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By Mark Carreau
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Sept. 9 despite a smoke alarm that sounded on the ISS several hours before the excursion.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Space Force’s Space Enterprise Consortium other transaction authority has grown exponentially as the service has matured and evolved its acquisition process, and now expects to award almost $1 billion dollars this year largely to nontraditional companies.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The proliferation of small, cheap unmanned aerial systems is an emergent threat that the U.S. Army needs to address, the service’s top general says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
For years, Wichita State University’s research and development arm, the National Institute for Aviation Research, has tried to recruit a large maintenance, repair and overhaul facility to Wichita.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Piotr Butowski
The Russian Aircraft Corp., MiG, has received an order for the “overhaul and modernization of MiG-31K aircraft to the MiG-31I variant,” according to a video report from a recent contract signing ceremony.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Piotr Butowski
The Russian military has signed an order to upgrade its strategic Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers to the Tu-95MSM version.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Enterprise data platform provider Palantir has invested in solar-powered aircraft developer Skydweller Aero.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
The satellites will be launched on five Electron flights scheduled to take place in quick succession over the second quarter of 2023.
Commercial Space

By Bill Carey
European flight-training provider Bartolini Air has taken delivery of the first new CAP10C NG as launch customer of the re-introduced aerobatic airplane, which it uses for upset-recovery training.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Safran has successfully run one of its helicopter engines on 100% sustainable aviation fuel in a first step toward making the rotary-wing industry more environmentally sustainable.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Luxembourg-based Kleos Space, which aims to provide big-data analytics via space-based radio frequency reconnaissance satellites, said it raised Australian $12.6 million ($9.3 million) by way of a stock sale.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s top uniformed leader is not satisfied with how quickly his service is developing unmanned capabilities and has ordered the creation of a new task force over the next few months to find ways to accelerate.
Aircraft & Propulsion

OneWeb’s emerging low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation will pair with AT&T’s terrestrial broadband fiber network to expand connectivity for AT&T business customers, particularly in harder-to-reach locations on Earth, the companies announced Sept. 8.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA, in consultation with Arianespace, has moved the planned launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope from Oct. 31 to Dec. 18.
Space

By Tony Osborne
New Delhi finally approved the procurement of the Spanish-developed airlifter some six years after the aircraft was selected as a replacement for the Indian Air Force’s Hawker Siddeley HS 748 fleet.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has delivered the first of 18 new variant UH-72 Lakota helicopters for use by the U.S. Army National Guard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The move follows Aerion's disclosure in May that it was shutting down operations after failing to secure the large new capital requirements needed to continue to develop the AS2 supersonic business jet
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The proposal based on the Defiant X concept offers a “low-risk, transformational capability that delivers on an Army critical modernization priority,” according to a joint statement released by the companies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
GE said Sept. 7 that it has begun tests of a second, full-scale, flight-weight XA100 three-stream adaptive combat engine, following evaluation of the first prototype earlier this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have joined several existing venture capital backers in a new $10 million fundraising round at on-orbit refueling and resupply startup Orbit Fab, the San Francisco company announced Sept. 7.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Australia’s quest to build a military satellite communications constellation has companies around the globe making pitches.
Space

By Michael Bruno
TransDigm Group is walking away from its preliminary $11 billion offer for Meggitt, leaving the latter to be acquired by Parker-Hannifin as agreed to in early August.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Communications & Power Industries, the space and defense technology roll up owned by Odyssey Investment Partners, will acquire Essco, which designs and manufactures specialty radomes and composite structures, from L3Harris Technologies.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. Air Force news release on Sept. 1 announced a puzzling claim: three Boeing F-15Es had released newly modified, 2,000-lb. GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions on moving ships.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Inspiration4, the first all-civilian astronaut crew to orbit the Earth, will be doing a lot more than gazing out the windows of their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
Commercial Space