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By Graham Warwick
Los Angeles has already been identified as early launch market by urban air taxi developers Archer and Joby Aviation, and now Volocopter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The oil and gas company has set itself a target of producing 2 million metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) a year by 2025—a significant near-term scale-up in supply since Shell is not producing SAF at present.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
Viper is due to launch in late 2023 on a 100-day mission to gather “hands-on” evidence for water ice.
Space

By Graham Warwick
American Airlines has become an anchor partner in Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, investing $100 million in the Bill Gates-founded initiative to accelerate clean energy technologies needed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Low Earth orbit is new home of several small-comsat constellations of enormous bandwidth—but no ability to exchange data with each other.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman now has five B-21 Raider test aircraft in final assembly, U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Sept. 20
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Carole Rickard Hedden
KVS Technologies has entered into agreement with Air Methods’ Spright, for one-stop linear inspection services for utility companies.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Paris has recalled its ambassadors from Australia and the U.S. and canceled defense talks with the UK following Canberra’s decision to halt a multi-billion euro submarine procurement from France in favor of a nuclear submarine buy with the U.S. and UK.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
L3Harris Technologies announced plans to grow a classified campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to meet expected business demand from the Pentagon’s “growing and urgent need for advanced, resilient satellites.”
Space

By Irene Klotz
The SpaceX Dragon Resilience splashed down off the coast of Cape Canaveral at 7:06 p.m. EDT, concluding the company’s fourth human spaceflight and first without NASA oversight and NASA astronauts.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX cannot launch the Starship/Super Heavy vehicle until FAA completes its licensing process, which includes the environmental review and other safety and financial responsibility requirements.
Commercial Space

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Aviation Week’s Advanced Air Mobility Report to date has covered the projects and companies that are staking ground in a market that they, themselves, are creating.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Canada’s SAF+ Consortium has produced the first few liters of synthetic kerosene at its pilot plant in Montreal.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Swedish regional BRA, OEM ATR and fuel supplier Neste partner to certify 100% SAF for ATR regional turboprops; first test flight in 2022.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Taikonauts from Shenzhou-12 mission to help construct China’s Tiangong-2 space station returned to Earth Sept. 17, ending 90-day stay.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Being developed for the KF-X fighter, the ALCM separated from an F-4E and extended its glide wings before striking a target over an unspecified distance.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s Diehl Defense is working to adapt its IRIS-T short-range air-to-air missile for use on future low-observable platforms.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Tony Osborne
U.S. Air Force acknowledged dissimilar air combat training role for retired F-117s, with two deployed to California Air National Guard.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Graham Warwick
Universe of customers for eVTOL aircraft expands, with Europcar Brazil plans to order 50 eGyros from startup Skyworks Aeronautics.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
Will the LMXT’s 28% fuel volume advantage over the Boeing KC-46 be decisive in the USAF "bridge tanker" competition?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems and MBDA have been contracted to finalize te development and integration of the Meteor BVOS AAM and Spear 3 onto the JSF.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Graham Warwick
South Korean automaker Hyundai and UK startup Urban-Air Port plan to develop 65 urban vertiports at key locations worldwide.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton said the two militaries are “significantly enhancing our force posture cooperation,” including with the Pentagon sending “all types of U.S. military aircraft to Australia” in rotational deployments.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Scotland’s Land Court has approved plans to turn crofting land in Northern Scotland into a site for satellite launch.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
HySpecIQ, the once and future satellite-powered hyperspectral analytics company, has received an endorsement and funding from defense technology
Space