Aerospace & Defense

Rep. Jim Bridenstine, an Oklahoma Republican with a record supporting both commercial space ventures and traditional manned exploration programs, appears to be the leading candidate to become the next NASA administrator.

Demand for powders made of aluminum, cobalt and other industrial metals is poised to take off over the next decade as 3-D printing technology becomes more widely used, especially in industries that use tailored components and parts.

The SEC is investigating the sale of $850 million in bonds issued by Mozambique, the latest development in a scandal that is exposing the links between the country, three international banks and a defense contractor.

President-elect Donald Trump said in a cryptic tweet that he supports an expansion of U.S. nuclear-weapon capabilities, the latest social-media missive to baffle experts and ratchet up international tensions.

Aviation authorities are moving to improve the accuracy and reliability of satellite navigation by enabling aircraft in the future to simultaneously rely on separate orbiting systems run by the U.S. and Europe.

Japan’s SoftBank is pumping $1 billion into OneWeb, which aims to use hundreds of satellites to provide internet access in rural areas and developing countries, in a fundraising round that values the startup at roughly $2.5 billion.

Airbus has delayed delivery plans for one of its newest long-range planes, adding to pressure on the European plane maker to meet commitments to airline customers.

FAA chief Michael Huerta issued the strongest signal yet that he seeks Trump administration endorsement of his leadership and bent for industry-friendly regulation, aiming to stay through the end of his statutory term in 2018.

Outlaw Country, founded by rocker Steven Van Zandt, is a model for how the satellite-radio giant plans to take on Spotify, Pandora and AM/FM radio.

European leaders are set to move forward with plans aimed at stepping up military spending, which officials said is partly a response to pressure by the incoming Trump administration to shoulder more responsibility for the continent’s defense.

Amazon said Wednesday it made its first customer delivery by drone, putting the online retailer in the lead to use drones as a new delivery method.

SpaceX has lost a spacecraft launch order from a major satellite operator to a European rival after the failure of one of its rockets and delays in resuming flights.

Donald Trump uses a web of privately held LLCs and other entities to house his assets—everything from real estate to a vintage carousel in Manhattan’s Central Park—making it impossible to gauge the full extent of potential conflicts he may face as president.

After repeatedly telling customers and journalists it was confident of resuming rocket launches in 2016, Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has pushed that timetable to January.

Drone maker AeroVironment said it swung to a loss in its latest quarter and results fell well short of Wall Street expectations, with revenue slipping 22% as sales in the company’s unmanned-aircraft-systems business fell.

Google parent Alphabet Inc.’s struggle to launch a delivery-drone business is part of tech’s broader problem expanding innovation into the physical world. Silicon Valley hopes to reinvent automobiles, medical devices and home automation. Yet the industry is finding the new terrain harder to control than its familiar digital turf.

Chip maker Ambarella., a key supplier to action-camera maker GoPro, is poised to report its first annual sales decline as sales are expected to remain sluggish in the holiday quarter.

Iridium Communications said it anticipates the first batch of its next-generation satellites, initially slated to be deployed a year ago, will be launched in mid-December by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Setbacks for New Delhi’s first homemade aircraft carrier have slowed efforts to face China on the high seas.