Defense

Every deal is a mix of market forecast and unique conditions, especially price, and the buyouts of Aerojet and Maxar are no different.

Sierra Nevada calls the platform RAPCON-X—for “rapidly configurable,” as the jets are designed to bring on mission equipment and be tasked quickly.

Twice postponed, the excursion took the two astronauts to the 4A power channel on the port side of the 360-ft.-long truss.

The long-awaited contract signing pushes back first delivery by four years to 2026, with the program now concluding a year later than scheduled in 2029.

NASA and Roscosmos are probing an ammonia coolant leak in the aft instrument compartment of the Soyuz MS-MS-22 crew capsule at the International Space Station.

The Senate on Dec. 22 passed the $1.7 billion omnibus spending package.

The RQ-4B introduction comes as the Japanese Defense Ministry published a new national defense strategy, which includes greater investment in uncrewed systems.

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Boeing, SpaceX have contracts for lunar missions.

With Orion back on Earth, NASA officials are examining the results and preparing to name astronauts in 2023.

In a video published on social media Dec. 21, the RACER prototype’s avionics blinked into life.

NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft has departed Naval Base San Diego for transport via truck to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Austria’s defense ministry is to double its order of Leonardo AW169M Light Utility Helicopters by exercising options for an additional 18 aircraft.

Avio’s Vega C launch vehicle failed to place Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 satellites into orbit on Dec. 20.

The Canadian-based executive wants the government to keep the Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft program open to competitive bids, including the Global 6500.

The end came following a months-long struggle to clear the spacecraft’s power-generating solar arrays of dust storm deposits.

The planned spacewalk will see the installation of a fourth ISS Roll Out Solar Array.

The defense minister's remarks come four days after the Kfir replacement program received an urgent endorsement from President Gustavo Petro.

The latest drawdown package raises the overall assistance to Ukraine from the U.S. government to $21.3 billion since Russia invaded its neighbor.

The Russian spacecraft experienced a leak on the external cooling loop of its instrument compartment on Dec. 14.

Possession of the licenses puts Virgin Orbit back on course to launch in January.

The massive demand for weapons for Ukraine has caused the Pentagon and industry to reevaluate supply chains and procurement planning.

Demonstrations are growing more diverse as the industry matures and new players seek to change the space industry.

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