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By Graham Warwick
As urban air mobility leaders target congested cities such as Los Angeles as launch markets for air taxi services, efforts to secure convenient vertiport locations are accelerating.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Los Angeles-based Inversion, a space startup focusing on the return-to-Earth side of operations, has closed its $10 million seed round, the company announced Nov. 16.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
When there are space-related accidents on Earth, which there will be as the space economy grows, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board wants to be ready with codified procedures for investigating, according to a new announcement from officials.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Northrop Grumman said it will lead an industry team to design a lunar buggy to support NASA’s upcoming Artemis deep space exploration program.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force Research Laboratory recently awarded its largest-ever contract for space-related technology development, providing up to $1 billion to Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy a sole-source, $215 million contract extension for operational support of the Hubble Space Telescope. Meanwhile, the agency is also working to recover the orbital observatory’s full science operations.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Unmanned cargo-aircraft startup Elroy Air has partnered with humanitarian transport operator AYR Logistics to develop an autonomous aerial-delivery service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
An Arianespace Vega rocket lifted off from French Guiana on Nov. 16, delivering France’s first signals-intelligence satellite system into orbit.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Satellite servicing startup Astroscale has unveiled a docking plate it hopes will become standard on all future low Earth orbit satellites to enable their capture and removal from orbit.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
While defense spending in recent years has been increasing, the share of it going to research and development is not nearly enough to keep the defense industrial base healthy and, most importantly, allow companies to innovate, the head of Northrop Grumman says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Though NASA has recently delayed its estimated target of returning to the Moon with humans from 2024 to 2025, the agency remains overly optimistic in the milestones and costs it associates with the Artemis initiative, the agency’s inspector general says.
Space

By Brian Everstine
An Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation SH-3 Sea King flew within 25 yards of the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship LHD 2 USS Essex as it transited the Gulf of Oman, a move the Pentagon criticized as dangerous and unprofessional.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A Russian direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test destroyed a satellite on Nov. 15, generating thousands of pieces of space debris that threaten the International Space Station (ISS) and other assets.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Stakeholders including space agencies, launch providers and satellite operators launched the Net Zero Space initiative at the 4th Paris Peace Forum on Nov. 11-13, calling for a global commitment to achieving sustainable use of space for the benefit of all by 2030.
Space

By Mark Carreau
A week after returning to Earth from a 199-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the four U.S., European and Japanese Crew-2 Dragon astronauts expressed confidence in the orbital science lab’s future as it approaches the 23rd anniversary of its first element launch on Nov. 20.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The airless lunar environment will require some customized assessments by those inspired to initiate scientific inquiries or invest in the commercial ventures that NASA hopes will help it establish a sustained human presence at the Moon. This is where Houston’s Aegis Aerospace believes it could become game changing.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded seven U.S. coast-to-coast startups $90,000 each under its Entrepreneur’s Challenge program to advance the science capabilities of small satellite missions.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A Predator B unmanned aircraft system is capable of being reconfigured for short takeoff and landings within “hundreds of feet" rather than thousands, the manufacturer says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Ministry of Defense has confirmed it is looking to procure as many as 44 rotorcraft for its New Medium Helicopter requirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Spain has contracted Airbus to convert a trio of ex-Iberia A330-200 airliners into Multi-Role Tanker Transports.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The White House is pressing Congress to approve a budget before next month’s deadline, arguing an extended continuing resolution (CR) would lead to cuts in defense spending and development delays for hypersonic weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
For seven weeks this fall, the U.S. Army’s vision of a conflict in the Pacific played out over the American Southwest with the goal of testing emerging technologies to the point of breaking them and guiding modernization programs at a time when the service’s boss says it needs to make ruthless decisions amid uncertain budgets.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Air Canada and Canadian clean-energy company Carbon Engineering plan to explore the potential use of direct air capture technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere for permanent storage or use in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Indian private space company Digantara Research and Technologies has signed a contract with UK satellite startup Orbital Astronautics to launch a lidar-based debris-tracking payload.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Brazilian Air Force said the planned purchase of 28 KC-390s exceeded “budget reality” as military budgets have been restricted.
Aircraft & Propulsion