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By Tony Osborne
Italy is establishing a rotary-wing flying school to train pilots for all the country’s armed forces, parapublic agencies as well as from overseas militaries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Australia has led a $141 million funding round for Gilmour Space Technologies aimed at working on the Eris rocket and expanding production capacity.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The SpaceRise consortium developing the EU's IRIS2 autonomous secure satellite broadband constellation says it has brought military Ka-band service into use.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The CEO of Isar Aerospace says a strong appetite for launch means the company is sold out through 2028 with more than $10 billion in its business pipeline.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Czech ministers have rejected proposals made by the country’s president to offer Aero Vodochody L-159 Advanced Light Combat aircraft to Ukraine.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
Denmark has retired its F-16s, becoming the latest European nation to rely solely on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as its frontline combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British defense engineering company QinetiQ has been awarded a five-year contract extension to support the Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Two Chinese rockets—CASC's Long March 3B and private launch provider Galactic Energy's Ceres 2—failed in launch attempts on Jan. 17.
Operations & Safety

By Chen Chuanren
The Philippines signed a contract for six anti-submarine-warfare helicopters, according to a report detailing the Defense Department's approved acquisitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Ukraine and Iceye have signed an agreement to expand the embattled country’s access to high-resolution SAR satellite imagery on an expedited basis.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s second Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket, topped with an Orion deep-space capsule, was rolled out to its Kennedy Space Center launchpad on Jan. 17.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Crew-11 Dragon International Space Station crewmembers have returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Operations & Safety

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By Steve Trimble
The Israeli-designed Hero-90 became the first man-portable loitering munition to advance in the U.S. Army’s competition for the LASSO contract.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
VERMONT considers UAP task force bill... LOCKHEED gets AEGIS award... BAE adding E-2D IFF service depot...
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By Samuel Archer
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By Garrett Reim
Recently unveiled plans by several Chinese companies to launch more than 200,000 collectively represent “nothing untoward,” says an editorial in China Daily.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force soon will ask companies to propose new ideas for long-range hypersonic weapons that can be demonstrated rapidly.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
CesiumAstro will receive a $200 million financing package from the Export-Import Bank of the United States and JPMorgan.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Windracers’ Ultra uncrewed aircraft system has emerged as the latest British combat aircraft featuring an internal weapons bay.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The head of British uncrewed aircraft systems developer Windracers has called on regulators to allow scheduled cargo services by drone.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
TransDigm Group will buy proprietary aftermarket part providers Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation from private equity owner Vance Street Capital.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The French Navy has placed its first order for the Airbus and Naval Group’s VSR700 rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system (RWUAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability is testing a vibration-based system to deice the wing and other surfaces in flight.
Emerging Technologies