Aerospace

By Ben Goldstein
The LimoConnect V2 was unveiled July 22 at the Electric Aircraft Symposium in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
French startup Aura Aero flew its Integral S training aircraft for the first time on July 28 from Toulouse-Francazal airport.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
South Korean eVTOL startup Plana plans to lease space in the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence in Springfield, Ohio.
Advanced Air Mobility

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES completed acquisiton of AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, CA, forming a fourth business segment.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways Group has reported a strong financial performance for 2022/23.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick, Ben Goldstein
Industry is concerned about key provisions of the FAA’s proposed operating rules for powered-lift aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
The airframer is back to generating cash and on the way to meeting key promises to investors, citing growing stability in its commercial aircraft programs
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Volocopter’s window to certify the VoloCity ahead of the Olympics is tight, but the real challenge is developing a larger version with a stronger business case.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
Seven missions have been set aside for the third-place winner.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Some startups—including Netherlands-based PAL-V and California-based Alef Aeronautics—believe flying cars might offer a more efficient solution.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Aerofugia is a subsidiary of Chinese carmaker Geely.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
Axiom, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have all flown privately paying passengers into orbital and suborbital space from the U.S.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Kleos Space, a startup that sought to make and offer a satellite constellation for radio frequency monitoring, is filing for bankruptcy.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio, Garrett Reim, Irene Klotz
Editors discuss the meaning of exponential smallsat growth, new technologies for flying satellites in formation and U.S. national security space needs.
Check 6

By Chen Chuanren
The Western Australia Police Force acquisition of the five-bladed Airbus H145 is part of a state-funded upgrade of its air wing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Apurva Mahajan
The Indian Space Research Organization’s landing on the Moon's south pole is slated to place around Aug. 23.
Space

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
New data linked to a known problem has convinced Pratt & Whitney to accelerate inspections on more than 1,000 A320neo-family engines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The acquisition of Cobham Aerospace Communications, also known as AeroComms, would add a powerful technology brick to Thales’ secure-satcom offering.
Connected Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
The road to launch detoured back to the rocket factory for an upper-stage modification.
Space

By Graham Warwick
China’s AutoFlight is claiming a world first with the formation flight of three prototypes of its planned Prosperity 1 air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Ribbit is a Toronto-based startup that is using autonomy to help improve air cargo access to far-flung communities in Northern Canada.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Diamond Aircraft completed the first flight of its eDA40 electric training aircraft from Weiner Neustadt, Austria, on July 20.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Final trials before the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launcher saw ESA engineers perform an extensive assessment with the combined test model.
Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Electra.aero has secured an investment from Statkraft Ventures, a fund that specializes in energy transition and clean technology.
Advanced Air Mobility