Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Smallsat contracts firm up after Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne deploys first payloads in ‘picture-perfect’ demo polar orbit test mission.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Universal Hydrogen wants to enable zero-emissions commercial aviation by tacking the two biggest challenges: creating a distribution infrastructure and kick-starting demand for hydrogen.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
Launch this year still possible, says NASA.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has adapted an H130 light helicopter as a flying laboratory to test technology for urban air mobility, hybrid-electric flight and new flight safety systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The European Commission is to order the first 12 satellites for the second generation of the Galileo navigation constellation from Airbus and Thales Alenia Space.
Commercial Space

HAI

By Michael Bruno
Private equity-backed space rollup Redwire has acquired spacecraft design and engineering specialist Oakman Aerospace of Littleton, Colorado.
Commercial Space

The Little Engineer and The African Section Ninety Nines International Organisation of Women Pilots, together with its partner Airbus Foundation, is to roll out the Airbus Little Engineer (ALE) interactive digital programme in Malawi.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Bell has flight tested a different configuration for its Autonomous Pod Transport unmanned cargo aircraft to show that the vehicle design is flexible and can be scaled and customized for potential customers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Transporting passengers between London City and London Heathrow Airports is one potential application of urban air mobility in the UK that will be studied by a consortium led by Eve, the spinoff from EmbraerX.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Ask the editors: Despite the pandemic-related travel dip, demand for speed continues to propel development of supersonic business jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX kicked off what is expected to be a pivotal year for its fledging internet-via-satellite service with the delivery of 60 more spacecraft into orbit on Jan. 20, as public beta trials expand to the UK.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Vehicle developers ranging from Airbus to startup Ascendance Flight Technologies are among 30 companies that have been selected to participate in urban air mobility testing in Paris beginning in June.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA needs to strategically reassess risk as it enlists commercial and international partners in its deep-space ambitions, according to the agency’s independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
MagniX and Eviation set up base in Washington state, focused on enabling “middle-mile” air transportation using electric aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
Airbus expected to raise single-aisle production rates late 2021; Boeing resumes MAX deliveries. Concerns over widebody demand persist.
Aircraft & Propulsion