SpaceX on April 7 completed its eighth mission of the year to deploy its Starlink broadband network, boosting the constellation to about 1,400 spacecraft.
As more startups announce awards under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime initiative, a pattern of exploring novel ideas through small business contracts is emerging.
The rare public discourse on a normally internal, interservice dispute highlights a fundamental question for the Pentagon: Preserve the U.S. Air Force and Navy's role in long range strike, or expand the options to include the Army and Marine Corps.
Siding with nearly 50 years of tradition, the U.S. Air Force on April 7 named the newly-delivered Boeing F-15EX as the Eagle II in a ceremony at Eglin AFB, Florida.
Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will chair the advisory board at Voyager Space Holdings, the market’s first vertically integrated new-space holding company that recently acquired the Launch Co, Nanoracks and others.
The U.S. Air Force has selected Collins Aerospace to design a new wheel and carbon brake system for the B-52 as part of the aircraft’s life extension program.
The Russian government has approved an extension of its bilateral cooperation with the U.S. on exploration and the use of space for peaceful purposes for 10 more years, until Dec 31, 2030.
As SpaceX prepared to deliver its 24th batch of Starlink satellites into orbit this week, President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell said beta trials will continue until the network, designed to deliver high-speed, low-latency internet, is more reliable.
The B-52H crew returned to Edwards AFB Base, California, carrying the still-attached ARRW-booster, which included a weight representative payload for the ARRW hypersonic glide vehicle.
In a major growth move following the 2020 acquisition of Cobham by private-equity investors, the company’s radio-frequency products arm has forged a strategic alliance to bring 3D-printed waveguide technology to U.S. space, electronic warfare, radar and other applications.
Airbus and Dassault Aviation have reached an agreement on how to share work on the Future Combat Air System program, in which France, Germany and Spain are equally involved.
The UK Royal Air Force will consider a zero-emission trainer for its upcoming Telum requirement for a fleet of aircraft to be used for elementary flying training.
The UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) is to establish a second joint squadron with the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) to support the training of fast jet pilots for the Gulf state.
The Small Adaptive Bank of Electronic Resources was tested during a series of 11 flights aboard an EC-130H Compass Call at Davis Mountain AFB in Arizona.
