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By Graham Warwick
The Japanese startup has advanced its plans to operate an urban air taxi service during World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has established team of UK suppliers to support AW149 medium rotorcraft bid for UK New Medium Helicopter requirement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Raytheon Technologies ramping up Performance+ supply chain squeeze as A&D giant looks to fulfill cost-cutting promise to investors.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Terrafugia, owned by Chinese automaker Geely, has launched first product Commaris, and Seeker UAS for commercial inspection operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Rega–Swiss Air-Rescue is to cooperate with Dufour Aerospace on an air ambulance version of the startup’s planned Aero3 eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The test marks the first time the unmanned aircraft has connected with a stealth fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Two U.S. military initiatives to determine the feasibility of moving cargo through space are moving forward.
Space

By Graham Warwick
A research project to improve the sustainability of airports by eliminating emissions and waste, led by Royal Schiphol Group, has been awarded €25 million ($29.5 million) in funding by the European Commission.
Airports & Networks

By Irene Klotz
The first of new generation of SpaceX Starlink satellites reached near-polar orbit Sept. 14, adding to growing broadband constellation.
Commercial Space

By Bill Carey
Project participants have announced the start of pilot programs to deliver medical supplies by drone in India and Germany.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The two parties made the announcement on the opening day of the Defense, Security and Equipment International (DSEI) exposition in London.
Commercial Space

By Lindsay Bjerregaard, Graham Warwick
Startup Mobius Energy plans to deliver its first electric-propulsion battery module to a customer in October.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has renewed a guarantee supporting aircraft-engine sales while Reta Jo Lewis has been nominated to lead the export credit agency.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Vertex Aerospace, a legacy L3 Technologies unit providing logistics, MRO and supply chain management, has bought up a number of business lines from Raytheon Technologies as it moves into the latter stages of post-merger divestitures.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
A contract award puts the Lockheed Martin F-35A on track to reduce cost per flight hour (CPFH) to $30,000 by 2023, still $5,000 short of the U.S. Air
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
As the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff nears the end of his term, he sees several areas for improvement at the Pentagon.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Missile Defense Agency and Boeing successfully launched a Ground Based Interceptor, to evaluate a new selectable-boost vehicle.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
NASA is gradually acknowledging that efforts to return human explorers to the surface of the Moon in 2024 through the Artemis initiative are fading.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lori Ranson
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has identified 313 aerospace businesses to be awarded $482.3 million in funding, with Spirit Aerosystems garnering the lion’s share at more than $70 million.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force is to spend £400 million ($553 million) on upgrades for its Boeing C-17 Globemaster and CH-47 Chinook fleets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
General Atomics has completed a flight of one of its MQ-9 medium-altitude, long endurance uncrewed air systems over Canada’s High North.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick, Tony Osborne
UK advanced air mobility startup Vertical Aerospace is gearing up to begin assembly of its VA-X4 engineering prototype to fly in 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
As first electric aircraft enter service airports and operators come to grips with infrastructure for recharging batteries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Northrop’s engineers are actively discussing a new version of the unmanned RQ-4 with the Army that would require substantial modifications to the baseline aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Virgin Galactic ordered additional inspections after an unidentified vendor contacted the company about a potential problem with its components.
Space