The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin this month are finishing a major modernization program to integrate AIM-9X Block 2 and AIM-120D missiles onto the F-22 and recently began an incremental update program that will see the Raptor better able to communicate with other aircraft.
BAE Systems and Embraer are teaming up to study potential military missions for the Brazilian OEM’s Eve electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
DARPA has selected Germany-based Mynaric to create an architectural design for the experimental laser communication terminals called for by the agency’s Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space BACN) program.
Australia’s requirement for Hellfire missiles likely will increase, as it recently announced plans to expand the MH-60R fleet in support of naval operations.
The German Navy's Westland Lynx Mk 88A helicopters were used primarily for aerial surveillance, especially in enforcing sanctions against North Korea prior to the ship’s arrival into Singapore.
The FAA on Dec. 20 granted a license to Spaceport Camden in Camden County, Georgia, for small-rocket launches to low Earth orbit after several years of local community debate.
SpaceX set a new record for Falcon 9 booster reuse, launching and landing its fleet leader for an 11th time on Dec. 18 as the company neared the end of a 2021 launch manifest that aims for a record 31 flights.
U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft are flying about eight sorties per day over Afghanistan to watch for ISIS-K and other threats after one month of no activity, according to newly released U.S. Air Force numbers.
The UAE has a demonstrated pattern of selecting a new fighter, breaking off talks for several years and then finalizing the deal when conditions appear more favorable.
The U.S. Navy and Boeing recently completed deck-handling tests on the company’s MQ-25 test asset, showing how the refueling drone will be able to integrate with carrier operations.
United Launch Alliance, based in Centennial, Colorado, has selected Wichita-based Maynard to supply components for the Atlas V rocket following a November meeting with potential Wichita suppliers.
The U.S. Air Force aborted an attempted boost test flight of the Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on Dec. 15, service officials say. The aborted flight became the third unsuccessful attempt this year to test the new booster rocket developed for the AGM-183A, a prototype that consists of a single-stage booster and a hypersonic glide vehicle with a high lift-to-drag shape.
Initial nondestructive scientific assessments of the sample of the asteroid Ryugu affirm the value of such material in providing new insights into the formation and evolution of the Solar System.
Japan is reportedly in the final stages of negotiations with partners from the United Kingdom to firm up the scope and price for the development of the future F-X fighter’s engine.
Middle Eastern air forces are increasingly fielding a new class of very-long-range stand-off missile, despite the strictures of the multilateral Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the fact that the US is determined to limit the range and payload of any such weapons systems supplied to its regional allies.
The Soyuz MS-20 carrying Yusaku Maezawa, Yozo Hirano and veteran cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin touched down in remote Kazakhstan on Dec. 20, marking the end of a 12-day private spaceflight.
The six-year-old startup, which said it reached profitability in 2020, is one of many targeting the burgeoning counter-UAS product and services market.
Counter-drone systems specialist Dedrone has landed $30.5 million in Series C venture capital, the company announced Dec. 17, and is working to be able to detect, identify and track more than 200 different UAS.
Stoke Space, a startup trying to develop a completely reusable rocket for the burgeoning commercial satellite market, has closed a $65 million Series A venture capital round that will go toward developing a rapidly repeatable second-stage segment.
