NASA is targeting Feb. 25 for a second attempt at a 485-sec., full-duration “hot fire” of the Space Launch System’s four core-stage RS-25 liquid-hydrogen and oxygen-fueled rocket engines at Stennis Space Center.
An uncrewed Russian Progress MS-16 resupply ship successfully docked with the International Space Station Feb. 17 at 1:27 a.m. EST, delivering 2.5 tons of various supplies.
Intellectual property appears to be at the heart of new disagreements between France and Germany over the Future Combat Air System, defense analysts have suggested.
Raytheon Technologies is registering concerns over Lockheed Martin’s proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJR) due to continuing consolidation in rocket and missile propulsion providers, the chief executive of Raytheon told an analysts conference Feb. 17.
The U.S. aerospace industry provided a foreign trade surplus of around $43 billion in 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department reported this month, a notable achievement amid the onset of COVID-19 but almost half the sector’s 2019 level.
Turkey’s defense industry organization, SSB, has signed agreements with local industry to produce power systems for the country’s future indigenous combat aircraft, TF-X.
Most details remain secret about the U.S. Air Force’s requirements for replacing the Boeing E-4B fleet, but two small details announced since December point to an acquisition of used 747s.
The U.S. Air Force’s program to replace the Minuteman III nuclear ICBM, the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, cleared its first major design review in November, prime contractor Northrop Grumman announced Feb. 16.
Under a U.S. Air Force contract, Yates Electrospace is to scale down its Silent Arrow disposable unmanned cargo glider for deployment from the Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey special operations tiltrotor transport.
Danish lawmakers have agreed on a 1.5 billion Danish Krone (DKK) ($244 million) package to bolster the defense of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, strengthening Denmark’s presence and surveillance capabilities in the North Atlantic and Arctic.
A selection of the Saab Gripen by Finland as its future combat aircraft could lead to greater integration between the Swedish and Finnish air forces, Sweden’s defense minister has suggested.
The UK’s Royal International Air Tattoo has joined the growing list of 2021 aerospace events canceled over the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic.
Airbus has said it could be “useful” if the trinational Future Combat Air System (FCAS) countries France, Germany, and Spain could build three new-generation fighter demonstrators to support developments in their respective state.
SpaceX delivered 60 more of its Starlink broadband satellites into orbit on Feb. 16 though it lost the first stage booster during a failed landing attempt, breaking its string of 24 successful touchdowns.
NATO commanders have declared the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) force of radar-reconnaissance Global Hawk unmanned air systems fit for operational duty.
