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By Chen Chuanren
Australia’s requirement for Hellfire missiles likely will increase, as it recently announced plans to expand the MH-60R fleet in support of naval operations.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The German Navy's Westland Lynx Mk 88A helicopters were used primarily for aerial surveillance, especially in enforcing sanctions against North Korea prior to the ship’s arrival into Singapore.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX’s 24th NASA-contracted resupply mission is carrying a diverse array of research projects to the International Space Station.
Space

By Michael Bruno
The FAA on Dec. 20 granted a license to Spaceport Camden in Camden County, Georgia, for small-rocket launches to low Earth orbit after several years of local community debate.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. nuclear weapons agency can start ramping up to mass production of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb after delivering the first unit.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX set a new record for Falcon 9 booster reuse, launching and landing its fleet leader for an 11th time on Dec. 18 as the company neared the end of a 2021 launch manifest that aims for a record 31 flights.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Italian startup FlyingBasket has conducted its first urban cargo drone flights in Turin.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft are flying about eight sorties per day over Afghanistan to watch for ISIS-K and other threats after one month of no activity, according to newly released U.S. Air Force numbers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The UAE has a demonstrated pattern of selecting a new fighter, breaking off talks for several years and then finalizing the deal when conditions appear more favorable.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Boeing recently completed deck-handling tests on the company’s MQ-25 test asset, showing how the refueling drone will be able to integrate with carrier operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Traditional aerospace suppliers are investing in their capabilities to develop systems for emerging electric aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
United Launch Alliance, based in Centennial, Colorado, has selected Wichita-based Maynard to supply components for the Atlas V rocket following a November meeting with potential Wichita suppliers.
Space

By Graham Warwick
In Vancouver, British Columbia, Harbour Air Seaplanes has begun modifying a second de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver to electric propulsion and will begin certification flight testing in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force aborted an attempted boost test flight of the Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on Dec. 15, service officials say. The aborted flight became the third unsuccessful attempt this year to test the new booster rocket developed for the AGM-183A, a prototype that consists of a single-stage booster and a hypersonic glide vehicle with a high lift-to-drag shape.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Initial nondestructive scientific assessments of the sample of the asteroid Ryugu affirm the value of such material in providing new insights into the formation and evolution of the Solar System.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Stockholm declared an initial operational capability (IOC) for the Patriot system in mid-December.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Japan is reportedly in the final stages of negotiations with partners from the United Kingdom to firm up the scope and price for the development of the future F-X fighter’s engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Archer has flown its Maker technology demonstrator, joining other leaders in the electric vertical takeoff and landing industry in flying a vehicle similar in scale to its planned urban air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has flown a subscale model of its ES-19 electric regional airliner.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The Soyuz MS-20 carrying Yusaku Maezawa, Yozo Hirano and veteran cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin touched down in remote Kazakhstan on Dec. 20, marking the end of a 12-day private spaceflight.
Space

By Michael Bruno
The U.S. Justice Department has unveiled an ongoing antitrust investigation into labor market allocation in the aerospace engineering market, revealing indictments against six executives who are alleged to have established an anti-poaching regime among their companies.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
The six-year-old startup, which said it reached profitability in 2020, is one of many targeting the burgeoning counter-UAS product and services market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Completion of Vertical Aerospace’s going-public merger with blank-check company Broadstone Acquisition on Dec. 16 took the total announced funding raised in 2021 by the nascent advanced air mobility industry to more than $5 billion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The Aerospace Industries Association has announced a new industry standard designed to safeguard drones from leaking sensitive data.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Counter-drone systems specialist Dedrone has landed $30.5 million in Series C venture capital, the company announced Dec. 17, and is working to be able to detect, identify and track more than 200 different UAS.
Advanced Air Mobility