aerospace Archives

SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on Nov. 18, 2023. (Photo by Timothy A. Clary /AFP via Getty Images)

The FAA is developing an air traffic tool built for the space age. It may need help

Documents lend insight into the state of a tool meant to help integrate commercial space launches into the national airspace.

Dec 14, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

Space Command to launch Joint Cyber Center

Space Command is adding a Joint Cyber Center to better integrate cyber operations within the command and with other forces, like Cyber Command.

Apr 20, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Enabling new air, space and satellite capabilities through the cloud

AWS’s new leader for its Aerospace and Satellite business discusses the cloud’s role in enabling space exploration.

Apr 19, 2021 By FedScoop Staff

Air Force pilot training — U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Shane Stewart, Pilot Training Next student, trains on a virtual reality flight simulator at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 2019. (U.S. Air Force / Sean M. Worrell)

Google Cloud powering new Air Force flight simulators

The Joint Immersive Training System (JITS) is a cloud-based training system that can scale across the Air Force and drive costs down, officials say.

Dec 10, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

DOD should better define its place in space industry, report says, with information systems in mind

High-ranking Air Force and Space Force military and civilian officials are calling for more experimentation, funding and general engagement between the government and the nascent space industry.

Jul 30, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — United States Air Force Academy Cadets in the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Operations Program conduct various mock scenarios, Tuesday March 5th, 2019, in the Air Operations Center’s “Reaper Room” using a MQ-9 flight simulator allowing one operator to control multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) which can autonomously search, find, identify, and track various targets worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong)

With Air Force’s Skyborg, autonomous drones could be coming soon

Skyborg will be an "autonomous unmanned air combat vehicle system" with open artificial intelligence software architecture and modular hardware.

Mar 26, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

Swarm of security drones with surveillance camera flying in the sky. 3D rendering image

DIUx invests in counter-drone company Dedrone

Defense Innovation Unit Experimental has inked a $400,000 contract with the airspace security company, which provides both hardware and software solutions for finding, tracking, classifying and "neutralizing"…

Apr 24, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

DARPA wants urban, autonomous drone and robot swarms

The swarm of robots would be used to create a “safety bubble” around the area of operations.

Apr 11, 2018 By Samantha Ehlinger