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Small-sat launcher Rocket Lab will look to bring its expected first-stage booster recycling system to its new Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia.

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The Irish Air Corps (IAC) has ordered a pair of Airbus C295 twin-turboprop airlifters for the maritime patrol mission.

Autonomous air taxi developer Ehang is on track to begin a pioneering effort with the Civil Aviation Administration of China to develop airworthiness standards and certification methods for the new aircraft category.

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Modified Beaver seaplane becomes first commercial aircraft to fly on all-electric propulsion.

Lockheed tests ground-launched long-range missile; Japan to keep making F-35s; Space Fence nears start of ops; NATO training center opens

The test focused on validating the wake-prediction model used to assess the optimum cruise location for the in-trail aircraft.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is suffering delays getting the threat assessments it needs to make informed acquisition decisions, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.

LOCKHEED MARTIN Corp. has $18m U.S. Navy contract for maintenance and operation of the Australia, Canada, United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory (ACURL) for the F-35.

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that over the next ten years, 4,257 new rotary-wing aircraft will be built and delivered to military operators and 1,453 will be remanufactured or re-engined.

Northrop Grumman, one of four companies vying for a pair of national security space launch service contracts, has signed an agreement with Delaware

Qatar Airways has launched a new Augmented Reality (AR) experience that allows customers to play an innovative football game where they must ‘Blink to Score.’

AUSTRALIA received seven more F-35A Lightning IIs at RAAF Base Williamtown, bringing total fleet operating at the base to 13.

S7 Space Corp. will relocate its Sea Launch complex to Russia.

PrecisionHawk announced a $32 million venture capital investment on Dec. 11.

Airbus will showcase its range of innovative technologies, products and services from market leading commercial and military aircraft to helicopters and space systems at next week’s Dubai Airshow.

Emirates SkyCargo flew over 75,000 tonnes of pharmaceuticals across the world during the Financial Year 2018/19.

ACC Aviation Group has announced the opening of a new regional office in Addis Ababa.

Thousands of lives are being saved in west Africa thanks to Zipline, the world’s first commercial drone delivery service.

NCB Capital, an investment bank in Saudi Arabia with over USD 40 billion of assets under management and the largest global Shariah-compliant asset manager, has announced that a vehicle advised by one of its subsidiaries has signed an agreement to acquire a portfolio of 19 commercial aircraft from AerCap Holdings N.V. AerCap, a provider of aircraft leasing and aviation finance, will offer technical and lease management services to the portfolio.

Life saving medication manufactured in Belgium and fresh salmon from Norway are just two of the commodities that have been transported across the world by Emirates SkyCargo.

Wisk JV stirs up UAM; SkyPorts funding boost; Jaunt goes for BAE; Ehang plans eVTOL sightseeing; Volocopter impresses spectators; Vahana eVTOL completes flying.

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) revealed just how strongly the UAE aviation finance business is performing this year. Announcing its 2019 first half strategic and operational highlights for its leasing division, DAE Capital said it had delivered and committed to deliver over US$1.1 billion in aircraft assets.

Embraer will take to the 53rd edition of Paris Air Show International, in France, the first KC-390 multi-mission airlift configured to operate with the Brazilian Air Force (FAB).