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By Michael Bruno
Boeing has bought back the St. Louis defense aircraft factory it once owned but was most recently under the GKN Aerospace brand.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) a $13 billion contract for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
French startup VoltAero has begun bench testing of the integrated parallel hybrid-electric powertrain for its five-seat Cassio 330.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
An updated model of the Bell V-280 shows that the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) design is evolving from the demonstrator that won the competition.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Brian Everstine
The Mojave started with the U.S. Marine Corps as a short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) UAS.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Ben Goldstein
EHang said it plans to initiate the type certification application for its VT-30 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
L3Harris (LHX) posted better-than-expected results in the first quarter.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
The 10-min. laser transmission while the Psyche spacecraft was 140 million mi. (226 million km) from Earth, occurred on April 8.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Sweden's defense committee issued updated advice advising increased focus on air defense, prompted by the war in Ukraine and Sweden’s new role within NATO.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Executives from BAE Systems, Leonardo, MBDA and Rolls-Royce argue that the UK should not rely on other nations when it comes to defense procurement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army announced April 24 that it awarded options to both Griffon Aerospace and Textron Systems to conduct flight demonstrations for its Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System (FTUAS) program.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Army is beginning a plan to tailor each of its Combat Aviation Brigades (CAB) to individual missions.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky President Paul Lemmo says the RBW is part of the company’s overall push for hybrid electric VTOL designs.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Brian Everstine
The dual rotor design was the key feature for the company’s Raider X and SB-1 Defiant proposals.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force announced April 24 that it selected General Atomics and Anduril to continue designs for the first phase of its CCA program.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Irene Klotz
NASA and Boeing on April 25 completed the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the long-awaited CST-100 Starliner crewed flight test (CFT).
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has selected Astroscale to remove an upper-stage rocket body from orbit.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Early in the spacewalk, the two cosmonauts were working more than 2 hr. ahead of schedule and urging Russian flight controllers to plan a third spacewalk for them.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A series of proposed upgrades, including manually foldable winglets, could slash the fuel consumption of the four-engine KC-135 tanker by 12-14%.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Croatia has become the fifth export operator of Dassault’s Rafale fighter following delivery of the first aircraft into the country’s capital of Zagreb.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A Boeing team says it is on track to upgrade the MQ-25 Stingray with the ability to autonomously refuel other MQ-25s by 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Shetland Islands’ SaxaVord spaceport has secured a range control license from the UK’s aviation regulator in another step toward the first orbital launches from the site.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
Archer had previously announced its plans to locate an international headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Abu Dhabi to lay the groundwork for an air taxi ecosystem in the emirate.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
UK technologies that could enable autonomous collaborative platforms (ACP) to work with crewed combat aircraft have been demonstrated.
Defense and Space