The Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) will static test the complete third stage of its KSLV-II space launcher within a few months, with a static test of the first stage to follow in 2020 ahead of the planned first flight in 2021.
NASA’s Office of Protective Services has accepted a series of recommendations from the agency’s inspector general that support more centralized oversight of NASA security.
Drone delivery service Zipline has demonstrated its medical delivery capabilities in joint military exercises involving the U.S. Marine Corps and Australian Defense Force.
NASA’s first all-female spacewalk, conducted Oct. 18 by astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, is a sign of increasing diversity among the space exploration community, the two women said.
The Philippines defense department will decide in December on the type of multi-role fighter (MRF) aircraft to be purchased by the air force, its chief says.
Longstanding planetary protection practices should be re-evaluated and updated regularly given the growing interest in international and commercial planetary exploration, advances in astrobiology and new small spacecraft technologies, according to a NASA-sponsored study.
The U.S. Air Force has made an initial award of $15.8 million to seven companies to provide advanced adversary air and close air support threat services under a contract with a maximum value of $6.5 billion over five years.
Switzerland’s Kopter Group and KAI have agreed to cooperate on marketing, sales and potential assembly of Kopter’s SH09 single-engine light helo in South Korea.
Position, navigation and timing equipment manufacturer Orolia is targeting the end of 2020 for the first delivery of its new survival emergency locator transmitter (ELT), which will feature a multiconstellation receiver.
“In the same way we opened access to low Earth orbit for smallsats, Rocket Lab is poised to become the dedicated ride to the Moon and beyond for small satellites,” founder and CEO Peter Beck says
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir replaced a faulty power control unit essential to the operation of the International Space Station's avionics.
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter full-rate production decision, which is slated for December, may be put off for up to 13 months because of delays with integrating the Joint Simulation Environment (JSE).
The U.S. has approved a possible sale to South Korea of AIM-120D Amraams, foreshadowing introduction into Asia of the latest standard of the Raytheon air-to-air missile.
NASA is plotting a manned return to the Moon and then on to Mars and deeper into the Solar System, a theme evident this week at a meeting of the Association of Space Explorers.
Exploration activities will include continuing funding of the International Space Station, European cooperation with NASA for lunar missions and possibly a Mars sample return mission.
U.S. Army expands next tactical missile’s range; what an FVL program may cost; KAI begins building KF-X prototype; France and Germany to sign FCAS deal.
Four contenders are each offering different configurations for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program. A fifth remains under wraps.
Testing how an AI “brain” can control a fighter-sized aircraft remains the goal of the Skyborg program. But the first prototype will also serve as a guinea pig for a new approach to aircraft design and production, the AFRL says.
