Germany and Sweden have joined France to study the future development of a new-generation European airlifter that could replace types such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and CASA CN235.
NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (Capstone) small satellite successfully separated from its orbital Photon propulsion stage early July 4, beginning a pioneering journey to near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) around the Moon.
The U.S. Air Force is expected to issue a request for information (RFI) within the next week for the design of a large-scale prototype of a blended wing body, the first details of which emerged in President Biden’s recently announced fiscal 2023 budget request.
The U.S. Army’s decision to delay its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program by pushing production milestones back up to four years gives Sikorsky more time to mature its Raider X design, and although some in Washington have raised doubts about the program’s future, the service and company are still confident in its permanence.
Electric short takeoff and landing aircraft developer Electra believes a 500-600 kW turbogenerator will allow its in-development nine-passenger aircraft to fly 30% more fuel efficiently that a similar-sized aircraft.
More details of the architecture of the Lilium Jet electric regional air taxi have emerged as the German startup has named Astronics to develop the power distribution system.
Europe’s Sesar 3 Joint Undertaking public-private partnership for air traffic management research has awarded grants for two projects for operational demonstrations that support the Digital European Sky vision to modernize the region’s aviation infrastructure.
Europe’s aviation safety agency on June 30 issued a proposed regulatory framework for operations of new vertical takeoff and landing-capable aircraft over cities.
Initial ground tests to integrate Stratolaunch’s Roc carrier aircraft with the company’s first captive-carry version of the Talon A hypersonic test vehicle have begun in Mojave, California, marking a major milestone toward a key drop test planned for later this year.
Guardian Agriculture, a U.S. startup developing an autonomous crop protection aircraft, has secured a multimillion-dollar partnership with Wilbur-Ellis, a manufacturer of agriculture products and chemicals.
An Indian-made demonstrator for a future flying wing autonomous aircraft completed a first flight on July 1 at the Aeronautical Test Range in southern India.
Australian regional airline Skytrans has partnered with local startup Stralis Aircraft to convert a 19-seat Beech 1900D turboprop to hydrogen-electric propulsion for flight trials in 2025.
China’s Duofo Group has acquired Italian ultralight helicopter manufacturer Fama Helicopters with the goal of expanding into uncrewed aircraft and electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.
OneWeb, in partnership with the European Space Agency and UK Space Agency, says it demonstrated a 5G link between low Earth orbit satellites, a geostationary satellite and a mobile ground terminal on June 28.
The USS George H. W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is certified to deploy after a large-scale, international and unique certification exercise that involved three nations and a Marine expeditionary unit.
Korea Aerospace Industries is to build a subscale model of a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi for flight testing by 2024 as a precursor of a full-size vehicle that would enable the company to participate in the Seoul government’s push to commercialize urban air mobility beginning in 2025.
Startup launch company Relativity Space has signed a multiyear, multiflight launch services agreement with OneWeb to deliver its next-generation broadband satellites into orbit beginning in 2025.
The first Airbus A330 multirole tanker transport upgraded with an automatic refueling system will be delivered to the Republic of Singapore Air Force by year’s end, becoming the first air arm to possess such technology.
