Defense

In the course of investigating why a Falcon 9 burst into flames on the launchpad in 2016, SpaceX, NASA and the USAF agreed that future versions of the booster would include upgraded composite overwrapped pressure vessels.

The Pentagon’s head of research and engineering is making it his mission with the new Congress to advocate that science and technology funding is not a “red or blue” issue but is instead the colors “red, white and blue.”

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is building a fully equipped maintenance facility for its F-35I fighters at the Tel Nof airbase.

The FAA will release a draft regulation in February that streamlines requirements for commercial space launch and recovery operations.

The provider of the batteries for Airbus’ Zephyr solar-powered stratospheric UAV says it is working with eVTOL developers on applications for its high-energy-density lithium-ion cells.

Two current and former Purdue University professors have launched a “faculty-owned” startup called Next Offset Solutions that 3D-prints energetic materials.

Airbus’ data sharing and analysis platform Skywise has built-in security and the airframer’s partners have provided guarantees on data protection, Airbus Digital Transformation Officer Marc Fontaine says.

The sensor is part of an effort to accumulate technology for the Future Fighter. It is sized for demonstration in an F-2.

The F-15 upgrade looks extensive, judging from a budget request of ¥43.9 billion ($387 million) for development in this fiscal year.

Aircraft OEM Boeing and ELG Carbon Fibre are forming a partnership to recycle excess aerospace-grade composite material from 11 Boeing manufacturing sites.

The space mining market is expected to boom from just $650 million this year to $2.84 billion by 2025, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets.

The UK government is open to working with the U.S., “allies and like-minded friends” on developing a satellite navigation system.

India’s heaviest, most-advanced communication satellite, GSAT-11, has been successfully launched into space aboard a European Ariane 5 rocket.

The Italian Air Force has become the first European air arm to declare its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters operational.

Italy’s Leonardo has flown what it calls the latest iteration of its C-27J Spartan turboprop airlifter.

Polish defense minister Mariusz Blaszczak has urged the accelerated introduction of a new combat aircraft able to operate in the “anti-access and network-centric environments."

Jon Lake reports on a vital helicopter rescue mission near the Somali border with Kenya.

Defense contractors’ work for Saudi Arabia seems to fall in a Goldilocks position. It sounds like a recipe for the status quo, like it or not.

The higher demand comes from U.S. allies and the Pentagon, as it seeks to regrow missile stocks after years of sequestration budget caps.

The approval ends a 16-month delay to the start of the stealthy fighter's formal initial operational test and evaluation program.

The U.S. State Department has started a 60-day notification period to formally withdraw from the 31-year-old Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.

Turkey not buying the Lockheed Martin F-35 will not have a “devastating impact” on the JSF enterprise, the head of U.S. Air Force international affairs said.

Operators of business jets are showing great interest in Israeli-developed systems that protect aircraft from shoulder-launched missiles.

White House policy loosening restrictions on the marketing and sale of armed UAS has not made it easier for the USAF to export the MQ-9, a service official says.

As concerns have grown that the exponential hike in computer power predicted by Moore’s law is slowing, the hype around quantum computing has risen.