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By Robert Wall
The Defense Ministry is looking to set up a single unit to manage its satellites, creating an opportunity for closer cooperation between ISR and satcoms programs.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
China has conducted the first flight of a new advanced jet trainer, with photos circulating online showing the twin-engine aircraft airborne and on the ground.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Mark Carreau
Cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky marched through a seven-hour, multitask spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Oct. 28.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
AAM Briefs: E-Crowd, MagniX, ANRA Technologies & More
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Before year’s end, a startup plans to launch inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage a manufacturing pod that would briefly experience the vacuum of space.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Should Textron Aviation Defense win the Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System program, the company will assemble the Beechcraft M-346N in Kansas.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
A UK firm is adapting tech developed for smartphones and driverless automobiles to provide the navigational accuracy for a new generation of low-cost munitions.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Merlin has reached a milestone in the development of its Merlin Pilot autonomous flight system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has picked AEVEX’s Atlas to advance as its initial Launched Effects-Short Range (LE-SR) system following a series of demonstrations this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Flown by NASA X-59 lead pilot Nils Larson, the much-anticipated first flight of the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft began at 8:14 a.m. PDT Oct. 28.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
South Korea has launched the second phase of its advanced air mobility demonstration project with urban demonstration flights in the city of Incheon, bordering the Korean capital Seoul.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s MD Aircraft has secured Piper Deutschland as a strategic partner and investor in the development and production of the MDA1 eViator.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
European Space Agency opens first Asian office.
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By Tony Osborne
Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior has become the first export operator of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KUH-1 Surion twin-engine medium helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Cryogenics specialist Fabrum has demonstrated filling of lightweight composite tanks with liquid hydrogen.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Hill Helicopters has further delayed a planned first engine run of its independently developed GT50 turbine powerplant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The ERS initiative to build up the region’s autonomy in key security-related areas could see its first space launches take place in 2028.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Paris has given Thales the nod to provide the next-generation, ground-based Aurore space surveillance radar to track spacecraft and debris in low Earth orbit.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Luminary Cloud partnered with Northrop Grumman to accelerate the design and development of rocket nozzles and thrusters for spacecraft from years to months.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The French government has declared the latest iteration of its M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile is ready for operational service.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Polish defense company PGZ has teamed up with Anduril to potentially produce the latter’s Barracuda low-cost cruise missile in Poland.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Castelion announced Oct. 24 it has received multiple contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon system onto existing U.S. Army and Navy platforms.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is to lead the charge in a sales campaign for the Eurofighter in Portugal.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Russia has completed another test of a cruise missile powered by a nuclear propulsion system, but Western experts remain unimpressed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
French personal air mobility startup Zapata announced plans to open its first flight center in Las Vegas early next year, offering paying customers the chance to fly the hybrid VTOL Air Scooter.
Advanced Air Mobility