Jeff Bezos, one of the richest people ever and founder of the category-killing online business Amazon, said he will hand over the CEO title to Andy Jasse and become executive chairman of the business behemoth.
Former Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg, AirFinance founder Kirsten Touw and other aviation luminaries are joining to launch a new special purpose acquisition company to acquire and take public aerospace and defense businesses.
After a spat with the FAA over an incomplete safety assessment prior to a previous Starship test, SpaceX launched another Starship upper-stage prototype from Boca Chica Beach, Texas, on Feb. 2, reaching an altitude of 32,800 ft. (10 km) and demonstrating flight control during subsonic re-entry before the vehicle crashed at landing.
Like U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing, Deputy Defense Secretary Nominee Kathleen Hicks said she supports the nuclear triad, but was careful not to comment on specific programs.
The European Space Agency has awarded a contract to Airbus for the construction of three more European Service Modules (ESM) for the Orion spacecraft that will carry crews to the cislunar Gateway station and the Moon as part of the NASA-led Artemis international program.
The first flight will be followed by early delivery of EX1, the designation for the first test aircraft, to the Air Force’s development and operational test force in the second quarter. Boeing’s original schedule called for delivering the first aircraft in August.
The U.S. and the Republic of Korea are discussing how to compensate South Korea for RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawks that have suffered a series of problems.
The UK Royal Air Force is planning to operate a SkyGuardian medium altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system in the UK this summer as it prepares for the introduction of its Protector platform.
The U.S. Army is wrapping up its “buy, try, inform” effort to evaluate competing runway-independent tactical unmanned aircraft systems as it prepares to finalize its acquisition strategy to replace the Textron RQ-7B Shadow.
Electric aircraft pioneer Pipistrel has teamed with unmanned aircraft specialist C-Astral Aerospace to expand the capability of the in-development Nuuva V20 cargo drone to encompass intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
NASA is preparing for the in-orbit demonstration of a propulsion system for small satellites that combines the safety of using water as the propellant with the performance of a chemical rocket.
The founder and CEO of e-commerce platform Shift4 Payments is chartering a SpaceX Crew Dragon flight for himself and three passengers, part of a fundraiser and public outreach for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and a business opportunity for a Shift4 entrepreneur.
At the end of January, the U.S. Air Force downgraded two previously unreported Category 1 deficiencies related to the KC-46’s auxiliary power unit, according to the head of Air Mobility Command.
The U.S. Air Force is finalizing the parameters of a study of commercial air refueling services before the military outsources the assessment to industry, the head of Air Mobility Command says.
The U.S, Army was expected to work with an independent MSI on the pair of Future Vertical Lift programs: the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft and the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft.
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover on Feb. 1 completed the final task in a multiyear swap out of the International Space Station’s solar power system batteries.
Virgin Galactic is targeting Feb. 13 for the next flight test of SpaceShipTwo, the six-passenger, two-pilot spacecraft designed for privately operated, suborbital flight services.
NASA has decided to repeat the static test fire of the first Space Launch System (SLS) core stage following an abbreviated burn of the vehicle’s four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines two weeks ago.
Lockheed Martin CEO and president Jim Taiclet will complete his leadership takeover of the Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales with the additional role of becoming chairman of the board of directors effective March 1.
