Defense and Space

A long-standing provision in the U.S. code to block investments in retiring weapon systems may negatively impact the ground leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.

Lockheed Martin Ventures participated in a $15 million Series A funding round for Elve Inc., a startup developing millimeter wave amplifiers.

NASA’s planned Mars Sample Return mission faces significant obstacles, an IG report says.

Launched in September 2016 as Osiris-Rex, the mission dropped off samples from the asteroid Bennu during a flyby of Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.

Roscosmos’ Soyuz 2.1b rocket with a Fregat booster orbited a batch of Russian satellites and an Iranian spacecraft on Feb. 29.

Expected poor weather downrange, a concern in case of a launch abort, has delayed SpaceX's Crew-8 launch.

Every dollar of aircraft production underpins at least another dollar of supplier activity in all tiers.

Lockheed Martin’s team has passed another milestone in a competitive design process with Northrop Grumman for the MDA's Next Generation Interceptor program.

Korea Aerospace Industries will be investing KRW 8 trillion ($5.9 billion) by 2040 in its High-Speed eXperimental Utility Helicopter project.

Iit had been initially reported that all six crewmembers onboard the helicopter had been rescued following the Feb. 28 accident.

India named four air force officers to become the founding members of the country’s Gaganyaan astronaut corps.

A NASA safety panel on Feb. 28 identified two issues that it is watching especially closely as the agency prepares for the Artemis II mission.

Northrop Grumman plans to lay off up to 1,000 employees at its Space Park facilities in Redondo Beach, California.

Howmet Aerospace Chairman and CEO John Plant said his company will not invest in significantly expanding titanium supply capacity.

A Raytheon/Kongsberg team has tested an upgraded Amraam-ER surface-to-air missile featuring a new version of the seeker and booster rocket motor.

Singapore will buy eight Lockheed Martin F-35A, making the RSAF one of only a handful of air arms to operate a mixed fleet of F-35A and F-35B.

Schweizer RSG is close to finally being able to sell aircraft in the U.S. with the development of a crash-resistant fuel system.

David Smith, incoming president and CEO of Robinson Helicopter, says it is on the verge of growth plans that potentially include developing new, larger models.

Virgin Galactic is reporting a net loss of $502.34 million in 2023, including a loss of $102.3 million in the fourth quarter.

The co-founders of Astra Space have offered a new, lower buyout bid for the embattled space startup.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is gearing up to begin a $7.2 billion upgrade program for the Indian Air Force’s Su-30MKI fighter fleet.

The Army National Guard on Feb. 27 announced a stand-down of all helicopter units following two crashes of Boeing AH-64D Apaches.

The UK defense ministry has opened negotiations to find a new fleet of medium helicopters for the country’s armed services.

“America’s first space station,” Skylab, was launched in 1973 on the last Saturn V rocket flown. The mission, coming on the heels of the final Apollo Moon landing, concluded nine months later in February 1974 with the successful return of a third astronaut crew that spent a then-record 84 days in space.

Leonardo is performing a study with Italy’s armed forces on potential missions for the AW609 as the company works to certify the tiltrotor.