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By Steve Trimble
The comments come a year after air force officials proposed to add four F-39s to the first batch, then acquire a second batch of 26.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Roberto Cingolani has been put forward to succeed Alessandro Profumo as Leonardo CEO.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The bricks would be used to construct egg-shaped “lunar pot vessel” structures for the Moon base that China is looking to build with Russia.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Jacarei, Brazil-based Turbomachine is seeking investors to move the design of the TF6000 turbofan into to the development phase.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The ongoing study focuses on integrating MBDA’s air-launched Enforcer missile by 2025 on the XMobot Nauru 1000C uncrewed aircraft system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Antonio Segovia
The Chilean Air Force is embarking on a replacement program for its Bell UH-1H single-turbine helicopters that have been in service for more than 50 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Ispace of Japan plans to attempt touching down on the Moon with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander as soon as April 25.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The all-composite IA-100 Malvina is being developed to replace the long-retired Beechcraft T-34 Mentor for the Argentine air force.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
The contract includes studies on how the Gripen C/D and Gripen E can be maintained together by the Swedish air force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is moving funding around and requesting more in fiscal 2024 to upgrade the two existing Boeing VC-25As that fly the Air Force One mission.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
New Zealand startup Kea Aerospace has begun flight testing the country’s first solar-powered stratospheric uncrewed aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The Defense Department Comptroller recently posted a series of multiyear procurement estimates on its fiscal 2024 budget information website.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Aerofugia is a subsidiary of Chinese automaker Geely.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
The update comes after Relativity Space’s mostly 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on March 22 but failed to reach orbit.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
An Ariane 5 heavy launcher is scheduled to lift off April 13 with a probe designed to determine whether Jupiter’s icy moons meet the conditions for life.
Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Merlin is to demo its automated flight control system in a Cessna Caravan flying cargo routes in Alaska under a $1 million contract from the FAA.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The Japanese Defense Ministry is moving ahead with a new standoff missile as well as pursuing its hypersonic program and a new submarine-launched cruise missile
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Iceye plans to sign a memorandum of understanding with Orbital Engenharia, a Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil-based rocket maker, on April 12.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Romania appears to be accelerating its long-planned move to buy F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
The Space Development Agency has issued a solicitation for proposals for its satellite constellation’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force will use two light aircraft as flying testbeds for new technologies, including synthetic fuels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Known as Joint Sword, this iteration was arguably more low key than the 2022 edition.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
As part of the collaboration, NASA will provide lessons learned from research conducted into urban air mobility at its Langley Research Center.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The Nordic nation will become the first foreign customer for the David’s Sling ground-based air defense (GBAD) system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Boeing has delivered its third and fourth O3b mPOWER satellites to communications company SES.
Commercial Space