The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $130 million firm-fixed-price contract to SpaceX for the launch of its classified AFSPC-52 satellite on a Falcon Heavy rocket. It’s the first national… Read More
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk makes it sound as if he always wanted to put a Tesla Roadster, and not much else, on top of the Falcon Heavy rocket for this… Read More
SpaceX launched the Air Force’s X-37B robotic space plane on its latest months-long, classified mission today – marking another first for the company, with an oncoming hurricane adding to the pressure.… Read More
Stratolaunch, the six-year-old space venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it’ll use the world’s biggest airplane to launch small satellites into orbit – but what kind of satellites?… Read More
After nearly two years in orbit, the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B robotic space plane landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today with a loud sonic boom, but nary… Read More
Boeing has won a $2.1 billion contract to build more tanker planes for the U.S. Air Force, the manufacturer and the Pentagon announced today. Under the deal, Boeing will build 15 KC-46A… Read More
An advanced satellite for battlefield communications, known as Wideband Global Satcom-8, rose into orbit tonight from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. WGS-8 is the eighth satellite in what’s… Read More
SpaceX today won an $82.7 million contract to launch a GPS-3 navigational satellite into orbit for the U.S. Air Force, marking the first national security mission for the California-based company.… Read More
Boeing and Lockheed Martin say they’ve filed a formal protest of last month’s Pentagon decision to award a bomber contract worth as much as $80 billion to a competitor, Northrop… Read More
There is probably no better engineer on earth to take tips from than nature — and that’s exactly what a new center studying animal flight at the University of Washington… Read More
We’ve seen a lot of compilations of photos, from the top gadgets, to views from space, to world events, what have you, but this roundup by the Air Force is… Read More
Venerable supercomputer giant Cray announced today that it has landed a pair of contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense worth more than $40 million. As a part of the… Read More
In the past, B-52 bombers would simply receive mission information before a flight and then head up into the air. But now, thanks to an upgrade from Boeing, these high-powered… Read More
There are lots of applications for Microsoft’s Kinect. Some let you dance your pants off, while others can improve your fitness. But here’s one that might have a little more… Read More
This is stuff you only see in the movies. “Today, we made science fiction science fact,” says Keith Coleman, CHAMP Program Manager for Boeing Phantom Works, in the video above.… Read More
