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Lockheed Martin is looking to give diminutive CubeSats a pretty big job – regularly updating existing satellite constellations in orbit. Lockheed Martin’s IN-space Upgrade Satellite System (LINUSS) is a new CubeSat family designed to demonstrate techno… Continue reading Lockheed Martin develops LINUSS CubeSat to upgrade satellites in orbit
The US Air Force has awarded US$60 million to aerospace startup Hermeus to finance flight testing of its hypersonic Quarterhorse aircraft intended for military and commercial applications. Capable of flying at Mach 5 with a range of 4,600 miles (7,400 … Continue reading USAF funds testing of what will be the world’s fastest reusable aircraft
In anticipation of the day when drones routinely refuel US Navy planes in the air, Boeing and Northrop Grumman have carried out carrier air wing team refueling in a simulation. The virtual Manned-UnManned Teaming (MUM-T) capabilities exercise included … Continue reading MQ-25 refueling drone put to the test in manned-unmanned virtual exercise
BAE Systems has revealed the latest iteration of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser guidance kit that converts dumb rockets into precision munitions. The modifications increase the effective range of APKWS-guided rockets by 30 perc… Continue reading BAE Systems’ next-gen kit improves range of laser-guided rockets
Next week, two deep-space probes will make flybys of Venus within 30 hours of each other on their way to the inner reaches of the solar system. On August 9, the Solar Orbiter will pass by the planet often called “Earth’s twin”, followed by the BepiColombo Mercury orbiter on August 10.
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Bell has revealed its latest design concepts for the next generation of military rotorcraft using its High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) technology. The goal is to explore the future capabilities of next generation military vertical lift… Continue reading Bell looks to the future of tiltrotors with advanced HSVTOL concepts
A Northrop Grumann MQ-4C Triton drone equipped with a highly upgraded multi-intelligence package, called Integrated Functional Capability Four (IFC-4), has taken to the air for the first time. The turbofan-powered robotic aircraft in its new configurat… Continue reading Multi-intelligence version of the MQ-4C drone flies for first time
ESA has flown a CubeSat with the agency’s standardized “brain” that will be used on all future European space missions. On June 26, the OPS-SAT space lab went into Earth orbit with a computer running the European Ground System – Common Core (EGS-CC) so… Continue reading CubeSat becomes first craft to fly with ESA’s standardized “space brain”
Britain’s Tempest sixth-generation fighter jet is a step closer to reality after the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) awarded BAE Systems a contract for £250 million (US$348 million) to begin the program’s concept and assessment phase.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Tempest sixth-generation fighter moves forward with new design contract
A new mathematical study suggests that the abandoned Ascent Stage of the Apollo 11 mission’s Eagle Lunar Module (LM), long believed to have crashed on the Moon in 1969, may be circling our largest natural satellite in a stable orbit.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading The Apollo 11 Ascent Stage may still be orbiting the Moon