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By Chen Chuanren
Hungary is inviting space experiments from Singapore to be part of the research agenda for the astronaut it will send to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2024.
Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Odys Aerospace has secured $12.4 million in seed funding to build a subscale demonstrator of an unconventional hybrid-electric aircraft that combines vertical takeoff and landing capability with high cruise efficiency to provide regional range at low operating cost.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne, Chen Chuanren, Thierry Dubois
Dassault’s Rafale has scored another major export contract with the sale of 42 aircraft to Indonesia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A settlement agreement between Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force will cut in half a proposed reduction in KC-390 deliveries and stretch out remaining deliveries for another seven years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the resumption of nine Defense Department advisory committees including the Defense Innovation Board, and has tapped former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to lead that key group.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Industry officials have one last chance to influence the U.S. Army’s strategy for acquiring a family of vehicles, payloads and mission systems for Air-Launched Effects, scheduled to become operational in fiscal 2025.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Senate on Feb. 9 voted 93-2 to approve the nomination of Douglas Bush to be the assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Raytheon Intelligence & Space announced Feb. 9 that it has finished thermal vacuum testing of the payload for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 program, ensuring the satellite’s sensor payload can survive in space.
Space

By Brian Everstine
A new infrared search and track pod for the U.S. Air Force’s F-15C fleet has reached initial operating capability, the service announced Feb. 9.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Thales says it will equip France’s fleet of Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports with a satellite communications system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Californian startup Natilus has announced letters of intent for more than 440 large unmanned cargo aircraft from customers including a Canadian drone operator, an African cargo airline and a U.S. freight forwarder.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
The day after a SpaceX Falcon 9 delivered a batch of 49 Starlink satellites into orbit, a solar storm struck, causing atmospheric particles from Earth to expand into space, increasing drag on the newly launched flock.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The Irish government says it will consider a report that urges the country to consider acquiring combat aircraft to provide a national air policing capability.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Having achieved steady progress in the areas of space technology and manufacturing, Singapore outlined a three-pronged strategy to encourage further growth in the local space sector at the Global Space & Technology Convention.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is kicking off its effort to replace the E-3 Sentry AWACS, releasing a request for information for its replacement on Feb. 8 that calls for two prototypes by 2028.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
DARPA and Sikorsky have conducted the first fully autonomous flights of a UH-60 Black Hawk with no one on board the helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Brazilian startup Desaer has partnered with electric propulsion developer MagniX to develop a hybrid-electric version of its planned ATL-100 regional utility transport.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The distance involved in operations over Afghanistan and the persistent need for overhead surveillance to develop targets has taken a toll on deployed MQ-9 Reapers, though there are continuing talks with neighboring nations about basing rights, the pick to lead U.S. forces in the region told lawmakers Feb. 8.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Asia Pacific Staff
The Japanese defense ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency estimates it would cost 646.5 billion yen ($5.61 billion) to upgrade and operate 68 Mitsubishi F-15Js from 2019-49, the agency announced Feb. 4.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado, to develop a Mars Ascent Vehicle, a small rocket capable of launching samples of Martian rock, soil and air gathered by the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover for return to Earth.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Vertical Aerospace has selected Leonardo’s aerostructures division to design, test and manufacture the carbon-composite fuselage for its planned VX4 air taxi.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
To promote the growth of the aviation sector in its Eastern Economic Corridor, Thailand will join the Asian airshow circuit by introducing the Thailand International Airshow in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Two new-build Falcons will be acquired, replacing the long-serving BAe 146 regional airliners that have been used for the RAF’s Command Support Air Transport (CSAT) mission.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Potential military missions for the aircraft include “island hopping and distributed cargo logistics in the Indo-Pacific theater or operations in areas with limited infrastructure like Africa,” an Electra executive says.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
The investment fully funds E-Space’s Beta 1 launch of its first test satellites in March, as well as its Beta 2 launch “later” this year, the company says.
Commercial Space