As NASA continues feasibility studies into nuclear propulsion for deep space missions, DARPA has awarded an initial contract to help pave the way toward possible orbital tests of a nuclear-powered rocket for U.S. military use in and around cislunar space.
Leonardo’s BriteCloud active decoy technology has been adapted to fit onboard small unmanned aircraft to support the UK Royal Air Force’s drone swarm trials.
The 17,000-sq.-ft. “Engineering, Manufacturing and Development" facility in Camden, Arkansas, replaces a former large solid rocket motor plant near Sacramento, California.
A simple calculation of the flight time and the distance provided by the Russian government shows an average flight speed of Mach 4.9. The statement released by the Kremlin also said the missile’s maximum speed exceeded Mach 8 during the flight
A Russian military flight test center celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sept. 29 by publishing a video showing the flight of a group of four Su-57 fighters, one of which carried two R-77M medium-range air-to-air missiles that had not been seen before.
The U.S. is shifting its irregular warfare strategy to a broader approach that includes information warfare and gray zone operations to counter China, Iran and Russia, a Pentagon official says.
The broad agency announcement (BAA) released on Sep.t 28 adds to a flurry of activity by MDA over the past two years as the agency builds a layered hypersonic defense weapon system from scratch.
The Army ordered the Iron Dome systems in August 2019 to plug a gap in defenses against cruise missiles while it continues to shop for a permanent solution.
For the first time, the U.S. Air Force has conducted a flight test of the MQ-9A Reaper carrying eight live AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, which doubles the capacity that the unmanned aircraft was originally designed to hold.
The U.S. Army is preparing for staff talks with the U.S. Air Force next week that will include explaining the results of Project Convergence, a six-week experiment testing key modernization technologies and weapon systems.
The Boeing-led team will compete for the Next Generation Interceptor engineering and manufacturing development contract against Lockheed Martin and a Northrop Grumman/Raytheon team.
Aviation Week editors discuss the roots of the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance program, its use of digital engineering to speed development and some of the obstacles it may face in the future.
