More sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plants are being announced in the U.S. and Middle East as energy companies respond to commitments from airlines to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Radian Aerospace has unveiled plans for “the world’s first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage to orbit spaceplane” for sending passengers and cargo to low Earth orbit.
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has taken delivery of its first Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules upgraded to what it calls the “Block 8.1” standard.
Satellite-powered hyperspectral imagery and analytics startup HySpecIQ is aiming to raise more funds and grow its small staff ahead of an expected September 2023 launch of its first of 12 orbital assets.
The Hamburg Port Authority has formed a technology partnership with drone control center developer HHLA Sky to accelerate use of drones within the German port for logistics, surveillance, inspection and emergency coordination.
A Japanese team has demonstrated an integrated sea-air drone combining an unmanned aircraft and underwater robot and designed to reduce the cost and risk of marine inspections and repairs.
Northrop Grumman has finalized a contract with Paragon Space Development worth more than $100 million to provide the life support system for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost program, aimed for lunar orbit as the first crew module of NASA’s Lunar Gateway.
The Air Force Research Laboratory on Jan. 14 awarded SpaceX a $102 million contract for its Rocket Cargo program, an effort studying the feasibility of moving military materiel through space.
A surprise November 2021 Russian anti-satellite test has nearly doubled the risk of a penetrating collision between test debris and the International Space Station, NASA ISS Director Robyn Gatens says.
UK startup Electric Aviation Group is continuing its strategy of building out the enabling technologies for its planned zero-emissions 90-seat hydrogen hybrid-electric regional airliner, the H2ERA.
The European Space Agency is working toward the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 medium-to-heavy launcher, but a precise date–in 2022 or later–cannot be set, Director General Josef Aschbacher says.
The Royal Air Force is set to expand its swarming drone effort with the development of a self-healing communications network that will support the passage of data between the air vehicles.
Seasoned dealmakers say late 2022-early 2023 could see a long-awaited—and potentially dramatic—revival in commercial aero M&A among small and midsized enterprises.
HeroX and DrivenData have joined with NASA to launch a “NASAAir-athon” crowdsourcing competition to establish a satellite data source to improve and make more publicly accessible urban air quality estimates.
NASA is working with crowdsourcing platform HeroX to award prizes for recycling concepts that could help diminish the trash buildup associated with early-stage human expeditions to Mars.
Lockheed Martin says it has completed a series of mission profile tests of the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant rotorcraft demonstrator as the U.S. Army continues evaluating competing bids for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract.
Airbus has begun partnering with Japanese communication providers to study the feasibility of deploying wireless communication networks on high-altitude platform stations (HAPS) such as the company’s Zephyr.
