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By Graham Warwick
A hybrid-electric power system designed for applications ranging from drones to uncrewed cargo aircraft and passenger air taxis has been unveiled by startup LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Solutions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
With testing of a subscale uncrewed demonstrator underway in waters off Tampa, Florida, Regent has solidified its maritime certification path with confirmations from U.S. and European aviation regulators that its planned wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) regional transports are not considered aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Austrian startup CycloTech and Japanese package carrier Yamato have completed a study into the feasibility of developing an uncrewed cargo aircraft using thrust-vectoring cyclorotor propulsion to operate in confined urban areas, even in high winds.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Chinese and Russian capabilities in space grew 70% between 2019 and 2021, as both countries are seeking to establish superiority on orbit and beyond, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency warns in a new report.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has confirmed the fiscal 2023 budget request includes funding for multiple Northrop Grumman B-21 bombers in the first annual lot of low-rate initial production.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
German energy company EnBW and aerospace research agency DLR have launched a three-year project to explore the use of cargo and passenger drones to support the maintenance of offshore wind farms.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s Lilium has taken another step in the type certification process for its electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi, submitting its means of compliance to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Benefiting perhaps from steadily improving relations between China and Indonesia, EHang has secured its largest commitment to date from an Asian customer with preorders for 100 EH216 autonomous air taxis from Prestige Aviation, an Indonesian aircraft sales and management company.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Spirit AeroSystems will supply pylons and nacelles for the initial phase of a program to re-engine the Boeing B-52H fleet, the Wichita-based aerostructures company said on April 12.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Parker Hannifin has committed to divest its aircraft wheels and brakes business to secure European Commission approvals for its acquisition of UK-based aerospace supplier Meggitt.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
At first, advanced air mobility flights will be piloted. But the industry widely agrees its aircraft must become autonomous at some point if operations are to scale up to hoped-for high volumes. Rather than if, the debate centers largely on when.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Vertiports designed for future electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft are beginning to pop up around the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit has released a request for information seeking commercial on-orbit satellite refueling and bulk fuel depot ideas as part of its “RAPIDS Refueling and Fuel Depot” project.
Space

By Steve Trimble
For lawmakers, journalists and others expecting a price tag in the $500-600 million range, a $1.6 billion price tag for the first B-21, if confirmed, may come as a shock.
Budget, Policy & Operations

AW Staff
Russia’s first Moon mission in 46 years has been retargeted to launch on Aug. 22, about a month later than previously planned, Alexander Mitkin, deputy chief designer at spacecraft manufacturer NPO Lavochkin, told Russian media during an April 8 press conference.
Space

By Graham Warwick
German startup Theion is targeting electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft as an early market for solid-state, lithium-sulfur batteries that promise three times the energy density of conventional lithium-ion cells.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office has made additional investments in modular jet trainer development startup Aeralis.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea will be setting aside KRW2.3 trillion ($1.9 billion) for a series of procurement and missile programs, including a requirement for large transport aircraft for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said he wants to boost the country’s armed uncrewed aircraft system capability by adding Turkish platforms to the Chinese UAS already in service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Two prototype vehicles powered by aerospike rocket engines are on track to flight test the propulsion technology for the first time in 2023 under a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) project targeting rapid launch capability using modular engine architectures.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus claimed its highest-ever revenues in 2021 but the company warns that it is now facing supply chain bottlenecks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Wing will launch the first commercial drone delivery services in a major U.S. metropolitan area on April 7 in Dallas-Forth Worth.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Mission-1's (Ax-1) four private astronauts successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) April 9, to begin an eight-day visit filled with medical and scientific research and technology development activities.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Annual flying hours per aircraft dropped for the U.S. Air Force’s F-35A fleet in 2021, erasing five years of steady progress, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Draken will provide adversary air using its Aero Vodochody L-159 Advanced Light Combat Aircraft operated from its base at Teesside airport from July.
Aircraft & Propulsion