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By Tony Osborne
The Satellite Launch and Recovery Package will enable U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) to have a smaller logistics and personnel footprint for MQ-9 operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail buy is described as “extremely poor value for money,” with the UK paying £1.89 billion for three, rather than £2.15 billion for five.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Heart Aerospace's ES-30 electric regional aircraft is the first Part 25 transport-category application for Honeywell’s paperback-sized flight control computer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation unit plans to sign a memorandum of understanding in October with the FAA to gather flight-testing data for the regulator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Jump Aero has unveiled the aircraft concept and initial business model for its JA1 Pulse first-response aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Coast Guard has flown a missionized HC-27J prototype aircraft for the first time.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceship conducted a third commercial mission on Sept. 8, but did not livestream or release the passengers' names before takeoff.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
A fixed-wing uncrewed air system has completed the first landings and takeoffs from the UK’s Prince of Wales aircraft carriers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Chachaty
Authors of a new study see increasingly autonomous UAS as helping China limit the number of casualties it might face in a conflict and boost its industrial base.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA officials have acknowledged the evolving Space Launch System rocket is unaffordable at current cost levels.
Space

By Brian Everstine
A major new Pentagon initiative to bring on thousands of cheap autonomous systems will not require new funding or authorities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s H2Fly has completed the first flights of a hydrogen-electric aircraft using cryogenic liquid-hydrogen storage.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army’s near-term plan to field an operational hypersonic missile faced a test setback when another launch was scrubbed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Insitu has revealed that its Integrator uncrewed aircraft system can deploy multiple small munitions, adding a strike capability to the surveillance aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive and JAXA have signed a joint research agreement devoted to improving noise-estimation technology for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA says it will pursue recommendations from an agency inspector general audit report of its Earth System Science Pathfinder Program.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The announcement adds to 20 projects awarded more than €700 million in funding in September 2022, following the first call for proposals.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Three women astronaut candidates from 1978 observed the milestone and encouraged those from all backgrounds to follow their dreams.
Space

By Helen Chachaty
France’s Defense Innovation Lab and the French Navy have recently been evaluating flight tests of a UAS prototype launched from a submarine.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Slovakia's first Lockheed Martin Block 70 F-16—a single-seater painted in an all-over gray scheme—is due to make its maiden flight in November 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK has rejoined the EU’s Horizon research and development initiative, much to the delight of the nation’s aerospace industry.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
After three delays, Japan has placed its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon lunar lander into space, with the aim of validating its landing capabilities.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The Collins Elbit Vision Systems joint venture has unveiled the Zero-G helmet-mounted display system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The new acting head of the U.S. Marine Corps will elevate the head of safety role to a general officer by next summer amid a review of operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The FAA has authorized UPS Flight Forward to operate drones beyond visual light of sight for small package delivery.
Advanced Air Mobility