A nuclear weapon 20 times more powerful than the atomic bomb was fired thousands of miles from the Vandenberg Space Force ...

Progress on the path to Flight 12 continues to be focused on testing at Massey’s test site at Starbase, with Ship 39 passing multiple cryoloading objectives. The testing follows Booster 19’s ...

Rolls-Royce completed altitude and operability testing for the F130 engine in a key step for the US Air Force's B-52J Stratofortress.

This week at Starbase, SpaceX continues its push towards Flight 12 and beyond, with Ship 39 finally poking its head out of Mega Bay 2. Over at the build site, a ...

After spending a few months in Mega Bay 2 fully stacked, Ship 39 – the first V3 Ship – has rolled to Masseys for cryogenic ...

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Lockheed Martin has begun producing new F-22 external fuel tanks that it says extend the air superiority fighter's range but do not hinder its stealth characteristics and aerodynamic performance.

The Air Force began captive carry evaluations in February, strapping inert munitions to Anduril’s prototype drone wingman. The weapons have not yet been fired, the service said in a statement, ...

The Gloster Meteor, Britain’s first operational jet fighter, was developed under strict secrecy during the Second World War. The project’s secrecy was critical to maintaining air superiority and ...

The planned replacement of aging Pratt & Whitney TF33-PW-103s is intended to keep the B-52s flying after the B-1 and B-2 bombers retire in the 2030s, when the upgraded Stratofortress and ...

Maximum gross weight for the SW-51 is 1,874 pounds, although von Kessel said that testing is underway to increase that to 2,100. The airplane I flew had a useful load of 461 pounds. With full fuel, it ...

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — on a flight around the far side of the moon and back.