In February 2023, a United States Air Force fighter jet shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon flying at about 60,000-65,000 feet (18-20 km) altitude in sovereign U.S. airspace. After the […] ...
The stratosphere is no longer empty. High-altitude platform and suborbital spaceplane operations are booming, yet our management of “near-space” remains stuck in the last century. We cannot afford to ...
As airspace gets busier, new tools and coordination efforts are helping to keep flight paths safe and efficient. The skies are getting more crowded. Traditional commercial and business aircraft now ...