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August 4, 2026
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have successfully freed up power on Voyager 2, extending how long the spacecraft can continue to do science. Nicknamed the “Big Bang,” the effort…
There is a new air war commander of the U.S. forces in the Middle East, including the stop-and-start operations against Iran: Lt. Gen. Daniel T. Lasica. Lasica assumed command of Air Forces Central…
An AI agent was able to interpret infrared sensor data and direct the X-62 test aircraft to intercept the target. The US Air Force continues to expand the capabilities of artificial intelligence in…
The Eyes team has many significant upgrades underway, but in the month of July we only updated our augmented reality mobile app Spacecraft AR and released it to the Google Play and Apple App stores…
Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's first call.
The Israel Defense Forces have just reactivated Squadron 193, which is being equipped with Sikorsky SH-60F Seahawk naval helicopters transferred and upgraded by the United States.
United Airlines will soon unlock its new Polaris Studio suites aboard premium-heavy Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, marking a major cabin overhaul for the carrier.
SpaceX plans to launch three of AST SpaceMobile's huge BlueBird direct-to-cell satellites early on Wednesday morning (Aug. 5), and you can watch the action live.
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ST. CHARLES, Mo., August 5, 2026, 2026 – The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [NYSE:BA] a $75 million Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) to acquire the BSU-111/B Payload Delivery Unit (PDU)...
The US Air Force (USAF) has taken a major step toward fielding its future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), after subjecting the YFQ-42A Dark…
The U.S. Navy is experimenting with adding an AI-powered “super brain” to its helicopters. This summer at RIMPAC 2026, the U.S. Navy, in collaboration with a team of Lockheed Martin engineers…
Boeing (NYSE: BA) is donating $250,000 from the Boeing Charitable Trust to assist those impacted by wildfires in Eastern Washington. Funding will support: the Innovia Foundation, the community...
More than 90 teams are flying the DARPA Lift Challenge at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force through August 9, chasing a 4:1 payload-to-weight ratio for a share of $6.5 million. DARPA's own…
The U.S. Navy has asked defense contractors to develop a new uncrewed aircraft with a focus on long-range strike capability, signaling its vision for future carrier air wings and the fleet’s broader…
Using continuous imagery from NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an…
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SpaceX has ramped up its purchases of Tesla Megapacks for its xAI data centers.
The US Air Force plans to select vendors by the end of 2026 to develop concepts for cheap, attritable drones that can perform the MQ-9 Reaper mission of persistent intelligence, surveillance…
Joby Aviation partners with startup Atoms and former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick to develop takeoff and landing sites for its coming air taxi service.
X-62A VISTA Used AI for Practice Air-to-Air Intercepts, Program to Integrate RTX PhantomStrike Radar
As the Air Force nears a possible downselect decision on Increment 2 of the service’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program this year, the Air Force Test pilot school and Lockheed Martin‘s […]
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If you happen to see “strange lights in a row in the sky,” they're nothing more than SpaceX Starlink satellites. Here's how to spot them with…
SpaceX doubled its revenue compared to last year, according to its first quarterly earnings since going public in June.
L3Harris Technologies confirmed a successful deployment for its first perimeter truss reflector onboard the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite. SpaceX launched the satellite in late April, the third…
Somon Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-8, marking both a major milestone in the airline’s fleet modernisation programme and the arrival of the first Boeing 737 MAX to operate in…
After a previously targeted launch date in November, NASA has moved up the next International… The post Crew-13 pilot reflects on career, training, and upcoming science ahead of flight to ISS…
Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the…
Telesat signed a $1.9 billion (U.S. dollar) contract with the government of Canada for Arctic military satcom connectivity and will expand the Lightspeed constellation by 69 satellites to fulfill…
In a strategic move to strengthen the national airport network, the US Secretary of Transportation,…
DUBLIN — A Newark-bound United Airlines transatlantic flight was forced to divert to Dublin Airport today after experiencing a sudden loss of both its autopilot and autothrottle systems high above…
United Airlines has received FAA approval to activate the sliding privacy doors on its new Polaris Suites aboard Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The post United Airlines Unlocks Polaris Suite Privacy…
“I know there’s lots of discussions on budget amounts and mechanics, but what I can tell you, as we engage with Congress, is there’s a bipartisan support for increased munitions,” RTX CEO Chris…
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