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By Robert Wall
Saudi Arabia is seeking full partner status as it decides what future combat aircraft program to join, with a decision possible within months.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Spain’s on-again, off-again efforts to pick a replacement platform for the F-5 lead-in trainer aircraft are again underway.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has signed an MOU with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Network Staff
Delays to import-substitution efforts have forced the Russian government to revise its plans for deliveries of locally made commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
BAE Systems sees a pathway to keeping the Global Combat Air Program on its development timeline despite elections in the UK that could slow decision making.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
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By Ben Goldstein
EHang continued to grow its orders and sales numbers in the first quarter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
LINKOPING, Sweden—The first flight of Saab’s twin-seat Gripen F has been pushed into 2025, following a change in the priorities of the Brazilian Air Force customer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a refined concept for a fan-in-wing high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Venture capital firm Seraphim Space has announced its latest accelerator cohort of nine startups.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is eyeing increased production of the Hellfire and Joint Air-to-Ground Missile, with a solicitation targeting a new manufacturing site for the missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Starfish Space a contract to launch and operate a new space tug as part of its broader push for in-orbit servicing.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese startup has emerged with ambitions to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer Aviation has announced a new partnership with Etihad Aviation Training to recruit and train pilots to operate its Midnight air taxis in Abu Dhabi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The Iranian government has confirmed the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Singapore Defense Ministry says an F-16's "pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer," causing it to crash in early May.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
Seoul's investment in domestically developed systems and technologies is set to expand South Korea’s rapidly growing footprint in global defense export markets.
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By Irene Klotz
Though the New Shepard capsule returned to the company’s West Texas spaceport with one of its three main parachutes not fully inflating.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The leak initially appeared during the countdown for launch of the Starliner Crew Flight Test on May 6.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The prototypes will seek new devices for Inertial sensing and magnetic sensing, plus advances in photonic systems and laser components used by quantum devices.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
NASA has named David Salvagnini as the agency’s first chief artificial intelligence officer.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Eric Fanning, head of the Aerospace Industries Association, laid out a list of new legislative priorities.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
The aerospace and defense sector has long faced formidable labor challenges, from an aging workforce to a growing shortage of crucial engineering talent.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain