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By Bill Carey
The U.S. Space Force’s 30th Space Wing, the state of California and other involved parties have entered into an agreement to develop a commercial spaceport facility at Vandenberg AFB, California, the federal government’s Western launch range.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Boeing's T-7A won the U.S. Air Force contract to replace the T-38 in September 2019, but the company's response to Australia’s emerging requirement to replace a fleet of aging BAE Hawk 127 jets is now the type’s first move on the market.
Marketplace

By Steve Trimble
Development of a new stealth bomber and contract award for the next intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) remain on schedule despite COVID-19 workplace disruptions, Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden said July 30 on a teleconference about second-quarter earnings.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Swiss artificial-intelligence (AI) start-up Daedalean has launched a project in partnership with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to develop the first guidance for the certification of machine learning in safety-critical applications onboard aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Hours after the Demo-2 spacecraft was cleared to splash down along the Florida coast this weekend carrying two NASA astronauts home from the International Space Station (ISS), a tropical disturbance headed for the Sunshine State was upgraded to a tropical storm.
Space

By Bill Carey
Garmin said it was returning to normal operations following a cyberattack that disrupted its web-based aviation and consumer applications for several days.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The HAPSMobile venture involving Japan’s SoftBank and AeroVironment has completed a fourth test flight of its solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft, flying for longer and reaching a higher altitude than previous tests.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will act as prime contractor for the upgrade of up to 98 Japanese Boeing F-15J fighters, the U.S. company said, announcing the signing of an agreement on the program between the two sides.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
New Zealand-based startup Dawn Aerospace has rolled out its Mk-II Aurora reusable suborbital spaceplane.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral AFS on July 30, sending the $2.4-billion NASA Perseverance rover on its way to Mars to search for signs of past life and cache promising rock and soil samples for a future return to Earth.
Space

Actual And Projected
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By Irene Klotz
NASA’s current tally for the economic toll to its programs from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is about $1.5 billion, Administrator Jim Bridenstine said on July 29.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bill Carey
The FAA will not extend a three-year partnership initiative with industry and state and local governments that helped launch the first commercial drone delivery operations in the U.S.
Marketplace

By Tony Osborne
The British government has begun a consultation on regulations that will pave the way for space launches from UK soil in the early 2020s.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory plans to audition the medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system next year to carry two, newly-developed airborne networking pods.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
U.S. Space Command (Spacecom) is partnering with U.S. Cyber Command by offering a planning element to implement cyber protection and capabilities or space expertise.
Space

By Sean Broderick
Boeing’s noncommercial businesses remain its lone bright spot amid a global airline industry crisis that is forcing the company to shrink, despite a second-quarter performance that saw minuscule year-over-year revenue growth and lower operating margin in Boeing’s Defense, Space, and Security unit.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
As part of a larger strategy shift that calls for the removal of 11,900 U.S. troops from Germany, an F-16 unit is relocating from Spangdahlem Air Base to Italy, Defense Secretary Mark Esper says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The development and operational test phases for the Boeing F-15EX will be managed by the Operational Flight Program Combined Test Force (OFP CTF) at Eglin AFB, Florida.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
In-situ resource utilization, combined with advances in additive manufacturing, could provide the materials and technologies for the construction of habitats, factories, spare parts and supplies on the Moon and Mars.
Space

By Lee Hudson
A new report on the space industrial base discusses the catastrophic impact the spread of the novel coronavirus has had on space companies and how the global pandemic provides a dangerous opportunity for China and Russia to challenge or surpass the U.S. in space.
Space

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Defense

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Defense

By Lee Hudson
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee is against folding funding for Defense Department programs into the latest COVID-19 relief package.
Budget, Policy & Operations