International

China is planning to build at least two nuclear powered aircraft carriers, according to a report in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper in Tokyo. The only plus for the United States […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) water mission is poised for launch between July and October, the agency reported. Following word from Eurockot that launch of the Earth Explorer SMOS satellite […]

More Space Collisions Could Turn Low Earth Orbit Into A Shooting Gallery Hazardous To Spacecraft Issues of liability and fault are unresolved at this point in the collision of an […]

An Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket orbited four satellites, Arianespace announced. The main birds were payloads for two of the world’s leading satellite communications operators, Eutelsat and SES. After an […]

President Says United States Should Counter Iranian Threat With ‘All Resources,’ Mentioning Diplomacy President Obama discussed the threat from Iran, but never mentioned missile defense, during his first formal White […]

The AASM modular air-to-ground weapon was fired successfully, Sagem announced. Sagem (SAFRAN Group) and the French defense procurement agency DGA successfully carried out the first firing test of the 125-kilogram […]

Stork Fokker, a Stork Aerospace company, recently announced it received a contract from Boeing [BA] to manufacture of the CH-47F Chinook aft section major subassemblies. This package would put work […]

QinetiQ recently extended its TALON family of robots to meet the ever-changing demands of detecting and clearing mines, unexploded ordnance and dangerous improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from a safe distance. […]

Boeing [BA] and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), one of India’s leading defense companies, Tuesday said in New Delhi they will jointly develop an analysis and experimentation center in India to […]

The United States shouldn’t completely abandon its plans for the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as Russia has demanded, but Washington should slow the EMD effort until it is tested […]