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NASA's new X-59 plane could hit supersonic speeds with minimal sonic boom
NASA’s X-59 Quesst supersonic commercial jet will have its flight test livestreamed on January 12.
NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build the nuclear rocket that’ll take us to Mars
NASA and DARPA have chosen aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin to develop a spacecraft with a nuclear thermal rocket engine. Announced in January, the partnership — also including BWX Technologies, which will provide the reactor and fuel — is part of an initiative dubbed the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO). The agencies aim to showcase the tech no later than 2027 with an eye toward future Mars missions.
Lockheed Martin is building a Moon-to-Earth satellite communications network
Lockheed Martin's new startup will build a network of satellites to keep Moon explorers in contact with Earth.
An AI agent flew a USAF training aircraft for over 17 hours
Lockheed Martin says a 17-hour test flight in December was the first time an AI has flown a tactical aircraft.
Blue Origin makes another bid for a NASA lunar lander contract
Astrobotic, which has developed a lunar rover, and Boeing are among Blue Origin's latest lunar lander partners.
Hilton will design suites and sleeping quarters for Voyager’s private Starlab space station
What better company to design a cramped living space than a major hotel chain?
NASA picks three companies to develop lunar nuclear power systems
A fission system could power long-term missions to the Moon and Mars.
NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build a rocket that will return from Mars
The agency wants to bring some of Perseverance rover's samples back to Earth.
NASA will test Alexa voice control aboard the Artemis I mission
Alexa will be available in space when NASA brings it aboard the Artemis I mission.
Ghost Robotics strapped a gun to its robot dog
The company has previously made other machines for the military as well.
GM and Lockheed Martin team up to answer NASA's call for autonomous lunar vehicle concepts
GM and Lockheed Martin have teamed up to answer NASA's call for autonomous lunar vehicle concepts for its Artemis mission.
DARPA picks Lockheed Martin and Blue Origin to build nuclear spacecraft
DARPA has picked Jeff Bezo's Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin and General Atomics to build and demonstrate a spacecraft driven by nuclear thermal propulsion.
NASA's Orion spacecraft is ready to fly to the Moon
NASA's Orion spacecraft is complete and ready for its Artemis I test mission to the Moon later in 2021.
DARPA's hypersonic weapons move closer to free-flight testing
DARPA testing is moving forward on two variants of a weapon concept that can travel faster than the speed of sound.
Blue Origin's lunar lander mockup is ready for NASA simulations
Blue Origin and its “National Team” partners Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper have delivered their full scale lunar lander mock-up to NASA. The space agency will use the engineering prototype to simulate how it could get “crew, equipment, supplies and samples off and on the vehicle” in future moon missions.
Heron Systems' AI pilot just beat a human in a simulated dogfight
A DARPA event pitted AI pilots against each other, and then the winner took on a human pilot wearing a VR helmet. The AI pilot shot down his simulated F-16 in all five rounds.
US Space Force will send its first satellite into space today
The US Space Force will kick off its first National Security Mission this afternoon. It's sending a Lockheed Martin Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) satellite into orbit, onboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. The satellite will provide next-gen military communications, and it could prove that Space Force isn't just a Trump administration pipe dream.
NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet is cleared for final assembly
NASA's experimental X-59 jet, which could make supersonic commercial travel a reality, has been cleared for final assembly. The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, designed by Lockheed Martin, could take its first flight as soon as 2021.
Blue Origin teams with spaceflight veterans to complete its lunar lander
Blue Origin won't be alone in working on a crewed lunar lander that will (hopefully) participate in NASA's Artemis program. Jeff Bezos' outfit has unveiled a trio of partners that will help it complete the Human Landing System, all of which are space industry veterans. Lockheed Martin will work on the reusable Ascent Element vehicle as well as lead crewed flight ops. Northrop Grumman, meanwhile, will produce the Transfer Element that brings the landing system toward the Moon. Draper, in turn, will handle descent guidance and avionics.
NASA's Orion crew capsule is ready for its uncrewed trip to the Moon
You knew the US wouldn't mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 without news about the country's next trip to the Moon. Both Lockheed Martin and NASA have confirmed completion of the Orion crew capsule that will play a key role in Artemis 1, the uncrewed mission that will fly past the Moon while verifying Orion, the Space Launch System and the associated support systems. Efforts are now focused on integrating the capsule with the service module and testing it ahead of launch processing in early 2020.
