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By Chen Chuanren
The Taiwan Space Agency's Star Chasing Project aims to develop two or three 3U cubesats in its initial feasibility study.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
Defense electronics specialist Mercury Systems' earnings fell significantly short of estimates.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Apurva Mahajan
The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) within the Commerce Department is set to implement a three-phase plan to assume control of space situational awareness.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The designers behind the SoloTrek, a backpack-style personal air vehicle first flown in 2001, have entered the eVTOL market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
AST SpaceMobile has raised $115 million in debt, enough to fully fund the manufacturing of its first five cellular signal broadcasting BlueBird satellites.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Russian arms giant Rostec has revealed the mockup of a new engine to replace a less-powerful Ukrainian propulsion system in the Yak-130.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
The vehicle flown by Chinese startup TCab Tech appears to be a full-sized propulsion testbed.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The Ka-32A11M, designed by Russian Helicopters for firefighting, had originally been due to be signed off by the Russian authorities at the end of last year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan reportedly aims to deepen cooperation with the Italian Air Force, as well as acquire knowledge of F-35 operations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The first dedicated university research program for electric aircraft batteries in the U.S. has been launched by the University of Michigan.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month since 1880, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) says.
Space

By Guy Norris
The blended wing is now seen as offering a potential paradigm shift in efficiency for a broader range of aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s top officer stepped aside Aug. 14, meaning that three services are without Senate-confirmed leaders amid an ongoing hold by a lone senator.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has a series of Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) missiles almost done with production and ready to be deployed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has opened its Extreme Computing Facility in Rome, New York.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace is planning to deliver a prototype Aero2 tiltwing uncrewed aircraft to launch customer Spright.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite slid by around 4% in the week ending Aug. 11.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Emirati defense group EDGE has reached a strategic agreement with Brazilian turbine engine producer Turbomachine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Video appears to show the Rocketsan-developed sounding rocket being tube-launched from a new launch site on Turkey’s westernmost Black Sea coast.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S.-Japan partnership is reportedly intended to counter growing threats of hypersonic missile technology from China, North Korea and Russia.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan's latest iteration of the Tien Chien missile is estimated to have a range of 99 mi. and will be compatible with joint helmet-mounted cueing systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Telesat is switching contractors to build satellites for its planned Lightspeed broadband communications network.
Commercial Space

Apurva Mahajan
The distinctive pattern of preserved mud cracks found by NASA’s Curiosity rover offers evidence which could mean the planet had potential for microbial life.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Astranis plans to launch by year’s end its UtilitySat, a multiband and relocatable small communications satellite.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Ad Astra Rocket Company is moving ahead with efforts to raise the TRL of its long-in-development VASIMR for a future in-space demonstration.
Space