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By Steve Trimble
Norris Tie launched the Torrance, California-based company in 2019 with seed financing from Y Combinator on a proposal to build a supersonic airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The purchase was announced by Leonardo on Nov. 8.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The agreement is part of Glavkosmos’ broader deal with the recently established Alliance of Sahel States.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
The memorandum of understanding will examine opportunities for joint capabilities and technologies.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Edge’s EPI engineering company has been contracted to manufacture and assemble the Cargo Compartment Removable Fuel Tanks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Zeus-1 and Zeus-2 motors completed a test launch from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, closing a three-year, $23 million development program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The German parliament has given the green light to €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in military satellite communication-related activities.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
AVIC has unveiled a new class of large uncrewed combat aerial system designed to deliver both strike munitions and miniature drone swarms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
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SIKORSKY gets Israeli CH-53K award... SES reports revenue dip... DUCOMMUN appoints new board members...
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By Brandon Patrick
Israel’s F-15 acquisition aligns closely with the Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s (AWIN) 2025 Military Aircraft Market Forecast’s conclusions regarding acquisitions across the Middle East and North Africa region in the coming decade.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Ben Goldstein
Joby’s 523-mi. (841-km) flight in a hydrogen-powered S4 air taxi over the summer was groundbreaking for two major reasons.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The BlackBird demonstrator is planned to fly in early 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Switzerland’s Smartflyer rolled out is SFX1 prototype electric aircraft at Grenchen Airport on Nov. 6.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Chinese electric air taxi startups Vertaxi and Volant Aerotech have announced a slew of preorders.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The aircraft will use a hybrid-electric range extender that XPeng has introduced for its electric vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
Boeing is reportedly considering potential asset sales as it struggles to improve its finances.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Leonardo expects the industrial agreement on the trinational Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) to be finalized before year’s end.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
The company provided a static version of the two-person vehicle to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in September.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military’s aeromedical evacuation (AE) personnel have become very specialized and good at what they do.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship delivered a cold welding experiment to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 5.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
America’s defense industrial base is straining to meet rising demand for weapons systems driven by a worsening threat environment from Europe to the Indo-Pacific.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield system passed a safety of flight check, clearing the system for flight tests to begin “soon” and deliveries to start in late 2025.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The UMCS is initially developed to operate the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray on board Navy carriers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The first conforming subassembly, an S4 tail, has been completed and is now undergoing conformity inspection by the FAA.
Advanced Air Mobility