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By Garrett Reim
Universal Hydrogen plans to flight test its 1-megawatt, hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system on a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 regional aircraft starting around September.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A hypersonic projectile fired by an electromagnetic railgun set a new distance record during a March test, flying 109 nm at a speed around Mach 5, a U.S. Navy official said on April 6.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s Ministry of Defense has renewed a support contract with Leonardo Helicopters to sustain the Royal Navy and British Army’s fleet of AW159 Wildcat helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An order for a fleet of Tactical Surrogate Aircraft (TSA) could be combined with the U.S. Navy’s plans to replace the Boeing T-45 Goshawk with a new
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
Flight testing has started on the latest version of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
The helicopter is a self-funded project between Changhe Aircraft Industry (Group) Corporation and the China Helicopter Research and Development Institute, both
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Canada’s National Research Council has begun flight tests of a Cessna 337G Skymaster modified into a hybrid-electric propulsion testbed.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
South Korea’s Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) has secured a 27 billion won ($22 million) investment, primarily for the development of cargo drones powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The Eagle Eye multi-mode radar adds a “video synthetic aperture radar” (SAR) capability to the medium-altitude UAS.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Boeing has started the induction process for the first of four CH-47F Chinook Block II helicopters ordered by the U.S. Army in November. The induction
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Fresh off unveiling its partnership with Silicon Valley venture capital firm Shield Capital, L3Harris Technologies announced a new internal innovation office, the Agile Development Group, to meet Pentagon demands to provide advanced technology products and offerings quicker.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military’s next generation intercontinental ballistic missile has a name: the LGM-35A Sentinel.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The AUKUS defense pact between Australia, the UK and the U.S. is to expand its scope to hypersonic weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Finland and Norway have made substantial increases to their annual defense budgets in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
DARPA has confirmed new details of a previously secret test of the Lockheed Martin version of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, a scramjet-powered cruise missile demonstrator.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Helicopter leasing company Lobo Leasing has signed a letter of intent with Pipistrel that includes deposits for the acquisition of 15 Nuuva V300 hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing unmanned cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Concerned about the military build-up in the Indo-Pacific and threats against Australia, Canberra is spending A$3.5 billion ($2.6 billion) to accelerate deliveries of two types of missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
As it works to establish design and manufacturing operations in Montreal, Jaunt Air Mobility has secured two new Canadian investors and advisors, retired Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu and entrepreneur Mitch Garber.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The “Modular Advanced Missile” program appears for the first time in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2023 budget request documents.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Helicopter and commercial aircraft brokerage Blueberry Aviation has signed an agreement to support Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace in securing launch customers for its Aero2 and Aero3 hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
GE Aviation will develop and test a megawatt-class hybrid-electric powerplant under a $5.1 million contract from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory that will further develop technologies applicable to Future Vertical Lift, GE says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an additional eight Block 70 Lockheed Martin F-16s for Bulgaria. A second batch made up of four single-seat F-16Cs and four twin-seat F-16Ds and a package of weapons have been requested by Sofia, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced April 4.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky is in discussions with the U.S. Army on its requirements for modernization of the legacy UH-60 Black Hawk fleet that will continue in operation after the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft enters service in the early 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky has reached the power-on milestone with its Raider X prototype, but like rival Bell, is awaiting delayed delivery of GE Aviation’s T901 turboshaft to complete assembly of its contender for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance aircraft (FARA) program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The award adds a second major piece of the long-term plan to replace Boeing E-6Bs with Lockheed Martin C-130J-30s for the Take-Charge-And-Move-Out (TACAMO) mission.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare