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By Steve Trimble
A newly discovered data dump by the U.S. Air Force last August discloses the first details about the progress in flight test of the secretive Lockheed Martin AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Terran Orbital, a small satellite startup that is about to go public, and BigBear.ai have signed a partnership.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Solar-powered aircraft developer Skydweller Aero has partnered with Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica to explore the use of its long-endurance unmanned aircraft to expand cellular coverage.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Flytrex’s delivery system uses a multicopter drone that flies autonomously beyond line of sight and hovers to safely lower the package by wire to the customer in the ground.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The mission is a bold attempt to demonstrate whether a spacecraft traveling at high velocity can slam into an asteroid with enough kinetic energy to knock it off course—an ability that could one day enable humanity to counter objects that pose an impact threat to Earth.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
China’s AVIC Aerodynamics Research Institute says it has completed construction of a new hypersonic wind tunnel that is reportedly able to simulate speeds from Mach 4 to Mach 8.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman’s 16th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission capsule departed the International Space Station on Nov. 20, ending a stay of just more than three months and setting up an experiment intended to improve the modeling of spacecraft thermal protection systems.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
One pilot was killed and two others injured Nov. 19 when two U.S. Air Force T-38C Talon trainer aircraft collided with each other on the runway at Laughlin AFB, Texas.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on Nov. 19 selected Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and Oracle to compete for a multibillion cloud services contract, the next attempt to field the capability after the failed Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud contract was canceled.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Space Development Agency (SDA) is looking forward to 2022 as a year of massive growth, integration into the U.S. Space Force and the first launches of its Tranche 0 transport layer satellites. But many of its plans could be in limbo as Congress faces an impending deadline to pass a spending bill.
Space

By Tony Osborne
NATO has extended its contract with Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines to use its fleet of heavylift aircraft to carry military cargo for the alliance.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space’s expansive goal of developing a space transport and habitation ecosystem has received a major boost with the successful raising of a $1.4 billion Series A capital investment.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s Royal Air Force has conducted a series of flights with sustainable aviation fuels as part of initial trials to try to reduce its carbon footprint.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Norway on Nov. 18 accepted its first of five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, the first operator of the modern sub hunter in Scandinavia as Russia develops more silent and capable submarines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Slovenia has ordered a single Leonardo C-27J Spartan turboprop airlifter to bolster its air transport capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing plans to slow production of militarized 737 aircraft to 12 per year from 18 beginning in April as demand for the P-8A Poseidon slows and other military versions have not been ordered.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Samuel Archer
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AWIN Knowledge Center

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Air Force should rethink plans to retire the MQ-9 Reaper in 2030-35 and consider a plethora of new missions for the unmanned aerial system, an Air Force Association think tank contends.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX plans about a dozen flights of its super heavy-lift, reusable Starship launch system in 2022, beginning with an orbital flight test in January or February.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket deployed a pair of Earth-observation satellites into orbit for BlackSky on Nov. 17, a mission that also tested helicopter operations for future midair booster recoveries.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force has completed its first 24-hr.-long mission using an RQ-4D Phoenix derivative of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Poland has selected MBDA’s Common Anti-air Modular Missile as the basis for its Narew short-range air defense system requirement.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
A Swiss parliamentary commission is to examine the decision to select the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as the country’s next-generation combat aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
European airlift capability is a key focus in the latest round of projects to be undertaken through the European Union Permanent Structured Cooperation initiative.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace and defense supplier Arch Precision Components is continuing its roll up of manufacturing assets with the Nov. 17 announcement that it has acquired premier sheet metal fabricator Metalcraft Technologies.
Supply Chain