Almost half of all global manned aircraft opportunities over the next decade will arise from Asia, new data from Aviation Week Intelligence Network has revealed.
Scientists are increasingly grateful for the surprises that NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered at Jezero Crater on Mars and the prospect that samples can determine whether they supported long-ago biological activity.
It is time for the U.S. to move the management of traffic in space (STM) from the Defense Department to the Commerce Department, the three-star deputy commander of U.S. Space Command says.
The nominee to lead the U.S. military’s nuclear force repeatedly punted when pressed by lawmakers on whether he would support the new, low-yield, submarine-launched nuclear missile that has become controversial on Capitol Hill and opposed by the Biden administration.
The U.S. Air Force’s newest refueler, the Boeing KC-46, has flown its first combat refueling sortie as part of an exercise to employ the tanker downrange before it is officially operational.
Lockheed Martin will connect its Speed Racer flight vehicle with an F-35 in flight tests as a way to demonstrate autonomy and crewed-uncrewed teaming for future Pentagon programs such as the U.S. Air Force’s and Navy’s planned collaborative combat aircraft.
The FAA has awarded Raytheon Intelligence & Space an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a ceiling of $375 million over 10 years to upgrade the Wide Area Augmentation System space-based precision navigation system.
Detroit startup Airspace Experience Technologies has completed the first hover flight of its proof-of-concept Sigma Six, a tiltwing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle with interchangeable plug-and-play payloads for defense, emergency response, cargo and passenger transport missions.
For its recent Mission Pegase 2022 exercise, the French Air and Space Force demonstrated its ability to reinforce New Caledonia, conduct satellite communications and engage a simulated invasion force.
The high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft is the first of seven MQ-4C Triton that Australia has acquired in its drive to increase maritime domain awareness.
DARPA has announced its Steerable Optical Aperture Receivers program, an effort to identify promising new approaches to optical beam steering in miniature form for use in laser communications or LiDAR.
Masten Space Systems, a Mojave, California, pioneer of the modern era of new-space startups, has been sold and will combine with Astrobotic, another startup targeting a predicted lunar logistics marketplace.
Supply chain, radio and software delays as well as a contract protest contributed to a three-month delay in a planned launch of Space Development Agency satellites.
Boeing is looking at ways to integrate more orders for its AH-64 Apache attack helicopter following a major announcement from Poland along with two other nations that have said they intent to buy the chopper as well as at least one more multiyear order from the U.S. Army.
Portuguese MRO house OGMA will provide support and maintenance for fleets of Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos operating in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
NASA is seeking proposals for the third and fourth agency-sponsored private astronaut missions to the International Space Station set for launches in late 2023 and 2024, a Sept. 14 solicitation notice says.
Gomspace and Aerospacelab, two manufacturers of nano and microsatellites, are taking steps to increase the proportion of standardized content in their products, aiming for higher quality and lower cost.
