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By Thierry Dubois
Avio, the prime contractor in Europe’s Vega light launcher program, is working on an experimental launch vehicle using only a liquid oxygen-methane propellant.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Greece has received the first two of 84 Lockheed Martin F-16s to be upgraded with an active electronically scanned array radar.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Flight control teams continue to address solar power and attitude control issues associated with the NASA-funded Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment.
Space

Brian Sayler to President and Chief Executive Officer of ESCO Technologies, St. Louis.
Aerospace

Aviation Week Staff
Russia has rescheduled its robotic Luna-25 Moon lander mission for 2023, Roscosmos Space Corp. CEO Yury Borisov told journalists on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept. 7.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Elbit Systems says it has secured a contract for EW training through simulation with an air force in an unspecified Asia-Pacific nation.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy's sixth-generation fighter will be the “survivable, lethal” quarterback that will fly with loyal wingmen drones, now known in the Pentagon as collaborative combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The deal marks the first award of a commercially sourced, fourth-generation fighter for aggressor support training by the Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
A Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital booster failed 1 min. 4 sec. after liftoff on Sept. 12, triggering the automated ignition of the capsule’s emergency escape system and a successful parachute touchdown.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force proposes to retire 1,463 aircraft and buy 467 between fiscal 2023 to 2027 in the Future Years Defense Program, resulting in a net loss of 997 aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Air Force innovation arm AFWerx is planning an Autonomy Prime program and proposing an Autonomy Proving Ground to test the technologies.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
The NASA-funded Capstone small-satellite mission has entered safe mode as a planned trajectory correction maneuver was concluding, according to a space agency advisory.
Space

By Mark Carreau
As chair of the second meeting of the White House National Space Council, Vice President Kamala Harris has announced efforts to inspire and expand the country’s space workforce through a new STEM educational initiative.
Space

By Bill Carey
Sensor manufacturer Teledyne FLIR has unveiled a commercial drone targeted for the infrastructure-inspection and other markets.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Against a backdrop of tough geopolitical and economic issues, Director General Josef Aschbacher has to convince the agency’s 22 member states that those difficulties are precisely why they need to invest more into space.
Space

By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic is reviewing initial responses to RFPs for structural and systems components for the company’s planned new Delta-class spaceplanes as it looks ahead to serial production.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Details of the five-year agreement were not provided as part of the Sept. 7 announcement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
An investment group has acquired storied manufacturer MD Helicopters, which entered bankruptcy protection earlier this year, and installed a new leadership team.
Program Management

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Defense Department may allow Lockheed Martin F-35 deliveries to resume within weeks, pending the outcome of legal, security and airworthiness
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The latest trend in advanced air mobility is to test operating concepts for urban air-taxis using helicopters as surrogates for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Airports & Networks

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy says it has seen a dramatic decrease in the number of physiological incidents in its aircraft since a high in 2017.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Every category of incident, from the most expensive Class A through the lowest Class D, has increased for ship-related operations since 2011.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
An intake blank designed to protect the F-35’s engine from foreign objects has been linked to the loss of a Royal Air Force-operated aircraft last November.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
Houston-based Axiom Space, one of two companies selected by NASA to develop, manufacture and operate spacesuits for Moon-walking astronauts, has been awarded a $228.5 million task order for the first purchase under NASA’s public-private Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services program.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The assistance raises the Biden administration’s overall financial commitment to Ukraine’s defense to about $15.2 billion.
Budget, Policy & Operations