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By Guy Norris
The work will culminate with flights of a De Havilland Dash 7 regional airliner modified with a hybrid-electric propulsion system in 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Elbit Systems has announced a $50 million contract from an unspecified international customer for its new Red Sky very short-range air defense system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Switzerland has made a request for information to industry on medium-range air defense systems to fill a capability gap.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
France's General Directorate for Armaments, DGA, has placed the first orders for long-lead items for the country’s future aircraft carrier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The Tikehau Aero Partenaires 2 fund is aimed at supporting small- and medium-size companies in the aerospace sector.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Belgium has officially become an observer in the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Airbus officials have stated.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno, Tony Osborne
European satellite communications provider SES is to buy U.S.-based rival Intelsat in a bid to tackle competition from other low-Earth-orbit services.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Elysian has expanded the advisory board providing input on the design, development and operation of its proposed 90-passenger battery-electric aircraft, the E9X.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX's resupply mission to the ISS, CRS-30, returned early April 30 with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Eviation has redesigned its Alice all-electric nine-seater aircraft again, pivoting to a more conventional fuselage shape.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX took on the mission of delivering two new members of Europe’s Galileo global navigation satellite system into orbit on April 28.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
PACAF officials decided that the situation demanded some operational creativity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
French President Emmanuel Macron has hinted at the creation of a new European defense initiative around providing stronger air and missile defense for Europe.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
The specially configured X-59 has been designed to collect community response data on the public acceptability of reduced sonic booms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
In 2008 Piasecki and Boeing revealed they had worked together on a “minimum” modification of the Chinook, called the Tilt Duct CH-47.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has rolled the second production prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi off its pilot line in Marina, California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Italy has joined the effort to supply long-range air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
John Bailey, a 25-year veteran of NASA Stennis Space Center operations, has been named director of the Bay St. Louis, Mississippi-based rocket engine test facility.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has approved the purchase of Raytheon SM-3 surface-to-air missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese startup has emerged to fly a full-scale electric vertical-takeoff-and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Finnair has halted flights to an Estonian airport due to Russian satellite navigation jamming interfering with the airport’s landing approach.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Hanwha Systems has broken ground on its new Jeju Hanwha Space Center, a purpose-built South Korea facility for the manufacturing and testing of satellites.
Commercial Space

By Craig Caffrey
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plan to raise the UK defense budget to “a new baseline” 2.5% of GDP by 2030 contains a crucial caveat.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Mark Carreau
The Dragon resupply mission undocking on April 28 from the ISS Harmony module's zenith docking port should enable a relocation of the Crew 8 Dragon capsule.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Saab RBS 70s worth AU$50 million will be transferred to Ukraine, as Australia gradually phases out the man-portable air defense system in favor of Nasams.
Budget, Policy & Operations