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By Steve Trimble
The decision means the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fleet will operate without Fire Scouts that were envisioned to perform several surveillance and attack missions.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
As of the end of 2023, 690 registered GA companies operated 2,900 aircraft and averaged 114,000 flight hours per month, China reported on March 29.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Ukraine appears to have turned to converted ultralight aircraft to act as long-range one-way attack drones in a bid to extend its reach in Russia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force will soon begin modifying an F-16 to evaluate autonomy software and artificial intelligence.
Defense

By Guy Norris
The rebirth of faster-than-sound civil transport remains a pipedream to many, but it is making material headway in Southern California.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The end of the F-16’s operational service in the Netherlands has moved a step closer with the type’s withdrawal from domestic air policing operations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
France’s defense materiel agency has begun flight tests of a new optronics sensors system destined for the next upgrade package for the Dassault Rafale.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force F-35As began operations at Lask Air Base, Poland, on April 1 to bolster the air presence on NATO’s eastern front.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Pacific deployment is intended to build interoperability between the three partner nations in the next-generation European Future Combat Air System.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
H55 is developing battery packs for Pratt & Whitney Canada’s hybrid-electric flight demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce has begun bench tests of its first 320-kW electric motor demonstrator for potential regional aircraft applications.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
A key element of a novel electric propulsion demonstrator has been completed and is set to begin bench testing under a UK government-supported research program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
An impromptu question between a Hong Kong-based reporter and a Chinese general offer a brief update into the development status of China's H-20 stealth bomber.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The financing comes as SpaceX’s Starlink LEO constellation eats Telesat’s lunch.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
Surf Air Mobility said it now expects to receive FAA certification for its electrified powertrains in 2027.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Mitre Corp. has developed a tool that can estimate the level of risk to AAM vehicles posed by hazardous operating conditions created by microscale weather.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The project is developing a digital twin of Aurora’s Skiron-X expeditionary uncrewed aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Drone delivery provider DroneUp has unveiled its Ecosystem, an integrated ground, air and software infrastructure.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The five-year Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering Contract III takes effect June 1.
Space

By Mark Carreau
With Crewed Flight Test certification, Starliner will be in line for six missions to launch astronauts and return them from the ISS.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The ANZAC class frigate HMAS Stuart and a Boeing E-7 Wedgetail supported the successful test of the Dual II Software Upgrade version of the SM-6 interceptor.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has begun modifications to its P-8 sub-hunting fleet with delivery of the first aircraft to Boeing for the Increment 3 Block 2 update.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Thierry Dubois
Hybrid-electric aircraft developer VoltAero is preparing to test a more powerful piston engine from Kawasaki.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The company says its process could be cost competitive with fossil fuels and even carbon-negative.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Launch of the NROL-70 mission aboard the final United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket remained on hold March 29 to address a problem with ground support equipment.
Space