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By Graham Warwick
Management changes are not unusual as companies go through their different phases of growth, but Archer Aviation’s April 19 announcement that co-founder and co-CEO Adam Goldstein had been named the startup’s sole CEO came as a surprise to many.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Lonestar Data Holdings plans to launch a proof-of-concept data center to the Moon aboard Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander in late 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Griffon Corp. has announced the resolution of a long-awaited effort to sell its historic Telephonics defense electronics unit with a $330 million cash sale to printed-circuit-board manufacturer TTM Technologies.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin executives said April 19 that they remain optimistic for a short-term breakthrough in negotiations over the next three annual lots of
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Serbia has confirmed it is in negotiations with both France and the UK for new combat aircraft.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Thierry Dubois
Safran is gaining experience in electric propulsion, testing prototypes and studying aircraft architectures as it positions itself as the supplier of a full range of motors for all-electric and hybrid propulsion systems, from light aircraft to narrowbodies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has sent three upgraded Block 52 Lockheed Martin F-16D+ aircraft to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, as the type enters its next phase of certification and testing
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. will not conduct any anti-satellite direct-ascent missile tests, Vice President Kamala Harris said April 18, calling on other nations to also refrain from the activity to avoid the expansion of space debris in orbit.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Boryung Pharmaceutical, Starburst and Axiom Space have launched a “Care in Space Challenge,” an annual competition with a $1 million shared prize to find next-generation pharmaceutical, bioscience and medical technologies to be developed in space.
Commercial Space

Antonio Segovia
Bell’s UH-1 Huey, the iconic helicopter of the Vietnam War era, operates in almost all Latin American countries across their air forces, armies and navies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Spacewalking cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev equipped the European Space Agency’s 37-ft.-long robot arm with a control panel during an April 18 spacewalk outside the International Space Station.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A potential order for five electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft by the U.S. Air Force in fiscal 2023 may not register on lists of the largest customers for the flying taxi industry, but could still have a major impact on the experimental technology.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Piotr Butowski
Russia has suffered heavy helicopter losses in Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA, SpaceX and Axiom Space have delayed the undocking of Axiom-1, the first U.S. private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, from April 19 to April 20 at the earliest.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s planned uncrewed wingmen for the B-21 bomber and the next-generation fighter need to be able to adapt with modular payloads based on changing threats, the top U.S. Air Force officer says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Space manufacturing and services provider Redwire, which recently became a publicly traded company, could raise up to $80 million in new funds via additional stock issuance.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The three Chinese astronauts on the Shenzhou-13 mission have returned to Earth after 183 days in orbit, setting a Chinese spaceflight record.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Wisk Aero’s production self-flying air taxi will carry four passengers, the Boeing-backed startup has confirmed.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
NASA plans to suspend additional tanking tests of the Space Launch System and return the Moon rocket to Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs, the space agency said.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Operations with the Soviet-era combat aircraft ended on April 15 over concerns about “aviation events and accidents."
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Space tug startup TransAstra and small satellite startup ReOrbit have signed multiple contracts to study joint development projects.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Technicians on April 15 were preparing to access the tail service mast unit of the Space Launch System mobile launcher in an effort to stem a liquid hydrogen leak that prompted the launch team to scrub a tanking test of the Moon-class rocket on April 14.
Space

By Mark Carreau
As their nearly six-month mission to the International Space Station draws to a close, four NASA SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts praised their experience with Axiom-1, the first U.S. all-private astronaut mission to the ISS, and predicted there will be more missions to come.
Space

By Brian Everstine
A four-decade-old Boeing 747-200 simulator that was headed for disposal has been refurbished to train the U.S. Air Force’s Doomsday plane pilots as part of an effort to increase the overall readiness of the four-plane E-4B Nightwatch fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Israeli officials say an experimental laser weapon has shot down a series of small projectiles, rockets and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in
Missile Defense & Weapons