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By Irene Klotz
NASA is preparing to return the Space Launch System Moon rocket and Orion capsule to the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on April 25, following a pair of abbreviated tanking tests at the launchpad.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Marine Corps says the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion reached the initial operational capability milestone on April 22, completing a 17-year journey from the award of the development contract in 2005.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
A modernization effort for the Lockheed Martin F-35 will take three more years and cost about $741 million more to complete, the watchdog arm of Congress said April 25.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
In a bid to promote the commercialization of drone-based products and services, a plan to build a 165-mi. network of drone “superhighways” linking cities across the UK has been submitted by a consortium led by unified traffic management provider Altitude Angel.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA has a strategy to secure the second of two circular solar arrays that failed to fully deploy and latch following the launch of the $989 million Lucy mission.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A prolonged, privately financed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) ended on April 25 with the return of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule chartered by Houston-based Axiom Space.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Three test failures in one year first earned a demotion for the hypersonic Lockheed Martin AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, and then they invited a death sentence.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Poland looks set to choose between two U.S.-produced rotorcraft to fulfill its long-running attack helicopter requirement. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak confirmed on April 21 that Warsaw is mulling offers for two attack helicopters: one from Bell, likely for the AH-1Z Viper, and a second from Boeing for the AH-64 Apache.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Angola is the latest customer for the maritime patrol variant of Airbus’ C295 twin-turboprop airlifter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The four-member Axiom-1 private astronaut mission departed the International Space Station on April 24, ending the first U.S.-backed commercial flight to the orbital outpost and clearing the docking port for the arrival of the next ISS resident crew later this week.
Space

By Molly McMillin
Aerobility, a UK aviation nonprofit offering the disabled the opportunity to fly, is showcasing its Grob G109B Able motorglider at Aero Fridrichshafen in its first public display in Europe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Chinese startup TCab Tech has conducted transition flight tests with a 50%-scale demonstrator of its planned E20 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
Dr. Bernard A. Harris, a retired NASA astronaut and flight surgeon and the first African-American to conduct a spacewalk, has been inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy has released the first detailed plans in the fiscal 2023 budget request for a fast-tracked acquisition of a new hypersonic missile for carrier-based fighters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Brazil announced plans to buy four more Saab Gripen F-39 fighters on April 22, raising the quantity in the initial batch of the single-engine aircraft to 40.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Stratolaunch has begun taxi tests of the Roc carrier aircraft with a large underwing pylon that will be used to carry and launch the company’s Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Woodward Chairman, CEO and President Tom Gendron plans to retire from the major aerospace supplier on May 9, the company announced April 21, handing over the reins to Charles “Chip” Blankenship Jr. under a quietly planned succession
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The Brazilian Air Force formally inducted the first two Saab F-39E Gripens in a presidential ceremony at Santa Cruz Air Force Base in Rio de Janeiro
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Just under two years after joining Aerojet Rocketdyne as chief operating officer (COO), Amy Gowder is leaving the embattled rocket and propulsion supplier “to accept another business opportunity.”
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is expediting the delivery of a previously undisclosed small uncrewed aircraft system to Ukraine, saying the capabilities of the kamikaze drone are uniquely suited for the upcoming fight against Russia in the country’s east.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Planet Labs has unveiled its next constellation of 32 Earth observation satellites, the Pelican fleet, which will provide images with up to 30 cm of resolution and improved revisit rates.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A combined cycle propulsion system would be developed as a range-boosting upgrade for the Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missile, new U.S. Army budget planning documents released on April 21 show.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Weather concerns off the Florida coast have prompted new delays in the planned return to Earth of Axiom-1 from the International Space Station and the follow-on launch of NASA’s Crew-4 SpaceX Dragon Freedom to the ISS, NASA and Axiom Space announced late April 20.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy has revealed plans to divest five squadrons of Boeing EA-18Gs over the next three years, retiring the portion of the electronic attack fleet of tactical jets dedicated to supporting land-based forces.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Thierry Dubois
A project led by the IRT Saint-Exupery research and technology institute in Toulouse is well on track to cutting raw materials needed for 30% of titanium parts on Airbus aircraft.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain