NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado, to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a small, lightweight rocket to launch rock, sediment, and atmospheric samples from the surface of the Red Planet.
On Jan. 11 Boom Supersonic (Denver, Colo., U.S.), an aerospace company building a fast and sustainable composite supersonic airliner, entered into a three-year strategic partnership with the U.S. Air Force (Washington, D.C., U.S.) valued at up to $60 million.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in a new program will explore options to conduct biomanufacturing in space, using biological systems like microbes to construct materials for use in orbital operations.
(LONG BEACH, California, Nov. 16, 2021) — SME, the professional association committed to advancing manufacturing professionals, academia and communities, today in association with its Composites Manufacturing Tech Group recognized two individuals and two prominent composites manufacturing organizations at its 2021 Excellence in Composites Manufacturing Awards.
Preserving the peace and security of the people can be a successful yet dangerous task and defense manufacturing plays a critical part in this role. New innovations are constantly being conceptualized, created, and tested to prepare forces for security.
NASA’s upcoming mission might resemble a scene from a sci-fi disaster movie. The agency announced Sunday that it’s sending spacecraft above the Earth to crash into an asteroid’s moonlet to change the body’s trajectory.
The Marine Corps continues to leverage additive manufacturing to benefit the warfighter.
NASA is developing new deployable structures and materials technologies for solar sail propulsion systems destined for deep space missions.
Cleaner-burning jet fuels made from sustainable sources can produce 50%-70% fewer ice crystal contrails at cruising altitude, reducing aviation’s impact on the environment, according to research conducted by NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
The aerospace and defense industries are leading in the use of advanced manufacturing.