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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

By Steve Trimble
The Brazilian Air Force will soon put the MBDA Meteor into service after receiving the second batch of the beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Stoke Space, a startup trying to develop a completely reusable rocket for the burgeoning commercial satellite market, has closed a $65 million Series A venture capital round that will go toward developing a rapidly repeatable second-stage segment.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
As the military and burgeoning commercial space sector eye thousands of new satellites in low-Earth orbit companies such as Honeywell International and Skyloom Global are teaming to provide more secure and higher-performance optical-communication products and services.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has assigned veteran astronaut Stephen Bowen and first-time flyer Warren “Woody” Hoburg to the sixth SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Pandemic-related parts shortages and other supply chain issues have set the U.S. Air Force’s T-7 Red Hawk schedule back about seven months, but Boeing believes it can gain back some of that time as the shortage issues recede and tests continue on built aircraft.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Michael Bruno
Crew Training International, a 30-year-old specialist in providing aviation training services to the military,has been sold to acquisition-based investor Exchange Income Corp. for $45 million.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has called in researchers from the Netherlands Aerospace Center to investigate reports of noise generated by the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, after an uptick in complaints from local residents.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Ministry of Defense has launched a tender for a High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite to provide continuous communications and intelligence.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Bristow's partnership with California-based Overair covers the potential purchase of 20-50 of the startup’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor platforms and collaboration on commercialization of the platform.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The first flight of the hypersonic glide vehicle built under the V-Max program will take place soon, an ArianeGroup official says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Virgin Orbit is taking a 17.5% stake in partner Hypersat as the companies work to launch a six-satellite constellation to provide hyperspectral imaging from low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
UK electric air mobility startup Vertical Aerospace has listed publicly on the New York Stock Exchange after completing a merger with blank-check company Broadstone Acquisition that did not perform as well as hoped for.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The first U.S. Air Force F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to be based in Europe have arrived at their future home in England.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Newly infused with public market funding, Rocket Lab said it will buy SolAero Holdings, a supplier of space solar power products and precision aerospace structures, for $80 million in cash as part of the company’s vertical integration transformation to become more of a full-service space services provider.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A cruise missile flight test vehicle struck a target vessel in the Gulf of Mexico after being launched from a pallet out the back of a Lockheed Martin MC-130J.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
President Joe Biden is expected to nominate Frank Calvelli to be the assistant Air Force secretary for space acquisitions.
Space

By Tony Osborne
A UK Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon has shot down what officials have described as a “small hostile drone” operating over Syria.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
An interface issue has interrupted final payload testing of the James Webb Space Telescope, causing the latest launch delay, NASA and European Space Agency officials say.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
The French ministry of armed forces has renewed ArianeGroup’s contract for optical space surveillance.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The MU-B200 is a 200-kg (441-lb.) 1.2 kW satellite that aims to provide 5-Gbps (V-band) communications over Southeast Asia.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
Two commercial positioning and communication satellites onboard—GeeSAT-1A and 1B—were lost in the Dec. 15 failure.
Space

By Graham Warwick
New York-based seaplane airline Tailwind Air has partnered with Airflow.aero to develop an amphibious, float-equipped version of the startup’s planned electric short takeoff and landing aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
A growing number of satellite operators are either pursuing a multi-orbit strategy to provide high-capacity, low-latency data services, or are ready to jump on the bandwagon.
Commercial Space