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GE Aerospace achieves breakthrough in hypersonic engine development
Using a subscale demonstrator, jet turbine manufacturer GE Aerospace successfully ignited a dual-mode ramjet engine using rotating detonation combustion - a technique the company says holds promise for powering crewed hypersonic vehicles.
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GE Speeding Development of Hypersonic Engine
A dual-mode ramjet design showed a 3X increase in airflow compared to previously flight-tested hypersonic technology, and was developed and tested in less than 11 months.
Showdown Brewing Over Ballistic Missile Interceptor Site On East Coast
Congress wants a new interceptor site at Fort Drum, but the Biden Administrations says Alaska and California sites are enough.
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GOP platform lays out aggressive space agenda to counter China
Former Trump transition team member Greg Autry and Alexander William Salter lay out the 2024 GOP space platform.
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DARPA Eyes Hypersonic Striker As Air Force Studies Long-Term Options | Aviation Week Network
A reusable hypersonic Next-Generation Responsive Strike prototype could be commissioned by the end of the decade.
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Analysts Envision New, Expanded Roles for USSF Small Satellites
A new policy paper from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies argues the Space Force can do more with small satellites.
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Exclusive: Pentagon Poised To Unveil, Demonstrate Classified Space Weapon - Breaking Defense
The push to declassify an existing space weapon is being spearheaded by Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
US Central Command to demo integrated counter drone sensors this fall
CENTCOM will stage a U.S.-based exercise in October focused on spotting UAS threats followed by a second demo in theater early next year.
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'Space fires' to enable 'space superiority' are top SPACECOM priorities for FY27 - Breaking Defense
Gen. Stephen Whiting revealed that the command has just submitted to the Joint Force its FY27 "integrated priorities list" — an annual compendium of requirements put together by each combatant command to "inform the services and defense agencies of our warfighting needs as they prepare their...
Air Force Research Lab eyes space data transport demo in 2026
The Air Force Research Lab is working with the Space Warfighting Analysis Center and the Defense Innovation Unit to test space data transport concepts.
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MDA Plans To Field SM-6 Counter-Hypersonic Update In ’25 | Aviation Week Network
The MDA has already fielded what it calls the second increment of the SM-6 Sea Based Terminal.
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AUKUS Nations Test AI-Enabled Drones for Precision Targeting and Ground Strike Operations
AUKUS Nations Test AI-Enabled Drones for Precision Targeting and Ground Strike Operations
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Major progress repored in Next-Gen OPIR Missile Warning Program
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2024 - Space Systems Command (SSC) has reached a significant milestone with the successful delivery of the first mission payload for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) sensing
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Northrop Grumman enhances ICBM Target Vehicle with digital redesign
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2024 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is undertaking a significant redesign of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target vehicle for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The upgraded desi
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Space Force vice wants sats to track aircraft by early 2030s - Breaking Defense
One of the key challenges for tracking enemy aircraft from space is that airplanes and drones move much faster than tanks, trucks and ships; confounded by the fact that satellites themselves also move around the Earth extremely fast.