expeditionary capabilities that allow forces to deploy rapidly, operate across different domains and collaborate effectively with allied forces, which includes equipping the flagship Cavour aircraft carrier with a fleet of F-35B aircraft.
With the U.S. Army’s cancellation of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, U.S. Special Operations Command is reviewing its A/MH-6 helicopter fleet
The No. 2 General Dynamics YF-16 lightweight fighter prototype, painted in sky blue and white camouflage, was featured on Aviation Week’s cover on April 1, 1974, a little more than a month before its first flight. The jet was powered by an F100 engine, the same used by the F-15. After a one-year flyoff against the Northrop YF-17 prototype, the YF-16 was chosen as the winner by the U.S. Air Force in January 1975 and became the F-16, entering service in 1979.
Portugal has taken delivery of the first of four upgraded Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft, despite their imminent replacement by Embraer’s C-390 airlifter.
