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By Chen Chuanren
South Korea is developing its own satellite-based geo-positioning network covering the Korean Peninsula for use in the event of a GPS-denied environment.
Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Pyka is conducting flight tests of its Pelican Cargo heavy-payload electric uncrewed logistics aircraft in California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The KC-46’s developmental history is a story of U.S. Air Force work-arounds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Two major fast rotorcraft flight demonstrator programs are running against the clock.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The program should be considered the “most successful hypersonic air breathing flight test program in U.S. history,” DARPA says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
As it currently stands today, all future F-15EXs delivered to the Air Force will look noticeably different than the first two prototypes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Stratospheric Platforms antenna, developed by Cambridge Consultants, is capable of delivering 4G and 5G communications from the air.
Connected Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
The flights over water pave the way for the first landings of the VSR700 onto a French Navy frigate, currently planned for the end of Q1 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
A decade since first flight in January, 2013, China's AVIC is looking at more missions for the Xian Y-20 strategic airlifter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested an undisclosed amount in Machina Labs, a robotic sheet metal forming startup.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Although any losses remain theoretical, some market analysts no longer expect Northrop to make any profit on early B-21 production lots.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command wants a plan within two months to launch 100 UAVs from a single aging KC-135 Stratotanker.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
France’s defense materiel agency has cleared a new 1,000-kg (2,204-lb.) version of the Safran AASM munition for use on Dassault Rafale fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Momentum for the handover of fighters to supplement Ukraine’s remaining air defense fleet of Soviet-era Sukhoi Su-27s and RAC MiG-29s is gradually gaining.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Alan Dron
The two companies have signed a master relationship agreement (MRA).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Sikorsky is looking ahead to applying its X2 coaxial rigid-rotor compound helicopter technology to commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The contract signing confirms the Wichita-based manufacturer will replace the Navy’s T-44 fleet of aircraft.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Guy Norris
Work on the site gets underway almost exactly a year after Boom Supersonic announced it had selected Greensboro as its production, test and delivery facility.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The agreements come just more than a month since the GCAP enterprise was formed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Airbus intends to hire another 13,000 new employees in 2023, roughly the same number the company added in 2022.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has decided to ditch Honeywell’s HTS900 turboshaft for Safran’s Arriel 2K turbine for the AW09 single engine light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The funding will be used to build a full-scale prototype of Electra’s hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The test confirmed that a 3D-printed engine could operate for long periods at full throttle with a rotating detonation approach to combustion.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army and Bell parent company Textron on Jan. 25 expressed confidence in the aggressive schedule of the Future Long Range Attack Aircraft program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army in the next two months will award multiple large contracts to replenish its stocks of critical munitions that have been sent to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations