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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen in this false color infrared exposure as it is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Pentagon wants SpaceX delivering cargo around the globe — and a live test could come next year

U.S. Transportation Command wants to launch cargo into space and have it land somewhere else in the world, an hour later.

By Aaron Mehta

2 years ago

F-35 program head pushes back on Elon Musk’s critique of the Joint Strike Fighter

Unsurprisingly, some defense officials disagree with the SpaceX founder's opinion that the F-35 needs a direct competitor.

By Valerie Insinna

3 years ago

Sorry, Elon, fighter pilots will fly and fight for a long time

An executive at the Mitchell Institute pushes back after Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, said the era of fighter jets is coming to an end.

By Douglas Birkey

3 years ago

SpaceX’s founder tells US Air Force the era of fighter jets is ending

Elon Musk also shared some thoughts on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

By Valerie Insinna

3 years ago

Air Force, SpaceX to test Starlink capabilities in upcoming live-fire demonstration

The April 8 event will be the next iteration of the military’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) exercises, taking place at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The demonstration will test the military's interoperability with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellations.

By Dylan Gresik

3 years ago

How robot blacksmiths will make our planes, subs and ships

Metal implements made by blacksmiths oftentimes have legendary strength because the working of the metal, like kneading of dough, makes its structure finer, more homogeneous.

By Glenn S. Daehn, Ohio State University

3 years ago