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By Chen Chuanren
Vietnam’s People’s Air Force (VPAF) could receive six Textron/Beechcraft T-6 Texan II turboprop trainers after the U.S. Air Force published a Request For Information (RFI) for three aircraft in late July.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
The German Air Force is undertaking operational testing of MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile as it prepares to field the weapon on the Eurofighter before year’s end.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
The string of delays for the reflight of an uncrewed Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station continued on Aug. 3, with the next opportunity for launch available on Aug. 4.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
EHang has completed a high-rise fire rescue drill in China involving its unmanned firefighting EH216F and passenger-carry EH216 air vehicles as well as its Falcon B drone.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
After 3-D printing dozens of tools since its arrival aboard the International Space Station in 2016, the Made in Space Manufacturing Device will have a new assignment once Northrop Grumman’s 16th NASA-contracted resupply mission reaches the ISS with a new Redwire Regolith Print extruder and other hardware.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Few ideas in aerospace have been tried and have failed as often as high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing but, undeterred by the scores of past dead ends, the U.S. military is trying again.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
Under development for four years, Advanced Aircraft Company's multi-rotor HAMR can fly for up to 3.5 hr. or carry a maximum sensor payload of 6 lb. in its dual cargo bay.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A technology being developed to rapidly join thermoplastic and thermoset composites to create optimized lightweight structures for cars and motorcycles is being adapted to aerospace with an eye to enabling high-rate, high-quality production of urban air mobility vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
With electric aircraft developers continuously seeking better batteries, the assets of a UK developer of high energy-density lithium-sulfur cells have been acquired by Johnson Matthey, a British multinational focused on sustainable technologies.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
U.S. aerospace and defense supplier Parker-Hannifin has made a £7.1 billion ($9.9 billion) bid for UK competitor Meggitt.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
The leaders in advanced air mobility are planning rapid ramp-ups in production, from tens to thousands of air taxis annually within only a few years, to both enable and dominate the projected trillion-dollar global market for electric air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin has replaced Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) as the supplier of the carrier-based ground control system for the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray, an unmanned tanker, a U.S. Navy official said Aug. 2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China private rocket company Deep Blue Aerospace has successfully conducted the country’s first vertical takeoff/vertical landing trial of the Nebula-M reusable rocket after a series of ignition tests in late July.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s new Space Command has officially become operational with the opening of its headquarters at High Wycombe near London.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Hypersonic flight testing for the U.S. Air Force is off to a rough start.
Missile Defense & Weapons

An Italian F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has landed on the flight deck of the country’s aircraft carrier Cavour for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. State Department has approved Israeli plans to purchase the CH-53K King Stallion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The first upgraded UH-60V Black Hawks have entered service with the Pennsylvania National Guard.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Guy Norris
Delivery drone developer Volansi has completed the first autonomous unmanned air system (UAS) maritime cargo delivery between two moving U.S. government ships.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) confirmed that it has secured a deal with return customer the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) for two T-50TH lead-in fighter trainers.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Maxim Pyadushkin
A Yak-40LL testbed modified with a nose-mounted propeller driven by a 500 kW low-loss superconducting electric motor has been demonstrated in flight for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Arianespace returned its workhorse Ariane 5 into service on July 30, clearing the way for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) towards the end of the year.
Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
A software glitch caused the newly arrived Russian Nauka module to inadvertently fire its thrusters after docking with the International Space Station July 29 and change the orbital outpost’s orientation.
Space

By Guy Norris
The U.S. Air Force’s NF-16D Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft has been redesignated as the X-62A as part of an ambitious upgrade effort initially designed to support the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Skyborg autonomy program.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Irene Klotz
NASA did not violate any procurement regulations in awarding a $2.9 billion, solo contract to SpaceX to demonstrate a human lunar lander, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said on July 30.
Space