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By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx innovation unit has narrowed the competition down to 11 companies for its challenge to identify potential high-speed vertical takeoff and landing concepts for special operation missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Roscosmos Space Corp. launched a Proton-M heavy rocket with two Russian communication satellites from Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at 7:07 a.m. on Dec. 13.
Commercial Space

The Space Development Agency has taken the first step toward creating a persistent defensive system against hypersonic maneuvering and ballistic missiles at the regional level by 2024.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
The six-seater New Shepard—flying with a full cabin for the first time—lifted off from Blue Origin’s spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, at 9 a.m. local time.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
An additional friction stir welding facility in Thales Alenia Space’s Turin factory is helping meet increased demand from space station operators for pressurized modules.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The NASA Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Rocket Park was named Dec.10 in honor of George W.S. Abbey, an early space agency stalwart who served as the center’s director from 1996 to 2001.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
After years of reliability issues, Australia has finally decided that it will prematurely retire its entire fleet of 47 NHIndustries/Airbus NH90 helicopters, designated locally as the MRH-90 Taipan, almost a decade earlier than planned. Instead, it has contacted the U.S. government for advice on the potential sale of 40 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The two main entrants for the U.S. Air Force’s “bridge tanker” are not the only ones anxiously awaiting requirements for the program, with Congress in the final version of the fiscal 2022 defense policy bill calling for details on what the service wants, its acquisition strategy, and plans for the future KC-Z tanker before moving forward.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Congress in the compromise fiscal 2022 defense policy bill is ordering a new, comprehensive look at problems with pilot breathing systems starting with the F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Can advanced air mobility democratize investing in startups as well as access to air travel?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
With efforts to troubleshoot an issue with a Space Launch System main engine controller ongoing, NASA is now targeting the rocket’s rollout to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B for mid-January—about two weeks later than previously planned—for a key prelaunch fueling test.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The airspace of NATO’s newest member, North Macedonia, has been formally added to NATO’s Air Policing system.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen propulsion may be a wave of the future for commercial aviation, but it is already a reality for an increasing number of drones on the market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Japan’s All Nippon Helicopter has become the world’s first operator of the Airbus Helicopters H160, with the first aircraft handed over from Airbus’ facility in Kobe, Japan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation and Spirit AeroSystems are suspending the deadline for employees to comply with a federal vaccination mandate for federal contractors following the Dec. 7 decision by the U.S. District Court in Georgia to temporarily halt President Joe Biden’s order.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
Tomorrow.io—the former ClimaCell weather services company that rebranded and announced a plan to launch and operate a constellation of relatively small satellites by 2022—will go public via a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Two new, classified unmanned aerial system (UAS) programs in the U.S. Air Force portfolio aim to build on momentum from existing efforts such as Skyborg and Loyal Wingman, and the service’s top civilian wants both fighters and the service’s next-generation bombers to direct them in a fight against a modern enemy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
In preparation for discussions with partners on building infrastructure to support urban air mobility, Volocopter has released a handbook on the design, construction and operation of its VoloPort modular vertiport.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau, Irene Klotz
A new tool for astrophysicists to probe polarized X-ray light radiating from some of the highest energy objects in the universe is in orbit following an early morning launch by SpaceX from Kennedy Space Center.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce says it is seeing large engine flying hour increases as airlines restore long-haul flights, but the pace of recovery is uneven.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
The order for 80 Rafales announced Dec. 3 benefitted from an acceleration in discussions that had begun more than a decade ago.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) has taken delivery of its first pair of Bell 505 light helicopters, which were quietly acquired earlier in 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The plan to begin production in the UK would likely mean the closure of OneWeb’s Florida-based facility which used automation to produce its first generation of satellites.
Commercial Space

By Bill Carey
The agreement with Heart Aerospace for the G3000 integrated avionics suite represents a further expansion by Garmin into the regional air transport market as well as into electric aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A highly modified variant of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle-Extended Range (GE-ER) has demonstrated the ability to take-off in less than 500 ft., offering a new option for operators seeking a long-endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that does not require a traditional runway.
Aircraft & Propulsion