The martian landscape is not the easiest terrain to get around. Some areas are too rocky for a wheeled rover to cross, and elsewhere a lack of distinctive features in the landscape can cause problems for a camera-based navigation system. For a flying drone, such a navigation issue can mean the difference between a safe landing and a crash. Dielof van Loon, a student from Delft University of Technology, investigated what would happen if the two explorers – rover and drone – teamed up.

Saltzman says service must adopt more practical acquisition approach, announces new initiative to forecast future equipment needs

The defense landscape has entered a new era defined by technology readiness, adaptability, and heightened demand for all supply chain members to contribute to the Golden Dome for America (GDA) […]

Though rarely featured in public demonstrations of military capability, satellites are indispensable to the defense of America and its allies.

Firefly Aerospace expects to resume Alpha launches in the “coming weeks,” with two flights planned before the end of the year.