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By Tony Osborne
The Racer is currently in maintenance after its first 8 hr. of flight testing, during which it achieved speeds of 227 kt. in June after just seven flights.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
ESA says the motor was successfully fired for a second time on Oct. 3, following a first test in May.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Belgium, Denmark and Romania had entered preliminary discussions as of December 2023.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Munitions Directorate wants information on booster rockets with a diameter up to 32 in. and length up to 275 in.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Around 40 major French aerospace suppliers are in financial difficulty and at risk of failure, according to a survey commissioned by GIFAS.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Regent has started hardware and systems integration for its first full-scale electric seaglider prototype, keeping it on track for initial crewed sea trials planned for later this year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Ultra 2XL is a 3,000-lb. gross-weight coaxial-rotor uncrewed helicopter, powered by a Rolls-Royce RR300 turboshaft engine.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
Based in Copenhagen, the fund is called Final Frontier.
Commercial Space

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By Mark Carreau
The mission is intended to complete certification of the two-stage rocket by the U.S. Space Force for national security missions beginning by year’s end.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Lilium “requires additional capital immediately to continue to fund its ongoing operations.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
The escalating conflict in the Middle East not only affects flights in the region, but also the most important detour for flights between Europe and Asia.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
NASA wants novel ideas for processing inorganic waste streams like food packaging, discarded clothing and science experiment materials into usable products.
Space Exploration

By Matthew Fulco
OTVs adjust satellite positions in space after they are launched by a rocket.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
The document, DO-406, clears the way for manufacturers to produce avionics using AURA Network Systems’ 450-MHz spectrum.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Czech ministers approved spending 11.3 billion Czech koruna ($490 million) for a pair of C-390s on Oct. 2.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Robert Wall
The RTX unit said on Oct. 1 that it secured a contract for the evolution of the jamming pod it is already developing to replace the ALQ-99.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic aims to resume XB-1 envelope expansion flights soon.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Saab and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) have signed an agreement on airborne early warning (AEW) technology transfer, centered around the GlobalEye platform.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Thierry Dubois
IATA and other players in the aviation sector are seeing more diverse consequences of the increasingly frequent occurrences of GNSS jamming and spoofing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kim Minseok
The South Korean military has publicly unveiled the Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile, which it claims is the world’s largest ballistic missile armed with a conventional warhead.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
ESA is still optimistic its Hera mission to survey the Dimorphos asteroid will launch Oct. 7 despite a technical glitch with a SpaceX Falcon 9 during a recent flight.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
The Horus A is intended for government applications such as surveillance, communications relay, backing up GPS and even space domain awareness.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
The Starliner astronauts have completed configuration of the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft now docked to the International Space Station.
Commercial Space