A Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 has been returned to the embattled country six days after a pilot fled with the two-engine fighter to Romania in the first hours of the Russian invasion, Romanian military officials said on March 1.
Hyundai’s urban air mobility company, Supernal, is to work with Miami officials to develop policies for advanced air mobility that are designed to enable the city to serve as a model for other metropolitan areas.
Lilium is modifying the design of its electric air taxi, building a third demonstrator to accelerate flight testing and partnering with NetJets to offer the vertical takeoff Lilium Jet for private and business aviation.
The Space Development Agency on Feb. 28 awarded agreements worth about $1.8 billion to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems to develop the foundation of a mesh network of 126 optically connected communication satellites.
Germany’s Diehl Defense has confirmed its intention to join Australia’s Sovereign Missile Alliance to help local industries develop and build guided-missile systems for the Australian Defense Force under the Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise.
The pilot of an Aeroflot airliner that violated Canadian airspace on Feb. 27 after it had been closed to all Russian aircraft declared the flight to be on a hum
NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts has selected 17 proposals for $5.1 million in Phase I and II technology development activities that could advance future space and aeronautics missions.
The Pentagon is exploring ways to deconflict U.S. and Russian aircraft as airspace over Ukraine continues to be contested, though so far there has not been interest from Moscow as the invasion continues.
The aerospace industry has begun to evaluate the consequences of the sanctions the EU is imposing on Russia’s aviation in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its attack on Ukraine likely will cause the European Space Agency’s ExoMars rover to miss its 2022 launch window.
Launch service operator Arianespace, the European Space Agency, the EU and European governments are reviewing their options after Russian space agency Roscosmos suspended cooperation with its partners at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
China has launched a record 22 satellites into orbit following the liftoff of a Long March CZ-8Y2 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Feb. 27.
Ukrainian aircraft maker Antonov deferred comment after multiple officials and news outlets reported that the An-225 Mriya heavy airlifter was destroyed during fighting at an airport near Kyiv.
Three F-35As deployed to Amaris Air Base, Estonia, and the other three landed at Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania, where they will support NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission “for an extended period of time,” the U.S. Air Force said Feb. 27.
Germany is pledging to create a €100 billion ($112.7 billion) fund for defense investment this year and is promising a dramatic uptick in annual defense spending in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Roscosmos will suspend launches of Soyuz rockets from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana in response to European Union sanctions on Russia, the CEO of the Russian space corporation Dmitry Rogozin said Feb. 26.
Indian multinational engineering services provider Tech Mahindra is collaborating with Aska on the design of the U.S. startup’s drive/fly electric vertical takeoff and landing commuter vehicle.
Beginning deployment of U-space airspace for drone operations with a few pilot regions in urban areas is a key recommendation presented by German air navigation service provider DFS and its unmanned traffic management subsidiary Droniq.
Set for launch March 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T promises to help forecasters and scientists monitor and warn of weather and climate concerns on a wider scale and a faster pace, including those linked to wild fires, hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, and solar storms.
