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SpaceX wins $130 million Air Force launch contract, marking a first for Falcon Heavy

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $130 million firm-fixed-price contract to SpaceX for the launch of its classified AFSPC-52… Read More

Did NASA pass up SpaceX offer for Falcon Heavy payload? Former NASA official raises questions

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk makes it sound as if he always wanted to put a Tesla Roadster, and not much… Read More

SpaceX launches Air Force’s secret X-37B space plane as Hurricane Irma nears

SpaceX launched the Air Force’s X-37B robotic space plane on its latest months-long, classified mission today – marking another first for… Read More

Air Force secretary hints at military space applications for Stratolaunch super-plane

Stratolaunch, the six-year-old space venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it’ll use the world’s biggest airplane to launch… Read More

Air Force’s X-37B space plane lands in Florida after secret 2-year orbital mission

After nearly two years in orbit, the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B robotic space plane landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center… Read More

Pentagon awards $2.1 billion contract to Boeing for more KC-46 tanker aircraft

Boeing has won a $2.1 billion contract to build more tanker planes for the U.S. Air Force, the manufacturer and the… Read More

WGS-8 military satellite goes into orbit

An advanced satellite for battlefield communications, known as Wideband Global Satcom-8, rose into orbit tonight from Cape Canaveral Air Force… Read More

GPS-3 is go: SpaceX wins its first national security launch contract … by default

SpaceX today won an $82.7 million contract to launch a GPS-3 navigational satellite into orbit for the U.S. Air Force,… Read More

Boeing and Lockheed protest Air Force’s snub on long-range bomber

Boeing and Lockheed Martin say they’ve filed a formal protest of last month’s Pentagon decision to award a bomber contract… Read More

What moths, bats and butterflies can teach us: New center to study their flight to develop better drones

There is probably no better engineer on earth to take tips from than nature — and that’s exactly what a… Read More

You must see these amazing photos the Air Force took in 2014

We’ve seen a lot of compilations of photos, from the top gadgets, to views from space, to world events, what… Read More

Cha-ching! Supercomputer maker Cray lands $40M in defense contracts

Venerable supercomputer giant Cray announced today that it has landed a pair of contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense… Read More

B-52 2.0: Boeing’s bombers can now change missions, redirect weapons in flight

In the past, B-52 bombers would simply receive mission information before a flight and then head up into the air.… Read More

Microsoft Kinect helping soldiers with physical therapy

There are lots of applications for Microsoft’s Kinect. Some let you dance your pants off, while others can improve your… Read More

Bad-ass Boeing missile flies over buildings, fries computers with microwaves

This is stuff you only see in the movies. “Today, we made science fiction science fact,” says Keith Coleman, CHAMP… Read More