Boeing Connects Nine C-17 Cargo Jets, but Deal Covers Only 19
Boeing technicians at Port San Antonio have completed SpaceX Starshield installations on nine U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo…
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Greek Submarine Torpedo Sinks Decommissioned Frigate During Joint Missile Trials
A Greek submarine fired a torpedo that sank the decommissioned frigate HS MPOUMPOULINA during a wider Greek-Israeli naval weapons trial…
NASA Revises SpaceX and Blue Origin Lander Routes for 2028 Moon Landing
NASA has changed how SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers would meet Orion, travel to lunar orbit and…
Space Force Gives SpaceX Unprecedented Access to Precision Satellite Collision Data
SpaceX now has enhanced access to sections of U.S. Space Command’s High Accuracy Catalog, giving the commercial operator more precise…
France Orders Four More Air-Defense Systems, Raising Total Ordered to 12
France has ordered four additional SAMP/T NG ground-based air and missile-defense systems, increasing its total order to 12. The Organisation…
Lufthansa Retires Fan-Favorite Airbus A340-600 as Twin-Engine Jets Take Over
A jet regarded as a commercial disappointment received an unusually affectionate sendoff from Lufthansa. Aviation enthusiasts gathered at Washington Dulles…
Ford Patent Proposes Cars That Move Themselves to Frustrate Thieves
A parked car is normally valuable precisely because it stays where its driver left it. A recently published Ford patent…
Chery Unveils Omoda X Concept That Spots People and Wildlife 90 Meters Away
Thermal night vision that can identify a person or animal up to 90 meters, or 295 feet, away is not…
Navy Selects Radiant’s 1-Megawatt Reactor for Five-Year Off-Grid Power
The U.S. Navy has selected Radiant Industries to design, build and deliver a transportable 1-megawatt microreactor for Naval Weapons Station…
Electricity Spins Screw-Shaped Molecule, Raising Its Current Up to 100-Fold
An electric current enters a screw-shaped molecule suspended between two fine gold tips. The passing electrons set the molecule rotating…
Volunteers Identify Scentronic’s Five Transmitted Smells With 73 Percent Accuracy
Screens can carry images and sound across the internet, but smell presents a harder problem: it must be detected as…
NASA Tests Two Competing Moon Landers for 2028 Astronaut Return
NASA still plans to land astronauts on the moon in 2028, but it has not yet chosen the lander that…
Ukraine Says Starlink and Starshield Restored After Weeklong Limits Disrupted Drone Defense
A satellite connection can be technically available yet operationally inadequate when its permitted mobility falls below the speed of the…
XPeng Mona L05 Travels 742 Miles Without Charging or Refueling
XPeng’s Mona L05 extended-range electric crossover traveled 1,194.2 kilometers, or 742 miles, from Guangzhou to Wenzhou without stopping for electricity…
Boom Builds $150 Million Power-Turbine Factory to Help Fund Supersonic Airliner
Boom Supersonic wants to build a successor to Concorde, but its next factory will produce electricity-generating turbines rather than passenger…
Finland Licenses Onkalo Nuclear Repository, but Waste Burial Still Awaits Inspection
Finland has granted Posiva Oy an operating license for Onkalo, the world’s first licensed deep geological repository for spent nuclear…
Delta Expands Free Pacific Wi-Fi, but SkyMiles Membership Is Required
Delta Air Lines now offers complimentary Wi-Fi across its Asia-Pacific network, including some of its longest flights—but passengers must sign…
Pentagon Files Document Agents’ Silent Triangle Report, Leave Craft Unidentified
Federal agents officially reported watching a dark triangular craft rise from a standstill, hover and accelerate away without detectable noise…