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By Tony Osborne
The Nordic country follows a growing trend of European nations strengthening their defense budgets to reflect the new regional security situation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
“We don’t use words like ‘radical’ lightly, and certainly believe our track record for designing and developing the most cutting-edge UAS in the world gives us some credibility here,” GA-ASI says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Lessors have played a major role in boosting the conditional orderbooks of electric aircraft startups, from Avolon’s preorder for 500 Vertical Aerospace four-passenger air taxis to Rockton’s letter of intent for 40 Heart Aerospace 30-seat regional airliners.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
South Korean telecommunications provider KT has completed the country’s first 5G wireless network dedicated to urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
DARPA has launched its Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay program, an effort to demonstrate the long-distance wireless transmission of energy using lasers and UAVs as relays.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The Eurodrone medium altitude long endurance uncrewed aircraft system program has passed its Integrated Baseline Review, a key milestone toward upcoming design reviews.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A Norwegian company has demonstrated a high-supersonic propulsion technology for missiles in two flight tests in August that were partly U.S. military-funded, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 5.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Switzerland’s RUAG has entered the electric vertical takeoff and landing market through a partnership with Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The Air Force Research Laboratory obligated $835,000 on a contract with a $9.8 million ceiling to Boeing on Sept. 29 to investigate “advanced missile subsystem components."
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s SpaceX-contracted Crew-5 mission was on course to deliver four U.S., Japanese and Russian crewmembers to the International Space Station on Oct. 6 following a successful Falcon 9 launch on Oct. 5 from Kennedy Space Center with a crew Dragon capsule.
Space

By Steve Trimble
An upcoming first flight of a reusable hypersonic vehicle by Stratolaunch will also serve as a demonstration of a new airborne test range instrumentation system funded by the U.S. Defense Department.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Spain is to sell six of its retired Sikorsky Sea King helicopters to Peru for the symbolic price of €100 ($99.81) each.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2046 and is looking to increase the use of sustainable aviation fuel, more electric vehicles and the quick development and testing of a blended wing body mobility aircraft by 2027 to help get there.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The arrangements will lead to the creation of a working group that will examine if the UK and Polish armed forces could cooperate on the so-called Future Common Missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The move follows Prague’s decision in July to acquire 24 F-35As to replace its current Gripen fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
A South Korean lawmaker says that the Republic of Korea Air Force's Lockheed Martin F-35As were classified as “operationally unready” on 234 times over an 18-month period ending in June.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Chinese startup AutoFlight has opened a U.S. office as it pursues plans to develop and certify its electric urban air taxi in Europe, manufacture the vehicle in China and market it globally.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The Space Development Agency has awarded a $176 million agreement to Ball Aerospace to create 10 space vehicles and ground systems to test new payloads to potentially be incorporated into future National Defense Space Architecture tranches.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Regent and TotalEnergies plan to explore the use of an electric seaglider to support the operations of offshore energy platforms such as oil rigs and wind turbines. The two companies plan to develop requirements and validate using one of Regent’s seagliders for offshore operations support, Regent said Sept. 30.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
GKN Aerospace, the British aerostructures giant undergoing a business overhaul under private ownership, has acquired Sweden’s Permanova Lasersystem, an existing supplier that specializes in laser welding and laser metal deposition systems.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
AE Industrial Partners, the leading private equity investor in aerospace and defense by deal volume, has acquired a majority stake in small satellite builder York Space Systems, the companies announced Oct. 4.
Commercial Space

By Kim Minseok, Chen Chuanren
Seoul's introduction of Hyunmoo-5 (V), a short-range ballistic missile designed for retaliation against North Korean strategic installations in the event of a conflict, came as Pyongyang conducted its fifth test in the space of a week
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Planned liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 29 was scuppered by Hurricane Ian.
Space

By Graham Warwick
As calls grow within the advanced air mobility community for demonstrations that will show the public and policymakers the potential benefits of this new form of transportation, startup Electra.aero is making plans to fly its technology demonstrator between Washington and Richmond, the Virginia state capital.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Five startups emerged as winners from the pitch-style final of an urban air mobility innovation challenge sponsored by the Vertical Lift Consortium, a collaboration that supports the Defense Department.
Advanced Air Mobility