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By Guy Norris
Startup Relativity Space successfully completed a full-duration, 20-sec. test run of its Terran 1 rocket with its nine first-stage Aeon liquid oxygen/liquid natural gas engines at Cape Canaveral on Aug. 22, clearing a major hurdle toward a planned debut launch attempt in the coming weeks or months.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
AeroVironment has acquired Plank Aerosystems, developer of autonomous uncrewed air vehicle (UAV) guidance and navigation software.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Collins Aerospace has flight tested its MS-110 reconnaissance pod on an F-16 for the first time, the company says in an Aug. 22 announcement.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
You can imagine the frustration of Airbus’ engineers. Just hours before the company’s Zephyr high-altitude pseudo-satellite looked set to break a 60-year-old flight-duration record, the solar-powered uncrewed aircraft system was lost.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has completed initial operational test and evaluation of the new UH-60V Black Hawk, the service says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Frank Rubio, the first NASA astronaut scheduled to travel to and from the International Space Station under a new launch seat exchange agreement between NASA and Russian space agency Roscosmos, has praised efforts by the two agencies to continue their cooperation in space.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is asking the aerospace industry to describe a commercial strategy for the planned deorbiting of the International Space Station, which is currently planned for the end of 2030.
Commercial Space

By Kurt Hofmann
FarCargo will fly fresh salmon to the U.S. using a Boeing 757-200F.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
The Airbus HAPs platform was lost hours before it would have broken the world record for the longest continuous flight, which stands at 64 days 22 hr. 19 min.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The two Boeing E-3 Sentry AEW aircraft replace Chile’s single Phalcon Condor AEW platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Propulsion-related test and development contracts have been awarded to engine-makers General Electric and Pratt & Whitney as well as Boeing, Lockheed Martin and
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX's CRS-5 Dragon capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Aug. 20.
Space

Lockheed Martin has mated the wing to the fuselage of the first F-16 Block 70 fighter built in Greenville, California, a company official said Aug. 17
Defense

ICEYE will provide Synthetic Aperture Radar data...LOCKHEED MARTIN has $10.9m U.S. Navy contract...REVEAL TECHNOLOGY has teamed with TEAL DRONES
Defense

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Defense

By Irene Klotz
As NASA gears up for the kickoff mission of its Artemis lunar exploration initiative, the agency on Aug. 19 identified 13 regions on the Moon’s south pole that are under consideration to become the Tranquility Base of a new generation.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on Aug. 19 announced its latest $775 million batch of military aid for Ukraine in its war with Russia, including for the first time 15 Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle long-endurance uncrewed aircraft systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. government will donate additional Bell AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters to the Czech Republic as the Eastern European country bolsters its armed forces in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is beginning discussions with the Army and Navy on ways to collaborate to better protect its bases, especially in the Pacific region, under a new focus on base defense as it looks for different ways to safeguard its installations at home.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Samuel Archer, Sterling Richmond
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By Graham Warwick
China’s EHang is banking on a post-pandemic recovery in tourism to fuel demand for its autonomous air vehicles and services and is talking to local governments about setting up operating centers in different regions once its EH216S electric air taxi has been certified.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
L3Harris has taken delivery of the first three Gulfstream G550s that will become EC-37B Compass Calls, ahead of planned ground tests next year.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX’s 25th NASA-contracted Dragon resupply capsule departed the International Space Station on Aug. 19 and was headed for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the ocean waters off the Florida coast.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Quantum computing company IonQ of suburban Washington said Aug. 18 that it has signed an agreement with European airframer giant Airbus to explore applications of the fast and powerful algorithm technology in aerospace services and passenger experiences.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Garrett Reim
Sierra Space has completed a test readiness review of its carbothermal reactor, a system designed to extract oxygen from the Moon’s soil, and plans to proceed to a physical test of the technology.
Space