Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have developed a new airplane powered by supersonic combustion ramjet and intended to fly at speeds of more than five times the speed of sound. The X-51A WaveRider achieved a speed of Mach 5.1 for three and a half minutes during its fourth flight …

Lockheed Martin tested its new F-35B short take-off and vertical landing fighter at Edwards’ Air Force Base in California on August 15, reports Dave Majumdar for Flight Global.   U.S. Naval Air Systems Command’s new Aircraft BF-2 is a variety of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. It was put through 27 engine …

The Air Force will test an hypersonic unmanned experimental aircraft Tuesday to see if it can sustain hypersonic speed for nearly five minutes, the Los Angeles Times reports. W.J. Hennigan reports the X-51A WaveRider is scheduled to fly from Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, up to a …

Boeing recently demonstrated and tested propulsion features on an orbital control engine for the company’s commercial crew spacecraft, the company announced Wednesday. Tests occurred at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, part of the second phase of the agency’s Commercial Crew Development program. The company used space shuttle …

ATK helped the National Reconnaissance Office launch a United Launch Delta IV rocket by providing composite and propulsion technologies, the company announced Friday. The Arlington, Va.-based aerospace firm gave nine support products for the launch, including graphite epoxy motors to help deliver the rocket payload into Earth’s orbit. The company …

  Northrop Grumman, IBM, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney and Rockwell Collins hosted the 8th Annual Defense Logistics Awards. The ceremony took place in concurrence with the annual Defense Logistics conference, produced by Worldwide Business Research. “It’s always great to see the collaboration between different DoD services and contractors,” said Jarrett Spagnoli, executive …

Defense industry experts are bracing for a major consolidation after public comments last Tuesday from Dennis Muilenburg, CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security division, fueled rumors that the company might consider a merger with Northrop Grumman. However, a Boeing-Northrop merger would put almost half of all defense work in …

As one of the world’s largest information technology management software companies, CA focuses on the management of enterprise-wide IT. Pat Gnazzo is helping keep the momentum going as the senior vice president and general manager of CA’s public sector business. In this position, Gnazzo heads up all operations for CA’s …