National Oct 26, 2019
Investment is increasing as nuclear weapons states such as the United States and Russia are advancing arms expansion and developing weapons, the report’s author said.
Business / Tech Oct 23, 2019
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin partners with Lockheed and others on moon lander
U.S. billionaire Jeff Bezos said on Tuesday his space company Blue Origin has signed agreements with Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and research and development organization Draper for development of its lunar lander designed to help NASA put humans on the moon by ...
National Aug 21, 2019
Japan considers moving up development of next-generation fighter jet to 2020
Japan is considering beginning development of next-generation fighter jet in fiscal 2020 — one year earlier than planned — to succeed the Air Self-Defense Force's F-2s, which are expected to be retired in the 2030s, governmental sources said Wednesday. The Defense Ministry had intended to ...
World / Science & Health May 24, 2019
NASA on Thursday unveiled the calendar for the Artemis program that will return astronauts to the Moon for the first time in half a century, including eight scheduled launches and a mini-station in lunar orbit by 2024. The original lunar missions were named for Apollo ...
National May 7, 2019
Flight data recorder from Japan's crashed F-35A retrieved, but key data still missing
by Reiji Yoshida
The Defense Ministry has retrieved part of the flight data recorder from a F-35A stealth fighter that went missing last month, but it was heavily damaged and also did not include a storage device to record speed and altitude data, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya ...
Business / Tech Apr 12, 2019
Rocket is just NASA's first headache in rush to get boots on the moon in 2024
In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, Alan Campbell, a project manager for space systems at the famed Draper Laboratory that built the computer which took astronauts to the moon 50 years ago, is waiting for news from NASA. His firm has continued to specialize ...
National | FOCUS Apr 11, 2019
Stealthy, numerous and expensive: Examining the F-35 following ASDF crash off north Japan
by Gerry Doyle
The F-35A that crashed into the sea off Aomori Prefecture on Tuesday was one of a growing global fleet of advanced stealth aircraft sold to U.S. allies, and among the first to be assembled in Japan. There are already about twice as many copies of ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Apr 1, 2019
Trump's sale of F-16 fighters to Taiwan seen making China nervous politically
The U.S. may finally sell Taiwan the warplanes it has sought for more than a decade to defend against China. Their arrival would deal more of a political shock than a military blow to Beijing. Trump administration officials have given tacit approval to Taipei's request ...
World / Crime & Legal Feb 28, 2019
U.N. aviation agency concealed serious hack linked to Chinese group: media
The Montreal-based United Nations aviation agency concealed for months a hack of its computers and allowed malware to spread throughout the airline industry, Canada's public broadcaster reported Wednesday. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) had in November 2016 been the victim of the "most serious ...
Business Oct 25, 2018
Trump, U.S. defense industry work to save much-touted $110 billion Saudi arms deal
The Trump administration and the U.S. defense industry are scrambling to save the few actual deals in the much-touted $110 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia as concerns rise about the role of the Kingdom's leadership over the death of a prominent critic. President Donald ...
Business / Tech Aug 21, 2018
Paul Allen's space firm Stratolaunch details plans for rockets, cargo vehicle
The space company of billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on Monday unveiled details of medium-lift rockets and a reusable space cargo plane it is developing, injecting more competition into the lucrative launch services market. With its rockets, Allen's Stratolaunch Systems Corp. is trying to cash ...
Business Jul 23, 2018
White House to showcase U.S. products as trade battles loom, even by makers opposed to Trump tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump will showcase American-made products ranging from beef jerky and cowboy boots to the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet on Monday, as his administration wages trade battles on a series of fronts. A White House spokeswoman said on Sunday that Trump ...