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By Graham Warwick
China’s XPeng AeroHT has completed the first public flight of its fifth-generation X2 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, in Dubai, as it prepares to release details of its planned sixth-generation fly/drive vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
South Korean startup Plana has secured $9 million in pre-Series A funding to continue development of its planned hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
A pair of test satellites for Amazon’s planned 3,236-member Kuiper broadband constellation will be launched as secondary payloads on the debut flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan-Centaur rocket, targeted for early 2023.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
JAXA ordered the Epsilon-6 rocket to self-destruct on the morning of Oct. 12.
Space

YAHSAT invests in satellite IoT provider... INMARSAT lands U.S. Navy satellite services contract... GNSS market seen growing...
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA has declared its Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission a major success in its demonstration of a “kinetic impact” strategy that could be used to change the trajectory of a large asteroid on a course to impact the Earth.
Space

By Garrett Reim
New standardized mechanical interfaces for grappling and connecting spacecraft are critical to enabling growth of the in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing industries, a panel of industry players says.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl Boeing 747-400 launch aircraft has arrived in the UK, ready to play its part in the country’s first orbital launch.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Raytheon Technologies has made a minority investment in Swiss electric propulsion startup H55, a technology spinoff from the Solar Impulse solar-powered, around-the-world aircraft project.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Bulgaria has begun receiving offers for an interim fighter aircraft so that it can maintain its air defense until new-build Block 70 F-16s arrive in five years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A joint UK/Qatari squadron set up to train personnel from the Arabian Gulf state on the Eurofighter Typhoon has deployed to the Middle East to protect the upcoming World Cup football tournament.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Molly McMillin
The center will fabricate composite aircraft structures, such as wings and fuselages, for customers using automated and high-rate processing with smart manufacturing technologies
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
U.S. regional air travel provider Surf Air Mobility has agreed to the main terms of a $450 million deal with leading turboprop lessor Jetstream Aviation Capital to fund the growth and electrification of its aircraft fleet.
Advanced Air Mobility

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
At the request of its customer, United Launch Alliance is delaying the debut flight of its Vulcan-Centaur booster to the first quarter of 2023, though CEO Tory Bruno acknowledges that even if Astrobotic’s lunar lander was ready, it would be difficult to make the previously targeted December launch date due to delays with Vulcan’s BE-4 core stage engines.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Mission controllers have regained attitude control of the NASA-funded Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment small satellite.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
After more than 5 years of deliberation, Malaysia has downselected the Leonardo ATR72 MP and Turkish Aerospace Industries Anka for its Maritime Patrol Aircraft and uncrewed aircraft systems requirements.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A week before the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the geopolitical environment has completely changed, yet fear is rising again about a nuclear conflict between Russia and NATO.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Deliveries were halted after the discovery of a Chinese supplier at a low level of the supply chain, but a waiver has now been granted that applies to those F-35s awaiting delivery.
Budget, Policy & Operations

News in brief.
Defense

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON’s laser focus... GA-ASI reveals new Gray Eagle variant... INTELSAT satellites orbited...
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Flying personnel or equipment around U.S. Air Force test ranges has been identified as a likely early application for electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has issued an inspection order to international partners flying the C-130H after it grounded its own fleet due to cracks found in aircraft propellers during depot maintenance.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
U.S. central bank leaders who set interest rate targets for large banks are warning about pain ahead for the economy. It is a price they are willing to pay to get history-making inflation under control, one of their core mandates.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Dutch low-cost carrier Transavia has invested in Netherlands-based startup FlyWithLucy, which plans to establish Europe’s first all-electric airline.
Advanced Air Mobility