Defense and Space

Prefire joins more than two dozen current NASA Earth Science missions focused on studies of the planet’s oceans, ice, vegetation, atmosphere and landforms.

The rapid growth of the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based rocket developer comes as the Defense Department faces a major shortfall in SRM production capacity.

Brinc has unveiled a quadcopter with automated flight controls designed to respond to 911 calls in less than 70 sec.

The issue was found as part of a wider assessment of the Starliner propulsion system.

DARPA has selected six of nine concepts studied under Phase 1A of the Ancillary program to proceed into the 10-month Phase 1B.

The Dutch Defense Ministry has given the green light to upgrade electronic warfare suites on its AH-64, CH-47 and NH90 helicopters, the government says.

Microreactors could represent a small step for nuclear reactor power but a giant leap in the search for scalable energy sources for space exploration.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft arrived at Kennedy Space Center on May 23 for final preparations ahead of launch in October to a Jupiter moon.

The company declined to release details of the spacecrafts' size and mass.

NASA administrator Bill Nelson again raised astronaut safety as the primary pacing item for Artemis III.

The company has requested an early September launch for Tenacity aboard ULA’s second Vulcan rocket.

The U.S. Air Force has not taken delivery of KC-46 tankers from Boeing in more than two months.

The heater units would be used on ispace’s Series 3 lunar lander and rovers, planned for launch to the Moon by 2027.

The Ministry of National Defense’s resource management office introduced policy directions for guided missile operations.

European missile manufacturer MBDA has been contracted to integrate its Marte-ER anti-ship missile onto the Romanian navy’s new Airbus H215M helicopters.

Family members of the five Marines who died in an MV-22 crash filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bell Textron, Boeing and Rolls-Royce.

The UK RAF will need to seek weapons with ranges of up to 1,000 mi. if it is to keep ahead of “pacing threats,” a senior officer has suggested.

QinetiQ delivered strong cash recovery in the second half in a financial year impacted by a long continuing resolution in the U.S.

Japan has reportedly sent an Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) official to the U.S. Navy to acquire knowledge on railgun development.

The death of Iran’s president in a helicopter crash has renewed the conversation around the efficacy of western-led sanctions campaign against Tehran, while underscoring the rickety state of Iranian airpower.

NASA and Boeing are working toward a June 1 launch of the CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test.

But financial analysts believe the Canadian simulation and training giant remains on track for overall growth due to its predominant civil aviation business.

The U.S. Air Force has shown the Northrop Grumman B-21 in flight for the first time.