Defense

Lockheed Martin’s ambitious plans to develop a compact fusion reactor to provide clean nuclear energy remain on track according to the company and are set to move to the next stage with the completion this year of a scaled up, more powerful test reactor.

Virgin orbit, which is starting work on the sixth LauncherOne rocket, says its role in Artemis will be “to launch satellites built and operated by other team members, with the first launch coming as soon as late 2020.”

British F-35 squadron assessed the fighter's global support chain and networks.

The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent solicitation invites bids on the weapon system’s engineering and manufacturing development phase and includes five production lot options to manufacture and deploy the weapon.

“This is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by Iran against vessels operating in international waters,” Trump said July 18.

The UK's broad plans to expand the country’s access in space so far do not include building a bespoke global navigation satellite system akin to the U.S. GPS system.

Trump’s backtracking comes one day after the U.S. announced it is officially removing Turkey from the F-35 program because of the nation’s purchase of the S-400.

The UK is elevating the role of its 11-year-old Joint Forces Command, which was charged with shaping and overseeing joint operations for a new era of “gray zone” conflict.

The service is creating a replicated threat in a degraded and denied environment, Brig. Gen. Walter Rugen, Future Vertical Lift cross functional team director, told Aerospace DAILY July 16 at Ft. Myer in Arlington, Virginia.

U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated surface warfare officer Vice Adm. Mike Gilday to be the 32nd chief of naval operations.

“[The] Chandrayaan-2 launch, which was called off due to a technical snag on July 15, 2019, is now rescheduled at 2:43 pm IST (local time) on Monday, July 22,” according to a senior official at the state-run Indian Space Research Organization.

Countering cruise missile attacks by Chinese bombers from the eastern side of Japan is a key role for the modernized aircraft.

UK study and investment spur new interest in Mach 5 flight.

Since last December, the upper echelons of Pentagon leadership remain in disarray, and enduring stability seems elusive.

The announcement moves the UK into the exclusive club of nations vying to develop hypersonic weapons and aircraft, joining China, France, Japan, Russia and the U.S.

Turkey made more than 900 F-35 parts and assigned $1 billion in industrial partnership work across its supplier base.

Commercial operators Tenax Aerospace and Grand Sky Development have signed agreements for purchase rights, but details have not been not released.

The problem was discovered during testing at a component supplier that ULA declined to identify.

The mystery of the universe’s expansion seems to have deepened based on new measurements from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope.

KAI would deliver two FA-50s in 2020 and eight in 2021 under the proposed deal, South Korean news service Maeil reported.

Boaz Levi, executive vice president and general manager of IAI’s systems, missiles & space group, says, “This contract is a breakthrough as it advances us from system development and delivery to looking after the operational needs of our customers.”

The UAE may have to rethink its Earth surveillance plan after Vega mission failure destroys country’s first high-performance observation satellite.

Canberra seeks information on a proven and mature armed helicopter. Bell and Boeing will propose the Viper and Apache, Airbus a Tiger modernization.

How will U.S.-Turkey impasse over air defense systems be resolved?

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis ordered the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to get mission capable rates above 80% by the end of fiscal 2019.