Defense and Space

NASA on May 1 selected nine companies for a dozen concept studies aimed at expanding the exploration of Mars.

Launch is planned for 10:34 p.m. EDT on May 6 atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral.

The company plans to issue 20.8 million shares, with an offering price to be posted on May 27, according to a financial filing with the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

A planned fleet of new medium rotorcraft for the UK armed services has been cut in size by a third, industry officials have revealed to lawmakers.

A recent simulator test shows that a U.S. Navy fighter pilot will be able to command an MQ-25 Stingray to start the aerial refueling process.

The Royal Aeronautical Society has released a briefing paper that serves as a “pre-mortem approach” to eVTOL safety, attempting to anticipate challenges.

The country is shaking up space exploration, commerce and the broader geopolitical picture.

Small, high-altitude balloons, business jets and loitering UAVs all feed into new targeting plans.

Collaborative Combat Aircraft and Survivable Airborne Operations Center selections favor private companies as major primes set sights on larger awards.

The V-22 Program Office is starting a new study looking at long-term modernization of the tiltrotor.

The U.S. Air Force expects to field more than 100 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) under the first phase of the program.

Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman remain on track to debut the new Antares 330 launch vehicle in 2025.

The U.S. Air Force has declared a Nunn-McCurdy cost breach for its Boeing MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter program.

The U.S. SDA awarded Millennium Space Systems a $413 million contract to build a prototype network of fire-control quality sensing satellites.

A two-week competitive fly-off for the Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle - Expeditionary Logistics program is expected to begin in July.

Earlier this year, NASA announced a rescheduling of the Artemis II and Artemis III missions.

Defense contractor Leidos sees growing opportunities in a geopolitically fraught world.

Elbit Systems has announced a $50 million contract from an unspecified international customer for its new Red Sky very short-range air defense system.

Switzerland has made a request for information to industry on medium-range air defense systems to fill a capability gap.

France's General Directorate for Armaments, DGA, has placed the first orders for long-lead items for the country’s future aircraft carrier.

Belgium has officially become an observer in the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Airbus officials have stated.

European satellite communications provider SES is to buy U.S.-based rival Intelsat in a bid to tackle competition from other low-Earth-orbit services.

SpaceX's resupply mission to the ISS, CRS-30, returned early April 30 with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.

Lockheed’s road map to victory provides clues for the sixth-generation combat aircraft program.

Six European countries are expected to have placed orders for 24 DHC-515s by the summer.