Despite the raging omicron COVID-19 variant, the battered aviation industry is cautiously optimistic about the new year, which could be marked by a host of firsts and lasts for the sector.

Few industries have been hit harder by the pandemic than aviation. But just when its fortunes were beginning…

The Ariane 6 core stage and upper stage intended for the combined tests on the launch pad in French Guiana have left the ArianeGroup sites in Les Mureaux and Bremen and begun their journey to Europe’s Spaceport.

These stages will be integrated by ArianeGroup in the Launcher Assembly Building (BAL…

ABERDEEN, MD — The Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) announced the successful completion of underwater explosion (UNDEX) shock testing on the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS), a component of the Navy’s suite of mine countermeasure technologies.

The test…

China had pushed forward a joint statement by the leaders of the five nuclear weapon states on preventing nuclear war and avoiding arms races issued on Monday by urging the others to join the reaffirmation that a nuclear war cannot be won and shall not be fought, after the process under the framewor…

HILL AFB –– How do you make a 51-foot-long, 35-foot-wide fighter jet undetectable? There’s no black magic that exists to make the F-35A Lightning II invisible, but it does have masking features which make it challenging to detect, track or target by radar with missiles or by an enemy aircraft. The …

CANNES, France — Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), logged a number of successes in 2021, including key contracts, major industrial milestones and launches, a series of innovations and new capital investments.

Space to Explore: returning astronauts t…