As The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft prepares to demonstrate solar-sail propulsion in low Earth orbit (LEO), project manager Vestigo Aerospace has received a NASA grant to study use of drag-sail technology to deorbit LEO satellites.
Turkey has taken delivery of the first components of an S-400 ground-based air defense system from Russia in a move that risks seriously impacting its relationship with the U.S. and NATO allies.
Philippines Air Force (PAF) Chief Air Lt. Gen. Rozzano Briguez said the aircraft should be received in 2020, but the manufacturer would not confirm when asked by Aerospace DAILY.
Boeing has selected a Raytheon radar to complete the supplier selection for the first of two major upgrades planned for the U.S. Air Force fleet of the nearly 60-year-old B-52H bombers.
Qatar has become the first announced customer for the Raytheon Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Extended Range (AMRAAM-ER), a surface-to-air missile.
Air Force scraps for missile-warning satellite funding; Fire Scout begins operations; Philippines to get Black Hawks in 2020; Germans use A400M for refueling.
The U.S. Air Force plans to start testing autonomy algorithms and artificial intelligence on a flying aircraft this summer, a spokeswoman confirmed on July 11.
Portugal looks to become the first export customer for the Embraer KC-390 after the government approved the purchase of five of the airlifters for €827 million ($930.5 million).
Germany’s Rheinland Air Service (RAS) has delivered a second heavily modified ATR-72 regional turboprop to the Pakistan Navy for maritime patrol duties.
“Approximately two minutes after liftoff, shortly after ignition of the Zefiro 23 second stage, a launcher anomaly occurred, leading to the premature end of the mission,” according to Arianespace, the launch operator.
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft touched down on the asteroid Ryugu late July 10 for a second time within five months to obtain samples of the primitive Solar System body for return to Earth.
The final, unpowered flight test of Virgin Orbit's two-stage, liquid-fueled LauncherOne expendable rocket clears the way for a trial run to space possibly by late summer.
The French government is under investigation for a possible violation of U.S. export control terms after a cache of Javelin missiles originally delivered to France were discovered inside a Libyan rebel compound, a State Department official said on July 10.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return mission spacecraft initiated a three-day attempt late July 9 to collect a subsurface sample of Ryugu.
British defense ministers are hopeful that issues dogging the reliability and serviceability of the UK’s A400M airlifter fleet will be solved by the third quarter of 2020.
India’s defense research agency recently conducted four successful tests of the Nag anti-tank guided missile, moving closer to its induction into the country’s military.
The USAF continues to defend its middle-tier acquisition practices strategy for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared missile warning satellite.
Dynetics, Inc. will join Maxar Technologies in the development and demo of operations for the cornerstone power and propulsion element of NASA’s Gateway.
