Virgin Orbit is targeting September for the first of two launches this year from the UK’s new spaceport in Cornwall, a mission that will mark the first rocket launch from British soil and the first commercial launch from Western Europe.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan on June 28 reversed his opposition to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden, allowing the Scandinavian countries a clear path to joining the transatlantic alliance at a moment of heightened security concerns over Russia’s four-month-old war with Ukraine.
When the Air Force Research Laboratory sent its Tactical High Power Microwave Operational Responder system downrange for an overseas assessment, the lab’s engineers back home did not want to sit still and wait for the system to come home, so they got to work on upgrades.
The U.S. Air Force wants to modify its Boeing KC-135s and KC-46s in a new effort that the service says is independent of the KC-Y “bridge tanker” program it started last year, but now says is looking less likely to become a competition.
Northrop Grumman’s 17th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station departed early June 28, ending a four-month stay that included a successful demonstration of the commercial freighter’s ability to reboost the outpost.
NASA’s lunar Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment small satellite successfully launched from Mahia, New Zealand, early June 28 U.S. time.
The U.S. Army on June 27 awarded Sikorsky a $2.28 billion contract for 120 H-60M Black Hawks, the 10th and final multiyear contract for the helicopters.
A five-year joint effort by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Office of Naval Research to create the next generation of a high-powered microwave weapon is culminating in a major test this summer.
The U.S. military is preparing to send advanced air defense systems to Ukraine to better protect the country’s skies from threats including cruise missiles, as NATO leaders meet to determine additional aid for the nation in its war with Russia.
The U.S. Defense Department has proposed launching a large-scale prototyping effort for a blended wing body aircraft that will be evaluated as a future tanker, airlifter and bomber.
NASA and Northrop Grumman have reported a successful, first-ever limited orbital reboost of the International Space Station on June 25 using the gimbaled delta velocity engine on Northrop’s Cygnus resupply mission capsule.
The UK Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capability Office has decided not to proceed with the build and flight trials of its £30 million ($37 million) Mosquito Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft demonstrator.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has narrowed a competition to build a hypersonic missile interceptor to Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, eliminating a bid by Lockheed Martin to enter the next stage of the Glide Phase Interceptor prototyping program.
The perceived lack of responsiveness from Boeing has delayed the Air Force’s ability to finalize production contracts for the first lots of F-15EX fighters, the service's acquisition chief says.
The Netherlands government has decided to accelerate the purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper UAS, citing concerns about a “strained” defense market.
