SpaceX conducted its 18th Falcon 9 launch of the year on June 6, pausing the deployment of its own Starlink communications network to deliver a 7,500-lb. satellite into orbit for SiriusXM’s digital radio service.
Launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on June 3 at 1:29 p.m. EDT, the commercial freighter with 7,300 lb. of cargo docked to the space-facing port of the station's Harmony module at 5:09 a.m. EDT, for a monthlong stay.
The U.S. Air Force has restructured the Advanced Battle Management System program in a manner that will allow the service to communicate more clearly on Capitol Hill and to regularly deliver new capability.
An early funding stream to support a Boeing C-32A replacement for the U.S. Air Force could be shut down, with the remaining balance of funds transferred to another program supporting development of commercial supersonic transports.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has selected the Rocket Cargo project—determining the viability of using large commercial rockets for military logistics—as the fourth vanguard program and believes SpaceX is not the sole provider of the new technology.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is standing down from its planned June 23 launch of an Atlas V rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) spacecraft to review a potential issue.
United Launch Alliance is standing down from its planned June 23 launch of an Atlas V rocket with the Air Force Test Payload-3 to review a potential issue with oscillations of the booster’s upper stage engine nozzle, the company said on June 4.
A joint effort underway by Vandenberg Space Force Base with state and central California government and educational agencies to add commercial launch capabilities forecasts a favorable economic impact as the challenges the partnership has identified with an unfolding master plan are met.
The U.S. Space Force is seeking $832 million for unfunded priorities in fiscal 2022 to protect systems in orbit today, evolve to more resilient architectures, develop a warfighting punch and grow new missions, according to a document obtained by Aerospace DAILY.
HE Dr Khalid Bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah, Minister of State for Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Qatar and the UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, have announced an expansion of the relationship between each nation’s air force.
The General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) was launched in 2018 to catapult Saudi Arabia’s military aerospace ambitions into 2030. Now, 30 months on, Alan Warnes talks to the organisation’s governor, His Excellency Ahmed Al-Ohali.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on June 3, sending a Dragon Cargo ship on its way to the International Space Station with more than 7,300 lb. of equipment and supplies.
Most of the underlying issues that drove a one-year production pause for the Boeing/Leonardo MH-139 Gray Wolf helicopter should be resolved within six months, according to the head of Global Strike Command.
The U.S. Air Force and Navy are not cooperating currently on a future nuclear cruise missile despite active development programs by both services, says Gen. Timothy Ray, the head of Air Force Global Strike Command.
