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By Tony Osborne
An accident probe into the loss of a Canadian Sikorsky Cyclone anti-submarine warfare helicopter has concluded that a bias in the fly-by-wire flight control system prevented the pilot from making a corrective input, resulting in the aircraft crashing into the Mediterranean Sea.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Unions representing French workers at Airbus and Safran are urging the Eurodrone partner governments to adopt a European engine for the medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed air system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace has flown its latest prototype T625 Gokbey twin-engine medium helicopter, increasing the pace of the flight-test program for the indigenously developed platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Navy is looking to accelerate the development of an autonomous, heavy-lift uncrewed air system so that it can reduce its reliance on expensive-to-operate conventional rotary-wing platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The startup's modified Cessna 337H Skymaster prototype will soon start touring between midsize regional airports across France.
Emerging Technologies

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force is preparing for its second Advanced Battle Management System capability release that will focus on improving command and control for U.S. Northern Command’s homeland defense mission.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. Defense Department task force has data that appear to confirm cases in which unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) are able to accelerate and
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Gyroplane developer Skyworks Aeronautics has teamed with two South Korean startups in a bid to tap into the country’s ambitious plans to commercialize urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lee Hudson
SpaceX has delayed its Transporter-2 mission to allow for more prelaunch checkouts, the company announced on Twitter.
Commercial Space

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon is creating a new prototyping fund to support the Joint Warfighting Concept, and what makes this effort different is the goal of bringing integrated capability to the joint force instead of delivering individual technologies to the services.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Belgium needs to raise its defense spending and develop a more “proactive and anticipatory” strategic culture if it is to remain a reliable ally, a review of the country’s Strategic Vision has determined.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
A UK-funded research program is developing a hybrid hydrogen and electric propulsion architecture that could offer a stepwise approach to introducing cryogenic and superconducting technology while easing the path to certification of the technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
Pentagon Kicks Off AI, Data Acceleration Initiative The Pentagon is launching a new AI and Data Acceleration effort to quicken Joint All-Domain Command and Control development, according to a June 21 memo.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
Three spacewalks in nine days did the trick, as astronauts succeeded in installing the second of the first two of six planned Roll Out Solar Arrays on the International Space Station to provide more electricity for science and technology activities as the orbital science lab ages.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman has delivered the spacecraft bus to support the 2023 launch of a satellites that will demonstrate a military-only alternative to the Global Positioning System, according to the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Michael Bruno
The FAA approval clears the way for Virgin Galactic to launch commercial operations using its SpaceShipTwo suborbital launch system.
Space

By Guy Norris
The dispute between eVTOL-developers Wisk and Archer Aviation over intellectual property escalated on June 23 as Archer filed a counterclaim.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. State Department has given a boost to Lockheed Martin’s bid for an F-16V Block 70/72 contract from the Philippines by approving an export
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Special mission Beechcraft King Air 300 twin-turboprop aircraft used by the U.S. Army has surpassed 50,000 flight hours, Textron Aviation has announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
Nearly 20 years after contract award, the carrier air wing selected to ferry the F-35C for its inaugural deployment aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) has completed the qualifications required for future operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

UVision Air, a Tel Aviv-based company, has sold loitering munitions to the U.S. Marine Corps to integrate on light vehicles and unmanned surface craft
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Germany looks set to become the latest customer for Boeing’s P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, after German lawmakers approved funding for an interim buy of the platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Embraer subsidiary Eve Urban Air Mobility has agreed to supply Blade with 60,000 flight hours a year of service in Southern California and the West Coast beginning in 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Estes Industries, famous among model rocket enthusiasts for the company’s solid propellant motors, has spun off a new company sporting lineage to Aurora Flight Sciences that aims to provide engineering support for larger launchers.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has received backing for the agency’s plan to adopt a proposed new space radiation career exposure limit that would likely require a waiver for multiyear, roundtrip missions to Mars using current shielding and propulsion technologies.
Defense