Californian startup Natilus has announced letters of intent for more than 440 large unmanned cargo aircraft from customers including a Canadian drone operator, an African cargo airline and a U.S. freight forwarder.
The day after a SpaceX Falcon 9 delivered a batch of 49 Starlink satellites into orbit, a solar storm struck, causing atmospheric particles from Earth to expand into space, increasing drag on the newly launched flock.
The Irish government says it will consider a report that urges the country to consider acquiring combat aircraft to provide a national air policing capability.
Israel’s Steadicopter says its Black Eagle 50H VTOL UAS is the first in its class and combines the best of both its electric and petrol-powered Black Eagle UAS.
Having achieved steady progress in the areas of space technology and manufacturing, Singapore outlined a three-pronged strategy to encourage further growth in the local space sector at the Global Space & Technology Convention.
The U.S. Air Force is kicking off its effort to replace the E-3 Sentry AWACS, releasing a request for information for its replacement on Feb. 8 that calls for two prototypes by 2028.
Brazilian startup Desaer has partnered with electric propulsion developer MagniX to develop a hybrid-electric version of its planned ATL-100 regional utility transport.
The distance involved in operations over Afghanistan and the persistent need for overhead surveillance to develop targets has taken a toll on deployed MQ-9 Reapers, though there are continuing talks with neighboring nations about basing rights, the pick to lead U.S. forces in the region told lawmakers Feb. 8.
The Japanese defense ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency estimates it would cost 646.5 billion yen ($5.61 billion) to upgrade and operate 68 Mitsubishi F-15Js from 2019-49, the agency announced Feb. 4.
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado, to develop a Mars Ascent Vehicle, a small rocket capable of launching samples of Martian rock, soil and air gathered by the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover for return to Earth.
Vertical Aerospace has selected Leonardo’s aerostructures division to design, test and manufacture the carbon-composite fuselage for its planned VX4 air taxi.
To promote the growth of the aviation sector in its Eastern Economic Corridor, Thailand will join the Asian airshow circuit by introducing the Thailand International Airshow in 2025.
Two new-build Falcons will be acquired, replacing the long-serving BAe 146 regional airliners that have been used for the RAF’s Command Support Air Transport (CSAT) mission.
Potential military missions for the aircraft include “island hopping and distributed cargo logistics in the Indo-Pacific theater or operations in areas with limited infrastructure like Africa,” an Electra executive says.
The investment fully funds E-Space’s Beta 1 launch of its first test satellites in March, as well as its Beta 2 launch “later” this year, the company says.
Chinese-owned Dornier Seawings has acquired the rights to a light amphibious aircraft that it plans to produce alongside the 12-passenger Seastar CD2 flying boat.
The U.S. Army is expected to bear the brunt of budget cutbacks when the Pentagon’s spending plan is finally rolled out, and that could require some bold moves including ending what the service had said is its top aviation procurement priority.
South Korea’s ambition to launch urban air mobility services in 2025 has been boosted by the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement between air taxi developer Joby Aviation and Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom.
A new 70-page report on the oft-ignored topic of hypersonic defense opens with a first line that neither sugarcoats the scale of the challenge nor wishes it away.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s upgraded Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T—the third in the GOES-R series of weather observation and environmental monitoring spacecraft—is undergoing preparations for a March 1 launch.
The Swiss government claims that its future fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35s will have similar noise levels on an annual basis than its current fleet of fighters, despite the aircraft being measured as 3 dB louder during takeoff than the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.
After Denmark’s Prime Minister in January set the goal of all domestic aviation being fossil-free by 2030, a massive Danish project to produce sustainable fuels from renewable energy is investigating whether it can begin jet fuel production in 2025, two years earlier than planned.
U.S. regional airline Mesa Air Group has invested in startup Regent and signed a letter of intent to purchase 200 of its sea-skimming electric seagliders for overwater routes between coastal cities.
