Defense

The effort is intended to enhance already unique, mission-critical training.

Dassault Aviation has resumed deliveries of Rafale combat aircraft to France after a four-year hiatus.

The research agency wants to track all objects in real time in low Earth orbit.

German satellite launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has declared plans to conduct its first launch from the UK’s SaxaVord Spaceport.

The French Air and Space Force has begun to discuss operations in the 20-100 km altitude range.

Officials are envisioning the creation of both industrial and government joint ventures.

Data from HigherGov found that the sector recorded 433 transactions announced in 2022 with a disclosed deal value of $46 billion.

The next Soyuz spacecraft, designated MS-23, will launch uncrewed on Feb. 20.

Fast Cloud features a silver saucer-shaped balloon, with an uncrewed aircraft system slung underneath it.

The parachute-assisted splashdown occurred Jan. 11 at 5:19 a.m. EST in the Atlantic waters north of Cape Canaveral.

The 10 F-35Bs with VMFA 122 are the only examples of the fighter embarked on a flat-top ship in the Pacific at present.

For China, striking distant targets in the Pacific is one thing. Doing it economically is another.

The U.S. Space Force wants terminals that will operate between two GEO spacecraft.

If testing continues through the end of 2023, the JPO may not be able to deliver the TR-3 to Lockheed’s production system for operational F-35s until 2024.

The RCO’s Project Monet aims to fund a technology demonstrator to prove potential green technologies.

Airbus and VDL Group will work together on the terminal, to be called UltraAir, developing a prototype for flight test demonstration in 2024.

The launch was the 16th devoted to deploying OneWeb’s initial 648-member constellation into low Earth orbit.

Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters says the U.S. needs to be prepared to contribute combat aircraft when the time is right to bolster Ukraine’s military.

Officials say the need to hike defense spending has been driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and fears that hybrid activity could spill beyond Ukraine.

Each recipient is to assess the physical potential for their concepts, a road map for ongoing development and implementation, and potential limitations.

Despite as many as 640 aircraft losses for the U.S., Japan and Taiwan in one scenario, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is more likely than not to fail, CSIS says.

Virgin Orbit said its data suggested that an anomaly occurred during the Newton 4 second-stage engine burn as the rocket travelled at 11,000 mph.

Company sees robots as critical for building off-world economy.

The Army wants its Black Hawk replacement fielded quickly, though the schedule faces uncertainty as the Government Accountability Office reviews Bell’s award.

About 1 hr. 6 min. after takeoff, Virgin Orbit confirmed that an anomaly had prevented the LauncherOne rocket from reaching orbit.