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By Graham Warwick
Energy giant Chevron and renewable fuel producer Gevo have signed an LOI to build one or more facilities to process inedible corn into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
D-Orbit UK is to lead development of a spacecraft “deorbit kit” for the European Space Agency.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
North Korea has claimed to have successfully fired a new locally developed cruise missile capable of reaching targets across the Korean peninsula and into Japan.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Equitix Investment Management is paying £189 million ($261 million) for the engine-maker’s 23.1% holding in Airtanker Holdings Ltd.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Thierry Dubois
The tracking service will use laser ranging to monitor objects in low Earth orbit, offering satellite operators the ability to identify collision threats and maneuver accordingly.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The grant supports an A$8 million program that will run to December 2023 which involves development and optimization of a quiet, efficient and lightweight propulsion system that increases the range and reduces the noise and cost of the Vertiia.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the intention to order the six additional aircraft in a speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair on Sept.11.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Originally planned for Aug. 24, the spacewalk was delayed when NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei experienced a pinched nerve in his neck and had to be replaced for the excursion.
Space

By Michael Bruno
High-profile electric air taxi startup Lilium will become a publicly traded company Sept. 15 when its Class A ordinary shares and redeemable warrants will be listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbols “LILM” and “LILMW” respectively.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Woolpert, a century-old mapping and surveying specialist, has acquired Optimal GEO, an Alabama-based company that specializes in providing photogrammetric mapping, orthography, lidar and GIS data to defense and intelligence communities.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters says it has achieved much of what it wanted to get out of its flight test campaign of its CityAirbus advanced air mobility demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
A group of California lawmakers is pressing the Department of the Air Force to base the U.S. Space Force’s new training command in their home state, while warning that political interests should not influence future basing decisions and pointing to ongoing criticism of U.S. Space Command’s move to Alabama.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is turning the charred remains of a Lockheed Martin F-35A that crashed last year into tools to help maintainers train on the jet.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Navy F-35Cs and CMV-22Bs are in the South China Sea for the first time as the USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and the embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are operating in the area.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
A group of four amateur astronauts poised to become the first privately funded orbital spaceflight crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for launch at 8 p.m. EDT on Sept. 15.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
A series of large-scale urban air mobility demonstrations are beginning in Europe under projects funded by the EU’s SEAR air traffic management research program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
VoltAero plans a second crossing of the English Channel with an electric aircraft on Sept. 13, flying its Cassio 1 demonstrator from Calais in France to Cranfield in England for a presentation at Cranfield University.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has selected its site in Broughton, North Wales, as a potential final assembly line for the H175M helicopter being proposed for the UK’s New Medium Helicopter requirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated a multifunctional datalink featuring a compact, hexagonal array and a stealthy waveform, with the goal of offering a new retrofit option for existing combat aircraft and a new networking tool for future combat aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
On-demand helicopter service provider Blade Air Mobility is to acquire organ transport company Trinity Air Medical.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Confirming unofficial reports, Indonesia has ordered Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Hercules airlifter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
In support of U.S. plans to boost sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production to at least 3 billion gal. a year by 2030, the U.S. Energy Department (DOE) has awarded $64.7 million in funding for 22 projects to produce cost-effective low-carbon biofuels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told journalists at RAF Waddington, England, that the UK's new Protector remotely piloted air system will enable the Royal Air Force to operate on the “world stage.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

BlackSky, a small-satellite-based startup providing geospatial intelligence to government agencies and others, will begin trading as a public company Sept. 10 after a successful reverse-merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
As Sierra Space continues final assembly of the Dream Chaser orbital spaceplane ahead of its launch in late 2022, the Colorado-based company is expanding its partnership with Japanese trading corporation Kanematsu to facilitate development of an international commercial economy in low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space