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By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force’s first self-described space control platform has been approved for potential export to select allies and partners.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
AVIC says it has conducted the first flight of a large uncrewed aerial system called SS-UAV Jiu Tian, or Nine Heavens, designed to be a drone mothership.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
LEOLABS licensing data to U.S. Space Force, Commerce Dept... SAIC gets U.S. Navy propulsion test facility award... SAFRAN to sell IFE division...
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By Michael Bruno
Investors were widely disappointed with UAV pioneer AeroVironment's financial results for the fiscal second quarter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Virgin Galactic Dec. 9 announced a complex series of financial moves designed to prop up the suborbital services upstart’s balance sheet.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Overview Energy, a startup trying to develop a space-based solar power system, plans to demonstrate its technology from a satellite in low Earth orbit in 2028.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has moved to eventually reacquire the ability to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles from a new fleet of airborne command posts.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is taking proposals from new launch providers with rockets ready to fly by early 2027 to join the National Security Space Launch program.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
For the seventh time in six years, CPI Aerostructures has a new chief financial officer. The Edgewood, New York, manufacturer has appointed Robert Mannix as CFO
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
France's ARCC is seeing progress in raising awareness of the aviation community and official bodies about who to call after an accident.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Spain’s navy is preparing to embark the NHIndustries NH90 helicopter onboard its ships.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Kratos is looking at was to operationalize its hypersonic systems developed for testing.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
Reliable Robotics has secured a new NASA contract to flight test its automated Cessna 208B Caravan in and around U.S. airports.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Vivienne Machi
The ability to refuel satellites in orbit will be crucial to future U.S. military space operations, but the Pentagon needs more testbeds.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has laid out its top priorities for NASA's future Mars exploration missions.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
L3Harris says it is receiving increasing international interest in a business-jet-based airborne early warning and control aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
NASA is assessing a troubling loss of signal from a Mars orbiter.
Space Exploration

By Tony Osborne
British uncrewed aircraft system developer Rotron Aerospace is set to work with South Korea’s LIG Nex1 to develop a new generation of UAS engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Polish government says it is in negotiations about the transfer of the country’s remaining Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Norway’s Kongsberg is joining forces with Germany's Helsing and Hensoldt to develop a surveillance satellite constellation before the end of the decade.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Talks on Turkey’s potential reentry into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program could “yield a breakthrough in the coming months,” the U.S. ambassador to Turkey has suggested.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
GKN Aerospace and Anduril have teamed up to work together on autonomous collaborative platforms (ACP) for use by the UK military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Bidders looking to vie for the UK Defense Ministry’s Project Nightfall ballistic missile development have until Dec. 18 to raise their hands.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
AeroVironment should secure deals for its P550 vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed system from abroad within the next six months, CEO Wahid Nawabi says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Saab plans to fly an uncrewed aircraft in 2026 using a software-defined fuselage as part of an initiative to optimize processes to field equipment faster.
Aircraft & Propulsion