WASHINGTON — The seventh mission of the reusable U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane is scheduled to launch Dec. 7 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The spaceplane is built by Boeing and operated by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and the U.S. Space Force. […]
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded X-Bow Systems, a startup that specializes in solid rocket propulsion, a $17.8 million contract to demonstrate additive manufacturing technologies. The three-year contract, announced Sept. 26, is part of a $60 million agreement announced in April known as a strategic funding increase, […]
WASHINGTON — Innovative Rocket Technologies, known as iRocket, has signed an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory to jointly develop and test rocket propulsion hardware. The New York-based startup, founded in 2018, develops rocket engines and plans to build a small launch vehicle. iRocket signed a four-year cooperative research […]
WASHINGTON — CesiumAstro, a startup that specializes in communications technologies for satellites and aircraft, won a U.S. Air Force contract to develop a phased array antenna for remotely piloted drones. The $3.6 million two-year agreement is a so-called Tactical Funding Increase where the government and private investors split the cost […]
[1/7] U.S. President Joe Biden attends the graduation ceremony at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden predicted on Thursday Sweden will join NATO “soon”, speaking at the U.S. Air Force Academy […]
President Joe Biden fell on stage at the graduation ceremony on Thursday for the U.S. Air Force Academy and is “fine,” a White House aide said. After Biden shook the hands of more than 900 graduates, the president turned to head back to his seat and started to motion as […]
Biden, 80, FALLS on stage while handing out diplomas at U.S. Air Force Academy graduation The fall came while Biden was handing diplomas to cadets at USAF academy Comes weeks after he stumbled walking down stairs at shrine in Japan By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor For Dailymail.com and […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force plans to use startup Varda Space Industries’ reentry capsules as hypersonic flight test platforms, the company’s cofounder Delian Asparouhov told SpaceNews. Varda has been raising venture funds to send to orbit 120-kilogram “factory” satellites to make products in zero-gravity and return them to Earth […]