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By Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation and United Airlines have announced that their first electric air taxi route will be between Newark Liberty International Airport and New York’s Downtown Manhattan Heliport.
Advanced Air Mobility

SPIRIT AIRLINES sold 13th A320neo (11128) to SMBC Aviation Capital for leaseback as part of deal for 14.
Air Transport

CANADA JETLINES plans January 19 to begin Toronto-Las Vegas (A320), its inaugural international service.
Air Transport

BOEING announced orders in October from unidentified customers for 10 787-9s and three 737 MAXs, from FEDEX for another 767-300F and AMERICAN AIRLINES
Air Transport

VALLETTA AIRLINES is being formed in Malta to serve ACMI/charter market with one A320-200 from early 2023; it is currently working towards its AOC and
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Flights connecting Scotland’s islands to the mainland, described as lifeline routes for remote communities, have been a focus of early interest from proponents of sustainable aviation alternatives.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Members of the UK’s DragonFire consortium developing a high-power directed energy weapon are gearing up for tests that will see the laser used in operationally representative scenarios.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The approval covers 18 M57 ATACMS pods for the Baltic country, along with eight M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
A community funded program to upgrade the avionics suite of Airbus’ out-of-production H120 turbine light helicopter has secured its first commercial customer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The launch of the Lockheed Martin AGM-158 from a 352nd Special Operations Wing MC-130J off the cost of Norway came during the annual ATREUS exercise.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
European drone cargo airline Dronamics has partnered with the UK’s Cranfield Aerospace Solutions to integrate hydrogen fuel cell propulsion into its Black Swan long-range uncrewed cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has secured the certifications for the latest upgrade of its AW169 twin-engine, intermediate-light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A ramjet-powered, hypersonic demonstrator vehicle named Sexbomb will be moved from Canada to the UK to start ground testing, startup Space Engine Systems said on Nov. 7.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Russia announced Nov. 9 that it will withdraw from the key Ukrainian strategic city of Kherson and back across the Dnipro River, a major setback in its invasion of the country.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Mike Madsen
Honeywell Aerospace President and CEO Mike Madsen on the aviation industry's sustainability challenges and solutions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The grounding of more than 100 C-130Hs will extend to months or even years, depending on how quickly new propeller systems can be procured from a production line that already has orders to work through while the service is searching across the globe for existing propellers to retrofit.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Despite the malfunction of a solar array, the freighter still carried out the required rendezvous maneuvers within the power constraints.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s H2Fly has begun the integration of a liquid-hydrogen storage tank into its Hy4 fuel cell propulsion test aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Astra Space on Nov. 8 announced layoffs of 16% of its workforce and $119 million in write-downs of assets as the struggling rocket startup seeks a “financial runway” into 2024 amid a major business plan change.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The Biden administration’s push to arm Ukraine in its war with Russia has highlighted supply chain issues.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 8 stepped up preparations for Tropical Storm Nicole, which is expected to bring sustained winds of at least 39 mph to the area.
Space

By Brian Everstine
At the top of Air Mobility Command’s wish list, and among its biggest challenges, is connecting its aircraft through common datalinks and communication channels so that refueling tankers and airlifters can provide more to a fight beyond their traditional roles.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is consulting with Ukraine on how to integrate Western, NATO standard air defense systems with its existing stock of Soviet-era systems as the first U.S.-provided advanced ground-to-air missile systems have arrived in the country’s war with Russia.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
German emergency medical service operator ADAC Air Rescue envisions replacing fleets of medical vehicles with electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to transport doctors to emergency scenes.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
International production of the attack helicopter will continue for Bahrain and the Czech Republic, as Bell continues to seek addition foreign orders.
Aircraft & Propulsion