Tag

#Aerospace and Defense (TRBC)

Home » Aerospace and Defense (TRBC)

971 posts
Bookmark?Remove?

Taiwan to build 66 jet trainer aircraft by 2026 to bolster defenses

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen leaves a luncheon during a stop-over after her visit to Latin America in Burlingame, California, U.S., January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Taiwan plans to build 66 jet trainer aircraft, with a scheduled maiden flight by 2020, to... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

Siemens completes key test of 3D-printed gas-turbine blades

Siemens logo is pictured on a CT scan in the manufacturing plant of Siemens Healthineers in Forchheim near Nuremberg, Germany, October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle German engineering group Siemens has run a successful test of power generation gas turbine bl... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

SpaceX says fix underway for rocket turbine wheel cracking

SpaceX Falcon rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Gene Blevins SpaceX’s final version of the Falcon 9 rocket, which Elon Musk aims to launch before the end of the year, will fi... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

Trump travel ban stirs faint corporate outcry beyond Silicon Valley

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump sits with PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel, Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, Oracle CEO Safra Catz and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., Dec... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

British astronaut Peake to make second space flight

British astronaut Tim Peake poses with the Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, the spacecraft which carried him and his crew to and from the International Space Station, at a media event at the Science Museum in London, Britain, January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melvil... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

Russia says technical checks may delay some space rocket launches

The Proton-M rocket, carrying the ExoMars 2016 spacecraft to Mars, blasts off from the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov Russia’s space agency said on Wednesday it had ordered extra checks to be made on i... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

Malaysian transport minister to meet with MH370 families in Perth

Malaysia’s transport minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks at a news conference about debris found on a beach in Mozambique that may be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Olivia Harris Malaysia’s transport m... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on moon, dies at 82

Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, stands next to a wall of photographs he made on the Apollo 17 mission, at the Museum of Natural History in New York, May 7, 2004. REUTERS/Chip East CME Eugene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

Japan space agency fails to launch mini rocket

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s SS-520 satellite launches at its Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo January 15, 2017. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS Japan’s space agency said on Sunday it fai... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

SpaceX returns to flight, sending satellites into orbit

SpaceX Falcon rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Gene Blevins A SpaceX Falcon rocket blasted off from California on Saturday, returning the company to flight for the first tim... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

SpaceX 2015 accident cost it hundreds of millions: Wall St. Journal

An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes after lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, June 28, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Brown – Elon Musk’s SpaceX lost more than a quarter of a billion dollars in 2015 after a botched cargo run to the International Space Station a... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

Astronauts upgrade station power system in six-hour spacewalk

Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Friday for a 6-1/2-hour spacewalk to replace aging batteries for the laboratory’s solar power system, an upgrade needed to keep the outpost running into the next decade. NASA via REUTERS Two ast... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

What does Trump`s `big border tax` threat really mean?

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump listens to questions from reporters in the lobby at Trump Tower in New York, U.S., January 9, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar In a series of tweets, President-elect Donald Trump has recently threatened several companies with “big bor... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

FAA grants SpaceX license to resume rocket launches on Monday

Elon Musk in Hong Kong, China January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company has been cleared to resume flying following a launch pad explosion four months ago, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday. More »

Bookmark?Remove?

Trump aware of `urgency` of North Korea nuclear threat: South Korea

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump delivered brief remarks to reporters at the Mar-a-lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. December 28, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst – RTX2WSA9 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s “clear warning” to North Korea shows he is aware... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

SpaceX aims for Jan. 8 return to flight with Falcon rocket

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida April 8, 2016 in this handout photo provided by SpaceX. REUTERS/SpaceX/Handout via Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to resume flying rockets next week following an investigation into why one of t... More »

Delta to cancel order for 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft

Delta planes line up at their gates while on the tarmac of Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah September 28, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) said on Tuesday that in agreement with Boeing Co (BA.N) it would cancel an ... More »

China says space program must help protect national security

China’s President Xi Jinping looks on before meeting with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (not pictured) at the Great Halll of the People in Beijing, China December 2, 2016. REUTERS/Nicolas Asouri/Pool China’s space program must help protect the... More »

China launches carbon-tracking satellite into space: Xinhua

People walk in heavy smog during a polluted day in Jinan, Shandong province, China, December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer China launched a satellite to monitor its greenhouse gas emissions early on Thursday, the latest step in efforts to cut its carbon footprint... More »

Pop star Marx helps subdue `dangerous` airline passenger

Musician Richard Marx poses backstage at the American Idol XIII 2014 Finale in Los Angeles, California May 21, 2014. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok American soft rock singer Richard Marx helped subdue a “chaotic” and “dangerous” passenger who launched a lengthy, viole... More »

Japan successfully launches solid fuel rocket

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Epsilon rocket carrying the satellite named Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace (ERG) set off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo December 20, 2016. ... More »

Regional jet makers eye China market boost but obstacles loom

An ARJ21-700, China’s first domestically produced regional jet, arrives at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport after making its first flight from Chengdu to Shanghai, China June 28, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo New rules governing Chinese airline startups are fueli... More »

NASA troubleshooting problem with Mars rover drill

File Photo – NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is seen at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called ‘Buckskin’ on lower Mount Sharp in this low-angle self-portrait taken August 5, 2015 and released August 19, 2015. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Calte... More »

Trump aide plays down prospect of upending `one China` policy

Reince Priebus reacts during a general session at the Republican National Committee Spring Meeting at the Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, Florida, U.S. on April 22, 2016. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House chief of... More »

Pakistan International Airlines grounds ATR fleet after crash

A Pakistani soldier walks near the wreckage of a Pakistan International Airline (PIA) plane, which crashed a day earlier, in the village of Saddha Batolni near Abbotabad, Pakistan December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) g... More »

Musk`s SpaceX says rockets to remain grounded until January

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils his plans to colonize Mars during the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, on September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – – Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been forced to delay... More »

John Glenn, first American to orbit Earth, dies at 95

STS-95 crewmember, astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn poses for his official NASA photo taken April 14, 1998. Courtesy NASA/Handout via REUTERS John Glenn, who became one of the 20th century’s greatest explorers as the first American to orbit Earth and late... More »

Russian cargo ship destroyed after launch for Space Station

A Russian Progress MS-04 space cargo ship with food and supplies for the International Space Station blasts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, December 1, 2016. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS An unmanned Russian cargo ship loaded wi... More »

Baker Hughes shares set to rise on GE deal: Barron`s

The ticker and logo for General Electric Co. is displayed on a screen at the post where it’s traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Shares of oilfield services company Baker Hug... More »

Navigation system failure cited in crash of European Mars lander

An illustration released by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the Schiaparelli EDM lander. A European space lander reached Mars on October 19, 2016 in what scientists hope will mark a major milestone in exploration of the Red Planet, but whether it touched... More »

Destination Moon? Belgium joins the space race

A giant poster of Tintin is seen inside the Centre Pompidou modern art museum in Paris December 19, 2006. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin helped popularize the 1950s Space Race with his iconic cartoon rocket- seven decades on ... More »

SpaceX seeks U.S. approval for internet-via-satellite network

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks after unveiling the Dragon V2 spacecraft in Hawthorne, California, U.S. on May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Private rocket launch service SpaceX is requesting government approval to operate a massive satellite network ... More »

Multinational crew blasts off, bound for space station

The International Space Station (ISS) crew member Peggy Whitson of the U.S. is pictured before boarding spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan 17 November 2016. REUTERS/Kirill Kudryavtsev/ Pool A multinational crew, including a U.S. astronaut who is... More »

China`s Shenzhou 11 manned space capsule returns to Earth

The re-entry capsule of China’s Shenzhou-11 spacecraft is loaded on a truck, north of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, November 18, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS China’s Shenzhou 11 space capsule landed safely in the northern region of Inner Mongolia o... More »

Putin may discuss Syria with Obama in Peru: Kremlin spokesman

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, September 5, 2016. Sputnik/Kremlin/Alexei Druzhinin/via REUTERS Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Barack... More »

Exclusive: FedEx grounds one plane over GE engine part concern

General Electric employee Ron Carlson inspects a CF6-80C engine at the GE Aviation Peebles Test Operations Facility in Peebles, Ohio, November 15, 2013. REUTERS/Matt Sullivan FedEx Corp is grounding one of its planes temporarily that has an engine General Elec... More »

China boosts space program with new heavy rocket launch

A Long March 5 carrier rocket is launched from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan Province, China November 3, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS China has launched its new Long March-5 heavy rocket, state media said, sending its payload into orbit... More »

SpaceX aiming to return to flight next month: CEO Musk

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils his plans to colonize Mars during the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Friday his space launch company is aiming to return it... More »

Multinational crew leaves space station, returns to Earth

A Russian Soyuz MS space capsule stands on the ground shortly after its landing with International Space Station (ISS) crew members Kate Rubins of the U.S., Anatoly Ivanishin of Russia and Takuya Onishi of Japan, as a rescue helicopter lands nearby, outside th... More »

Orbital rocket blasts off on space station cargo run

The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, October 17, 2016. Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via REUTERS An unmanned Antares rocket owned by Orbital ATK Inc blasted off fro... More »

U.S.-Russian crew blasts off for space station

The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft carrying the crew of Shane Kimbrough of the U.S., Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Russia blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, October 19, 2016. REUTERS... More »

Fate of `Life on Mars` lander in balance after descent to planet

An illustration released by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the Schiaparelli EDM lander. ESA/Handout via REUTERS A European space lander reached Mars on Wednesday in what scientists hope will mark a major milestone in exploration of the Red Planet, but w... More »

NASA spacecraft loses computer before close encounter with Jupiter

An artist’s rendering depicts NASA’s Juno spacecraft above Jupiter’s north pole in this undated handout image. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via Reuters/File photo NASA’s Juno spacecraft lost its main computer and science instruments shortly before it was due to ma... More »

Crash landing feared as Europe`s Mars lander still silent

An illustration released by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the Schiaparelli EDM lander. A European space lander reached Mars on October 19, 2016 in what scientists hope will mark a major milestone in exploration of the Red Planet, but whether it touched... More »

Europe`s Mars probe destroyed after plunging to surface

A full-size model of the European ExoMars entry, descent and landing module, Schiaparell is seen during a press conference at the European Space Agency (ESA) Headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Images taken by a NASA Ma... More »

Obama says work has begun on habitats to help humans reach Mars

Dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks on Mars inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water are seen in an image produced by NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the University of Arizona. Scientists have found the first evidence that brin... More »

European-led Mars lander starts descent to red planet

The ExoMars 2016 spacecraft composite, comprised of the Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli, is transfered to the launch vehicle adapter (LVA), with the conical shaped LVA seen in the foreground, at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, in this handout photo rel... More »

China to launch manned space mission Shenzhou 11 on Monday

Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng (L) and Chen Dong wave at a news conference before China launches the Shenzhou 11 manned spacecraft, in Jiuquan, China, October 16, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS China will launch a two-man space mission, Shenzhou 11, on Monday,... More »

China launches longest manned space mission

Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft carrying astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong blasts off from the launchpad in Jiuquan, China, October 17, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS China launched its longest manned space mission on Monday, sending two astronauts into orbit... More »

U.S. bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones from air travel

An employee checks an exchanged Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 7 at company’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone devices will be banned from aircraft in the United States starting on Sat... More »

Blue Origin successfully tests capsule safety, lands booster

The New Shepard booster rocket, owned by Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin, is shown at the moment of separation during the escape module testing in Culberson County, West Texas, U.S., October 5, 2016. Blue Origin/Handout via REUTERS A rocket owned by Jeff... More »

Billionaire Elon Musk outlines plans for humans to colonize Mars

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils his plans to colonize Mars during the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer SpaceX is developing a massive rocket and capsule to transport large numbers of people and carg... More »

Mission Complete: Rosetta says farewell with comet crash-landing

Artist’s impression of Rosetta spacecraft shortly before hitting Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on September 30, 2016. ESA/ATG medialab/Handout via REUTERS The Rosetta spacecraft ended its historic mission on Friday, crashing on the surface of the dusty, icy ... More »

Bookmark?Remove?

UAE to introduce new laws soon to regulate drones

The United Arab Emirates will finalize laws to more heavily regulate the sale of drones and their operations soon, aiming to minimize risks posed by unmanned aerial vehicles, an official at the aviation regulator said on Monday. More »

With U.S. drone rules set, firms race for flight data

A drone, made by CyPhy Works, carries a UPS package on Children’s Island off the coast of Beverly, Massachusetts during UPS’s demonstration of a drone making a commercial delivery of a package to a remote or difficult-to-access location. REUTERS/Brian Snyder U... More »

Rolls-Royce to cut 200 more management jobs

Warren East, CEO of Rolls-Royce, poses for a portrait at the company aerospace engineering and development site in Bristol, Britain December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Rolls-Royce (RR.L) said on Sunday it is cutting more than 200 management job... More »

Iran urges U.S. to unblock aircraft deals, seeks investors

IranÕs Roads and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi speaks to foreign investors at the CAPA Iran Aviation Summit in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2016. REUTERS/Tim Hepher Iran urged the United States on Sunday to remove remaining obstacles to buying passe... More »

Jeff Bezos unveils new rocket to compete with SpaceX

CEO of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos arrives for the world premiere of ”Star Trek Beyond” at Comic Con in San Diego, California U.S., July 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake Jeff Bezos on Monday unveiled a heavy-lift reusable rocket expected to compete against Elon Musk’s S... More »

SpaceX aims to resume launches in November, president says

An explosion on the launch site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is shown in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. September 1, 2016. Courtesy of Twitter.com/Kris N./Handout via REUTERS SpaceX is aiming to resume flights in November following a launch pad fire that destroy... More »

SpaceX says accident probe will not slow space taxi effort

An explosion on the launch site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is shown in Cape Canaveral, Florida September 1, 2016. Courtesy of Twitter.com/GirlieToNerdy/Handout via REUTERS SpaceX on Thursday said efforts to develop and certify a space taxi for NASA are not be... More »

China launches second experimental space lab module

China’s second experimental space laboratory lifts off from the launch pad in Jiuquan, Gansu province, China, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer China launched its second experimental space laboratory on Thursday, part of a broader plan to have a permanent m... More »

Sensing threat, UPS plans to expand its 3D printing operations

United Parcel Service air craft are being loaded with air containers full of packages bound for their final destination at the UPS Worldport All Points International Hub during the peak delivery month in Louisville, Kentucky December 3, 2015. REUTERS/John Somm... More »

North Korea ready for another nuclear test any time: South Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech at the 9th Congress of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on August 29, 2016. KCNA/ via REUTERS min Park and Jack ... More »