The Ministry of Defense in Tokyo has revived the possibility of the Mitsubishi Electric AAM-4B air-to-air missile equipping Boeing F-15s slated for upgrading.
The two countries have a signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that paves the way for joint studies firming up mutual requirements and establishing the industrial base for a potential future acquisition program.
Though he was a gifted military and test pilot and aeronautical engineer, Neil Armstrong’s role in the historic Apollo 11 landing drew a level of attention and scrutiny the then 38-year-old, small town Ohio native shunned as much as possible.
JAXA and Toyota have begun a three-year collaborative research program with the goal of launching a fuel-cell-powered, long-range rover to the Moon in 2029 as part of Japan’s contribution to an international space exploration effort.
U.S. Air Force Space Command Director of Operations and Communications Brig. Gen. DeAnna Burt is defending Gen. John Hyten's nomination to be the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"The work we have done today verifies our models and shows that the physics we are talking about—the basis of what we are trying to do—is sound," Lockheed Martin Skunk Works VP and General Manager Jeff Babione says.
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.”
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.
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.
“[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.
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.
