NASA is now spending more money with SpaceX than Boeing, Lockheed or any other single contractor aside from the California Institute of Technology, which operates the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Redwire’s upgraded Biofabication Facility is set for a Nov. 6 launch to the International Space Station, intended to advance efforts to culture human tissues and organs in microgravity for surgical transplant on Earth.
Lockheed Martin is pitching a three-phase adoption of datalinks, processing and enhanced situational awareness for its LMXT tanker, as the U.S. Air Force works through its requirements and decides whether to continue with a competition for the KC-Y “bridge tanker.”
Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody has completed the first flight of an upgraded version of the L-159 Advanced Light Combat Aircraft, boosting its capab
Ash Carter, an academic and physicist turned Pentagon leader who served as President Barack Obama’s last secretary of defense from 2015-2017, died Oct. 24 at the age of 68.
The altitude-raising maneuver was to avoid orbital debris associated with a former Soviet electronic and signals intelligence satellite that was the target of a November 2021 Russian anti-satellite test.
In August, Lockheed Martin delivered its first flight software package for an updated national missile defense system, the Next Generation Interceptor.
As a third attempt to launch the Artemis I test flight of an uncrewed Orion capsule around the Moon and back to Earth nears, NASA has placed a $1.99 billion order for three more of the four-person capsules for Artemis missions VI through VIII.
An oft-cited talking point for critics of the Lockheed Martin F-35 is simply to state the program’s official $1.68 trillion cost estimate, which is usually rounded up to a cleaner $1.7 trillion.
The independent study team plans to spend nine months collecting unclassified UAP data from civilian government agencies, commercial entities and other sources and recommend a path forward for future analysis.
The U.S. Army has an aggressive schedule for developing and fielding future variants of its surface-to-surface Precision Strike Missile as it prioritizes the longest-range variant.
The U.S. Army is testing its ability to fire guided munitions from small uncrewed aircraft systems, bringing its high-tech approach to a capability that has proven its effectiveness in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
The U.S. Marine Corps has taken the first step toward fielding a new Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Family of Systems (FOS), releasing a request for information (RFI) on Oct. 21 to gather information on available options.
