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By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli and the European Space Agency’s Andreas Mogensen have been selected as the first two of four astronauts planned for launch aboard the SpaceX Crew-7 Dragon no earlier than 2023 for a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has selected GE Aviation’s Catalyst turboprop engine as the powerplant for the Eurodrone medium-altitude long-endurance uncrewed air system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok, Chen Chuanren
The South Korean military carried out kill chain training on the same day as North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test on March 24.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Boeing has added Airbus Helicopters to its German teaming arrangements as it pushes its CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter for Germany’s military heavy lift helicopter need.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
DARPA has kicked off its orbital Moon manufacturing program, naming eight research teams for the initiative.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Neuraspace, a Portuguese startup looking to use artificial intelligence for space debris and satellite collision avoidance services, has landed more than $2.7 million from Armilar Venture Partners to accelerate the commercialization of its platform.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Barry Matsumori, a SpaceX veteran and until recently the CEO of space optical communications startup BridgeComm, was named the chief operating officer of Impulse Space Propulsion, the new in-orbit transfer services company founded by Tom Mueller, a SpaceX co-founder and its longtime chief technology officer.
Commercial Space

By Bill Carey
The U.S. Senate has passed legislation aimed at marshaling federal efforts to promote the advanced air mobility industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
For decades, the U.S. Air Force relied on its workhorse fleet of MQ-1 Predators to track and identify targets and attribute events on the ground.
Space

By Graham Warwick
A UK consortium led by Embraer company Eve UAM has completed a concept of operations for urban air mobility in London that identifies the near-term challenges and actions required to enable electric air taxi service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission promises some real drama as it zeros in on its target later this year.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The missile flew east toward Japan, but splashed down short of the northern tip of the island of Honshu, South Korean military leaders reported.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has begun testing the autonomous takeoff and landing capabilities of its VSR700 rotary-wing unmanned aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Switzerland plans to have as many as 28 of its Lockheed Martin F-35s built in Italy, becoming the third customer to build the Joint Strike Fighter in Europe.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The UK’s Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has secured £10.5 million ($13.8 million) in investment from HydrogenOne Capital Growth and Safran to develop hydrogen fuel-cell electric propulsion for aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NATO leaders have pledged to increase materiel support to Ukraine and further strengthen the alliance’s presence in Eastern Europe.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Network staff
The conflict in Ukraine has triggered a serious management crisis within Russia’s largest airline group Aeroflot.
Airlines & Lessors

By Garrett Reim
Startup Dark Fission Space Systems announced plans on March 22 to build and demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in orbit within five years.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Japanese commercial UAV company Terra Drone has raised $70 million in Series B venture capital from local investors and will apply the funds toward a drone air traffic management service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
The COVID-19 pandemic may be abating, but for suppliers such as Canada’s Magellan Aerospace the effects continue to hit home.
Supply Chain

By Jen DiMascio
A Canadian satellite recently came “dangerously close” to another nation’s satellite, a Canadian Space Agency official says.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA plans to extend its Human Landing System contract with SpaceX to cover a second crewed landing on the Moon and launch a parallel procurement leading to a second commercial provider for crewed transportation services to and from lunar orbit and the lunar surface.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Maintenance and upgrades were the focus of a nearly 7-hr. spacewalk conducted by two astronauts outside the International Space Station on March 23.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A spokesman for Turkey’s government on March 23 called proposal for sending the NATO country’s S-400 systems to Ukraine “quite unrealistic today.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Propulsion startup Ursa Major on March 23 announced the delivery of its Handley engine to two separate customers for two different uses.
Space