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By Tony Osborne
The company is targeting a renewed annual output of up to 12 of the twin-engine heavy helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The board’s recommendations, made public March 11, call on the FAA to prohibit helicopter operations east of Reagan National (DCA) when Runway 15/33 is in use.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
With the recent UK government decision to divert funding away from foreign aid programs, the Royal Air Force stands a better chance at augmenting its key capabilities.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Vivienne Machi
The goal is to find a replacement for legacy platforms that are too expensive and cumbersome to develop.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The first Z1 hybrid airship is to be delivered to Straightline in 2028 for initial cargo and humanitarian deployments to Brazil, Alaska and northern Canada.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Leonardo held off on naming its future aerostructures partner as part of a highly anticipated March 11 strategy update.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
The company says it has completed the thrust-borne portion of its flight test campaign.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
The multisensor satellites will be funded internally, with launches due in 2027 and 2028.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Leonardo CEO Robert Cingolani included the figure in a March 11 strategy update.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The agreement with United Rotorcraft follows the delivery of an Airbus H130 to Skyryse in late 2023 from Air Methods.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Engineers discovered an issue with the heat treatment of a gear component in the main gearbox during routine component testing late last year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Satellite communications company SES has invested an undisclosed amount in Lynk Global, a direct-to-device satellite constellation startup.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
An additional limited production “R66 Riviera” will also be offered with advanced Garmin avionics and a three-axis autopilot.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
All four of Moscow’s airports suspended operations for several hours on the morning of March 11 after a large retaliatory drone strike from Ukraine.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters is preparing to spin-up local assembly of rotorcraft in Algeria after securing orders from the country’s military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt will take over leadership of rocket developer Relativity Space, the company confirms.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Cloudy weather prompted a scrub late March 10 of the launch of NASA's rideshare SPHEREx and PUNCH space science missions onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB.
Operations & Safety

By Chen Chuanren
In a $91.2 million package, Australia seeks 54 GMLRS-AW rounds, along with telemetry kits, engineering services, technical assistance, and program support.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Kymeta of Redmond, Washington, makes multiple types of electronically steered array flat panel antennas.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The agency has tapped 13 vendors to compete for orders worth a total of around $490 million over the next five years under the Luno initiative.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
The services in the proposed Foreign Military Sale (FMS) also would include meeting coordination in the U.S. and Japan.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The agency is increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that are supporting such dramatic improvements in data collection rates.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
The latest ranking from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) shows the Ukraine war looms large over how the arms market has evolved.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Some 500 hr. of flying will take place over six months as part of the Guyana trials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The March 7 solicitation is among the U.S. Air Force’s corrective actions after Viasat filed a bid protest against two contract awards.
Satellites