U.S. authorities have refused to issue an entry visa for Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Chub, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin reported in his social media account on Jan 22.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is suing to stop Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales, from taking over rocket and missile propulsion specialist Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Italy’s Leonardo says its contract to deliver Eurofighters to Kuwait is not affected by an investigation the Gulf state’s anti-corruption agency is pursuing into alleged inflated prices paid for the aircraft.
Space 11 Corp., an aerospace company focused on the production of space-based entertainment, is partnering with Nanoracks, a commercial space station visionary, to develop an orbital free flyer intended to support space film and television production and serve as a live venue and soundscape.
A month after launching aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, the James Webb Space Telescope on Jan. 24 reached its operational orbit about 940,000 mi. from Earth.
SpaceX’s 24th NASA-contracted cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station conducted a parachute-assisted descent into the Gulf of Mexico waters off Panama City, Florida, on Jan. 24. Dragon returned a more than 4,900-lb. payload of scientific and medical research, technology hardware and other equipment for recovery.
NATO has announced a series of deployments to Eastern Europe that will bulk up its response to Russia’s continued buildup of forces near the Ukrainian border.
U.S. Patriot missile defense batteries shot down incoming missiles at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, early Jan. 24—the second time within a week that defense systems downed incoming missiles in the area.
Bell’s 360 Invictus competitive prototype for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft fly-off contest is 75% structurally complete at its facility in Amarillo, Texas, and remains on track for first flight in 2023, the company says.
The U.S. Navy will begin integrating F-35Cs onto the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as part of the service’s long-term plan to bring the carrier-based fighter onto its ships.
China’s J-20 stealth fighter carrying PL-15 long-range air-to-air missiles poses many challenges for the U.S. Air Force, not least in providing realistic training against it.
Spun out by the Williams Formula 1 racing team at the end of 2019, Williams Advanced Engineering has been expanding from its motorsports roots and applying its high-performance battery and electrification expertise to new sectors, including aviation.
Germany’s Wingcopter has signed a contract exceeding $16 million to supply a large fleet of delivery drones to Spright, a subsidiary formed by U.S. air medical service provider Air Methods in July 2020 to service the health care market.
A NASA-funded team is working to connect airborne and cloud-based flight management systems to enable better real-time trajectory optimization and airspace management for advanced air mobility and commercial aviation.
Airbus has delivered the last production commercial model of its AS365 Dauphin helicopter, ending a 40-year production run of the twin-engine rotorcraft.
ArianeGroup is studying a dual-use second stage for launches of both satellite and crew that will support the European Space Agency’s fledgling reusability strategy.
After a two-day weather delay, SpaceX’s 24th NASA-contracted Cargo Dragon capsule departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Jan. 23 for a parachute-assisted descent, splashdown and recovery in the waters off Florida’s upper gulf coast.
South Korea is bringing forward the maiden flight of its Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 Boramae fighter from July to early June following the smooth development of the first prototype aircraft.
The additional Boeing funding will advance development of Wisk’s sixth-generation eVTOL, which is targeted to be the first autonomous all-electric passenger aircraft certified in the U.S.
