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By Tony Osborne
Russian Helicopters says its Kamov Ka-62 twin-engine medium helicopter is in the final stages of flight-testing and certification by Russian regulators is expected by year-end.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
After a highly anticipated Boeing F-15J upgrade project was halted and Lockheed Martin was chosen for the Japanese F-X next-generation fighter, Boeing is now in a holding pattern ready to support Japanese fighter programs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee has passed a bill that would temporarily block the U.S. Air Force from its effort to develop a so-called “Bridge Tanker.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Customers will be able to reserve fractional shares or whole aircraft when the program opens at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show from July 26.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A U.S. District Court judge has denied Wisk Aero’s petition for a preliminary injunction against Archer Aviation in its legal action accusing the rival urban air mobility startup of stealing its trade secrets.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army’s program manager on July 22 called on industry to increase their lobbying to Congress in support of the Future Armed Reconnaissance
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Shield AI has acquired the small company that created an artificial intelligence agent that won DARPA’s AlphaDogfight trials last year.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
A video released on July 22 by the contender for the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) shows the SB-1 lifting to a hover an external load that the Sikorsky-Boeing described as 5,300 lb.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The same day Blue Origin made its first human spaceflight, sending four passengers into suborbital space, the Federal Aviation Administration issued new FAA Commercial Space Astronaut Wings eligibility requirements.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Bristow Helicopters, the provider of the UK’s Search and Rescue helicopter service, is set to operate a rotary-wing unmanned air system for SAR duties this summer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Ministry of Defense has completed its planned purchase of the General Atomics Protector medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed air system, signing an order for 13 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Ad Astra Rocket Co. has reached another milestone in its long-running quest to develop an electric propulsion capability to hasten the human exploration of Mars and other space activities.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Universal Hydrogen believes its modular capsule system could help power the next generation of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
An initial project will create a digital twin of the UK’s airspace and then use machine learning to understand flight movements across the country in the hope of creating an AI system to support air traffic controllers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The evaluation center would produce test reports on the performance of eVTOL and electric aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia has successfully launched a new module for the International Space Station (ISS), lofting the 20-ton Nauka multipurpose scientific lab atop a Proton-M heavy launcher at 5:58 p.m. Moscow time (10:58 a.m. EDT) July 21 from Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan.
Space

Asia Pacific Staff
The Japanese Defense Ministry’s Acquisition Technology and Logistics Agency has launched a feasibility study of acquisition methods to replace Kawasaki T-4 intermediate jet trainers, Subaru T-7 basic trainers and ground-based training systems.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is preparing to acquire its first sample of surface material.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army has sent requests for proposals to a Sikorsky/Boeing team and Bell for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
German aerospace center DLR plans to develop a full-scale flight test version of an advanced, lightweight hybrid rocket engine following successful ground runs of a prototype at its Trauen site near Hamburg.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK and Japan are looking to “accelerate discussions” on joint developments around future combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The International Space Station’s four U.S. segment crewmembers boarded their SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon capsule early July 21 to relocate the capsule from the Harmony module forward to the Harmony zenith docking port, freeing a parking spot for the arrival of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Riding a wave of military modernization programs in the Asia-Pacific region, Boeing says it is seeing potential for new rotary-wing orders and upgrades, especially for AH-64 Apaches and CH-47 Chinooks.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Greece's defense minister traveled to France to accept his country's first Rafale from Dassault.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A feasibility study is to begin with Malaysia Airports as Volocopter and Skyports look to build out air taxi networks in the Asia-Pacific region.
Advanced Air Mobility