The US Air Force and Lockheed Martin successfully conducted a hypersonic-boosted flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) from the service’s B-52H Stratofortress. The successful flight demonstrates the weapon’s ability to reach and withstand operational hypersonic speeds, collect crucial data for use in further flight tests, and validate safe separation from theRead More

Airbus has signed a follow-on Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) contract with the US Army to provide spare parts, material, and engineering support for the Army’s entire UH-72A and UH-72 B Lakota fleet of 482 utility and training helicopters. The contract includes a six-month base and 4.5 option years, with a potential total value of moreRead More

Boeing, in partnership with Korean Aerospace Industries and other key suppliers, has delivered the first new wing set for the A-10 Thunderbolt II fleet to the US Air Force. The wing set arrived earlier this month to Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah, where the Air Force has started aircraft integration. “Boeing is workingRead More

An international team of scientists recently released the largest near-infrared image ever taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, enabling astronomers to map the star-forming regions of the universe and learn how the earliest, most distant galaxies originated. Named 3D-DASH, this high-resolution survey will allow researchers to find rare objects and targets for follow-up observations withRead More

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new millisecond pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 6652. The newly found pulsar received designation PSR J1835−3259B. The study detailing the finding and disclosing fundamental parameters of this object was published in May on the arXiv pre-print server. Pulsars are highly magnetized, rotating neutron starsRead More

Sony has formed a company to develop laser communications equipment for small satellites, drawing on optical disc technology it pioneered for CD players and other devices. The Japanese conglomerate said that it founded Sony Space Communications (SSC) in San Mateo, California, to help companies avoid running out of radio waves as the number of satellitesRead More

China has launched a rocket carrying three astronauts on a mission to complete construction on its new space station. The rocket carrying the Shenzhou-14 mission with three Chinese astronauts lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China’s Gansu province in June 2022, the latest milestone in Beijing’s drive to become a majorRead More

One of the most highly anticipated aircraft in business aviation, Dassault’s Falcon 6X, is nearing entry-into-service and CAE is getting ready to train its pilots. CAE announced at the 2022 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE2022) recently that it will deploy the first CAE 7000XR Series Dassault Falcon 6X full-flight simulator (FFS) at itsRead More