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By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Eve Urban Air Mobility has confirmed plans to use EmbraerX’s Beacon maintenance platform for aftermarket coordination of its eVTOL aircraft. Embraer’s urban air mobility (UAM) spinoff Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions has officially confirmed plans to leverage Beacon, the maintenance coordination platform developed by the OEM’s market accelerator EmbraerX.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate launched 36 OneWeb satellites to orbit July 1 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter will attempt to overfly a region of key interest to scientists on the rover Perseverance mission, pushing ongoing flight demonstrations into the realm of operational mission support.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Korean Air’s Aerospace Division has said it will compete in a South Korean tender to deliver a fleet of signals intelligence platforms for the country’s air for
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Wally Funk, one of 13 women recruited as potential astronauts for NASA’s 1960s Mercury program but sidelined due to gender, will fly as a guest of Blue Origin on the company’s first crewed flight.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The Z-8L is China’s first 15-ton class helicopter, with military observers agreeing that it will bolster the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) frontline transport and fast-reaction combat capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The aging NEOWISE space telescope, which seeks out asteroids and comets including the many undiscovered objects that could pose an impact threat to the Earth, has had its life extended for two more years.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Eviation aircraft has redesigned its Alice nine-passenger electric regional aircraft, dispensing with some of the original design’s most noteworthy features.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket one day after the mission was delayed because a helicopter was flying in restricted airspace.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Germany plans to create an urban air mobility innovation network bringing together the federal government and four regions previously selected as pilot sites for drone and air taxi services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
This year’s International Asteroid Day, the annual June 30 observance instituted by the United Nations to promote global awareness of asteroid threats, arrives with NASA on the verge of launching a first-ever mission to demonstrate a potential defense.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Virgin Orbit delivered seven satellites into orbit on June 30, including cubesats for the U.S. Defense Department’s Rapid Agile Launch Initiative (RALI), a Polish-based startup planning to sell optical imagery to agricultural and energy customers and the first military satellite for the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Basing locations for F-35s, A-10s, E-11s and HH-60s are being reshuffled as the US Air Force plots fleet divestment strategy.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Spanish lawmakers have approved financing for a trio of programs partly aimed at maintaining Airbus’ presence in the country.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Rafael has taken the wraps off a new anti-ship and land-attack cruise missile called the Sea Breaker, creating an intriguing new export option to the
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
A long-established manufacturer of kit helicopters plans to enter the already crowded electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing market by capitalizing on the proven rotor system from its existing product line.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Germany has signed on the dotted line for a fleet of Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, but has insisted the type will be an interim solution.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Swiss selection—announced June 30—adds to the F-35s growing tally of competition wins, the aircraft proving unbeatable in virtually every tender it has taken part in.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aerovel’s Flexrotor long-endurance vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft has demonstrated operations in gusty winds using an autopilot developed by the University of Washington.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
It has emerged that the Volocopter 2X was issued a permit to fly by French civil aviation authority DGAC after receiving approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) using recently released guidelines for the design verification of drones.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Progress MS-17 cargo capsule, filled with 3,600 lb. of food, crew supplies and propellant, was on course for an automated docking with the International Space Station late July 1 following a successful launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The agreement with Draken also includes the option for the contractor to purchase another 28 F-16s from the Netherlands, which are to be phased out of service through May 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The five-year contract maintains Raytheon’s position as the systems integrator for STARS, which receives surveillance and flight-plan data and presents the information to controllers on high-resolution, color displays.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The six-year development phase of the UH-2 program has now been completed, paving the way for the rotorcraft to enter service with the Japan Ground Self Defence Force (JGSDF) where it will replace the Bell/Fuji Heavy Industries UH-1J helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea will develop and acquire an artillery interception system akin to the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system to protect the country against rockets, artillery and missiles (RAM) from North Korea.
Missile Defense & Weapons