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By Garrett Reim
An SES-led consortium of 20 European companies plans to develop and launch the Eagle-1, a communications satellite that uses quantum key distribution for end-to-end encryption.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Missile manufacturer MBDA hopes it can reignite British Army interest in its Brimstone missile with proposals for a tank-destroyer module that would equip the Army’s new Boxer armored fighting vehicle.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Dynetics says it has matured its technology and plans to compete in a follow-on program for additional crewed lunar landing services.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Axiom Space plans to train and fly two Saudi astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station as early as next year.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy has started working on a new, longer-range version of a high-altitude, air-launched torpedo for the Boeing P-8A.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Indonesia’s contract for Dassault Rafale combat aircraft has become effective, paving the way for first deliveries in 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Russia has reassessed how long it plans to remain a partner on the International Space Station program and now is eyeing a 2028 departure.
Space

The French Navy has taken delivery of its first Airbus H160 helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
NASA on Sept. 21 released a picture of distant Neptune, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, that reveals a system of rings not seen since NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by in 1989.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Just as they did on Sept. 3, NASA’s Artemis I Launch Control Team members encountered hydrogen leaks while initiating a Space Launch System (SLS) propellant loading demonstration test on Sept. 21.
Space

By Sean Broderick
De Havilland Aircraft has unveiled plans for a massive aircraft production and aftermarket support facility near Calgary.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has been testing a loading system that could enable air transport of outsized military equipment on the company’s A300-600-based BelugaST airlifters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Bulgaria’s government has given the green light for the purchase of eight more Lockheed Martin Block 70 F-16s, enabling a fleet of 16 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Dawn Aerospace plans to start test flights of its rocket-powered spaceplane technology demonstrator before year-end.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Personnel at the Russian defense conglomerate are working overtime to meet demand.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 soared into a two-orbit launch to docking with the International Space Station on Sept. 21.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
European regulators are showing support and using a new approach to rulemaking as they prepare for the emergence of urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The South Africa-based Paramount Group says deliveries of its Mwari light attack aircraft are underway to an undisclosed customer as part of new
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
Pratt & Whitney has shown the first concept image of an air vehicle powered by the proposed, high-supersonic Metacomet engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Airbus and Ecocopter of Chile sign memorandum of understanding to explore and define launch scenarios for air mobility operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Universal Hydrogen CEO and co-founder Paul Eremenko has another project lined up toward meeting his long-held goal of transforming regional air transportation
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Wisk envisions one “multivehicle supervisor” managing three air taxis at once from a remote location by 2030.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Network Staff
Regent’s seaglider technology demonstrator completed its first successful series of flights in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, on Sept. 19, utilizing all three modes of maritime operation—floating, foiling and flying.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The European Commission has chosen Thales Alenia Space to lead the next phase of the European Robotic Orbital Support Services program, slated to culminate with an in-orbit demonstration in 2026 and potentially follow on with commercial missions.
Space

By Michael Bruno
SpinLaunch, a startup looking to commercialize a centrifuge-based mass accelerator for space access, said Sept. 20 it has closed $71 million in a Series B round of venture-capital funding.
Space