Defense

By Irene Klotz
With cases of COVID-19 on the rise, NASA shutters Stennis and Michoud centers.
Program Management

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Defense

By Irene Klotz
A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 21 to deliver another 34 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is
Space

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble
The Pentagon will pay up to 90% of billed work immediately for large contractors and 95% for small businesses.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
LOS ANGELES -- As part of efforts to sustain operations and increase its chances of receiving a state bailout to offset the devastating impact of the
Marketplace

By Jen DiMascio
Marcel Dassault hired Saget as a test pilot in 1955 and later appointed him chief test pilot.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon is in talks on invoking the Defense Production Act to support the government’s response to COVID-19.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
With the defense industrial base formally declared "critical infrastructure," the Defense Department is emphasizing the supply chain's "special responsibility" to maintain schedules.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Despite COVID-19 Britain is undertaking its biggest defense and foreign policy review since Cold War.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The March 19 test means the technology can transition into weapon systems development for the Army and Navy, the Pentagon says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Lee Hudson
A U.S. Air Force active duty member who works for the Defense Health Agency has tested positive for COVID-19.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
Two lawmakers are making a bipartisan plea to House Appropriations defense subcommittee leadership for the purchase of two MQ-4C Tritons in fiscal 2021.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
A new, low-cost turbojet designed to power future generations of swarming cruise missiles has completed flight testing, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced on March 19.
Missile Defense & Weapons

FARNBOROUGH INTL cancelled the 2020 Farnborough International Airshow due to COVID-19; 2022 Farnborough Intl Airshow is scheduled for July 17-24.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
U.S. defense primes are increasingly securing billion-dollar sums of new debt financing as companies large and small manage a liquidity crisis stemming from the COVID-19 virus and the collapse of air travel.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Organizers of July’s Farnborough International Airshow and the Royal International Air Tattoo have decided to cancel the events in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marketplace

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Army awards Bell and Sikorsky risk-reduction contracts for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Urchick, Matthew Jouppi
A look at military requirements across the continent that may translate into orders over the next decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA is temporarily halting work on the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft as it closes the Michoud Assembly Facility in
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Former Trump administration UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned from aerospace and defense giant Boeing’s board of directors in opposition to the company’s $60 billion bailout bid, the company said March 19.
Marketplace

By Jen DiMascio
The coronavirus pandemic is putting U.S. defense companies in a bind.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Aircraft repairs continue as normal despite the novel coronavirus scare at the three sprawling Air Logistics Centers (ALCs), where about 25,000 workers maintain the bulk of the U.S. Air Force aircraft fleet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Launching the Mars 2020 rover, recently named Perseverance, this summer remains among NASA’s highest priorities, despite agency-wide shutdowns of its facilities due to health concerns over the coronavirus disease COVID-19.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program, which provides ground processing and launch facilities for the integrated Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft, is in better shape now than when the program was last audited in 2016, but the agency needs to improve cross-program integration and testing, the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) said March 19.
Space