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An advanced large solid rocket motor hot fire test conducted at L3Harris’ Camden, Arkansas, site.
Aerospace
L3Harris to Build More than 20 New Large Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Facilities in Arkansas
The company is investing nearly half a billion dollars.
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Joby’s new aircraft in flight over its expanded facility in Marina, California.
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Joby Doubles Air Taxi Manufacturing Capacity in California; Brings Ohio Factory Online
How Joby is engineering the next generation of aerial transportation.
July 15, 2025
Paul Njoroge testifies during a House Transportation subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 17, 2019, on aviation safety.
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Boeing Settles with Man Whose Family Died in 737 Max Crash in 2019
He lost his entire family.
July 14, 2025
The tail of the airplane is seen stuck in a building at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, June 12, 2025.
Aerospace
What the ‘Black Box’ Can Tell Us About Plane Crashes
The plane’s black box combine cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders.
July 14, 2025
Bryan Bedford, President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies at the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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New FAA Administrator Sparks Safety Debate
Flight safety advocates opposed his nomination.
July 10, 2025
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Anduril Gets $310 Million to Build 4,000-Worker Manufacturing Facility in Ohio
The Arsenal 1 site will produce military drones and autonomous air vehicles.
July 9, 2025
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A Passive Common Berthing Mechanism (PCBM).
Sierra Space Expands Space Tech Portfolio with Mitsubishi Docking Contract
July 15, 2025
Raytheon corporation's corporate office.
RTX's Raytheon Awarded $74M U.S. Navy Contract for RAM Guided Missile Launching System
July 14, 2025
Northrop Grumman’s DM-NEXT solid rocket motor test.
Northrop Grumman Completes Key Test for Exoplanetary Ascent Propulsion
July 10, 2025
K2 Space test fires its 20kW Krypton-fueled, Hall-effect thruster at its headquarters in Torrance, California.
K2 Space Completes In-space Demonstration, Successfully Test Firing Hall-effect Thrusters
July 8, 2025
Samson Sky's flying car, the Switchblade.
Samson Sky Announces New Pilot Training Program for Flying Car Owners
July 8, 2025
AIR’s new facility in central Israel.
AIR Unveils New Production Facility to Accelerate eVTOL Deliveries
July 7, 2025
Electra’s EL2 hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (Ultra-STOL) prototype aircraft.
U.S. Army Awards Electra R&D Contract for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Propulsion Systems
July 7, 2025
On-orbit render of a spacecraft resembling Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) satellite.
Boeing Secures $2.8B Contract to Enhance U.S. Strategic SATCOM Capabilities
July 7, 2025
HS790 Drone.
Holy Stone Unveils High-Performance Folding GPS Drone
June 26, 2025
Commerce Director Joe Nguyen; Portal co-founder, CEO and CTO Jeff Thornburg; and Washington state representative Strom Pederson (21st Legislative District) at the 2025 Paris Air Show.
Portal Space Systems Announces Washington Expansion with Spacecraft Manufacturing Plans
June 23, 2025
Laser cutting as part of aerospace manufacturing processes.
217 New Jobs: Howmet Aerospace Expands Morristown Operations
June 23, 2025
During the test, the 156-foot-long BOLE solid rocket motor produced upwards of 4 million pounds of thrust.
Northrop Grumman Tests Most Powerful Segmented Solid Rocket Booster Ever Built
June 27, 2025
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July 16, 2025
This image provided by rocketfuture.org shows a SpaceX rocket explodes at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas late Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
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Mexico Probes Contamination from SpaceX Rocket Explosion That Landed in Its Territory
Rocket pieces were reportedly found in the northern state of Tamaulipas.
June 26, 2025
NASA and L3Harris tested RS-25 engine No. 20001 on June 20, 2025, at the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
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NASA, L3Harris Hot-Fire Test New Rocket Engine for Artemis
The new RS-25 engine throttled up to 111% during the 500-second acceptance test.
June 25, 2025
Rescue workers put out a fire of a building damaged by a Russian drone strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
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Drone Debris Found in Ukraine Indicates Russia is Using New Technology from Iran
It had an advanced camera, a computing platform powered by AI and a radio link.
June 25, 2025
ESSM Block 2 Missile
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RTX's Raytheon Awarded $250M Contract from MELCO for Licensed Guided Missile Production
The newest variant reduces dependence on shipboard illumination.
June 24, 2025
This image taken Jan. 7, 2024, and released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the section of a a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug fell while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was in flight.
Aerospace
'Systemic Failures' at Boeing, FAA Led to Door Plug Flying Off 737 Max
Boeing factory workers were working too fast on jobs they weren't qualified to do.
June 24, 2025
The new Highfield Integration Facility, located in Englewood, Colorado.
Aerospace
Northrop Grumman Expands Colorado Footprint to Bolster Production of Space Ground Systems
The facility is meant to scale delivery of mission-critical data to allied warfighters.
June 24, 2025
This image provided by ispace, inc. shows the Resilience lander circling the moon, June 4, 2025.
Aerospace
Japanese Company Blames Laser Tool for 2nd Crash Landing On the Moon
The lander's laser range finder was slow to kick in to measure the spacecraft's distance to the surface.
June 24, 2025
This image taken Jan. 7, 2024, and released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the section of a a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug fell while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was in flight.
Aerospace
NTSB Set to Meet on Door Plug Investigation of Terrifying Boeing Flight
The blow out created a roaring air vacuum that sucked objects out of the cabin.
June 24, 2025
This image provided by the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory shows 678 separate images taken by the observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top right) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth.
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Unveiling Cosmic Mysteries: World's Most Powerful Digital Camera Explores Universe
Breakthrough lens captures cosmic landscapes never seen before.
June 23, 2025
Anduril and Saab corporate logos side by side.
Aerospace
Saab Chooses Anduril to Design, Produce Solid Rocket Motors for Ground-Launched Weapon System
Anduril has already commenced work with plans to transition it to full rate production in 2026.
June 23, 2025
Kratos’ Manufacturing Facility in Bristow, OK
Aerospace
Kratos Expands U.S. Jet Engine Production with New Oklahoma Manufacturing Facility
The company is adding up to five production lines to make turbojet engines.
June 19, 2025
Anduril's Barracuda projectile.
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Anduril, Rheinmetall Partner to Design, Manufacture Barracuda, Fury and Solid Rocket Motors
The partnership is a long-term shared investment in co-developing fielded systems.
June 20, 2025
A computer-generated image shows a Revo eVTOL flying over São Paulo.
Aerospace
Revo Announces $250M Investment to Purchase 50 Eve eVTOLs
The agreement is the first of its kind executed with Eve globally.
June 20, 2025
A worker wearing a mask walks past a Boeing 737 Max 9 as it is prepared for a flight from Renton Municipal Airport, Nov. 18, 2020, in Renton, Wash.
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NTSB Urges Quick Fix on Boeing Plane Engines
To prevent smoke from filling the cockpit or cabin following a bird strike.
June 19, 2025