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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

By Tony Osborne
Turkey has signed a long-anticipated £8 billion ($11 billion) deal to acquire Eurofighter Typhoons.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman has secretly built a large new uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), dubbed Project Lotus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
GE points to indications that—if integrated in a specific way—the Open Fan may even have more fuel efficiency benefits than previously thought.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Voyager Technologies has acquired ExoTerra Resources, a Hall-effect propulsion developer, for an undisclosed amount.
Emerging Technologies

Jen Meszaros
China’s regulatory framework for ultralights has long been established under Chapter O of CCAR-91, mirroring FAA Part 103.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Technologies for air mobility and airships are among a new wave of research projects to be funded by the Canadian government under a program to support decarbonization of the aerospace sector.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk and a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed on Oct. 26.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
An MBDA-led team working on the development of a hypersonic interceptor missile has downselected two of the most promising concepts.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Testing includes DefendTex drone “mother ships” and other swarming technologies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Kratos Defense will use the Hermeus high-speed Quarterhorse aircraft as part of its support work for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s MACH-TB program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Supersonic aircraft developer Boom has achieved sustained combustion in a prototype burner component under initial test for the first version of its purpose-designed Symphony engine.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Iridium Communications has launched a microchip that could be embedded in devices to mitigate GPS jamming and spoofing.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
JAXA's launch of the new HII Transfer Vehicle-X ends a 5 1/2-year hiatus for its cargo deliveries to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
The escalating use of drones in combat is creating demand for a supply chain for uncrewed aircraft production that can meet security and sovereignty concerns.
Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
When Dronamics was founded 11 years ago, the Bulgarian startup took a contrarian view to the emerging commercial drone market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
SkyGrid has signed anagreement with MIT Lincoln Laboratory to jointly research and develop high-resolution forecast models for low-altitude flying aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is sending its newest aircraft carrier along with its embarked air wing and a group of support ships to the Caribbean.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Astrobotic is progressing on multiple fronts in preparation for its Griffin-1 commercial lunar lander’s inaugural mission in 2026.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
DARPA has launched a prize challenge to demonstrate multicopter uncrewed aircraft that can carry payloads more than four times their weight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has completed the first flight of a production standard HTT-40 turboprop trainer.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
Denmark has chosen not to acquire the Israel Aerospace Industries Barak MX surface-to-air missile system after it was shortlisted as an option for medium-range air defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is looking to acquire second-hand Eurofighter Typhoons from Oman and Qatar.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France and Germany have committed to field a space-based missile warning system by 2030, seeking to plug Europe's capability gap.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Saab is considering adding a new production hub to help address demand for Gripen production elsewhere, CEO Micael Johansson says.
Aircraft & Propulsion