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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

By Lee Hudson
Bell is formally transitioning the V-280 from the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator program to focus on the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
One of the Philippine Air Force's newly purchased Sikorsky/PZL S-70i Black Hawk helicopters crashed on June 23, killing the six crew onboard.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
German lawmakers have given the green light to fund the next steps for the European Future Combat Air System.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Congress can anticipate a detailed cost and schedule assessment for NASA’s efforts to return human explorers to the Moon under the Biden administration’s version of the Artemis initiative to establish a sustained human lunar presence and prepare for expeditions to Mars by the end of this year, agency Administrator Bill Nelson says.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The British government has dismissed Russian claims that a UK warship entered Russian territorial waters off the Crimean peninsula.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Space Development Agency is poised to send its first five small experimental satellites and payload on orbit, with the intent to validate space-based laser communications, battle management and target custody technology.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The Indonesian Navy appears to have taken delivery of its first Boeing Insitu ScanEagle 2 remotely piloted air vehicle after an example was shown at an event to commemorate 65 years of Indonesian naval aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Infrastructure alliances are forming as the launch of advanced air mobility draws nearer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the UK marks the first export variant of the Special Operations Command’s MH-47G aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
For a five-year-old startup, EP Systems has already accumulated unrivaled experience in designing energy storage systems for electric aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Two of the supplemental type certificate programs for the Boeing/Leonardo MH-139 have fallen behind schedule. One of them concerns the Air Force most of all.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Procter and Gamble is working with NASA to develop a space version of its Tide detergent to clean the clothing and fabrics of astronauts assigned to future missions to the Moon and Mars that could double as a more environmentally friendly cleanser for use on Earth.
Space

By Tony Osborne
UK helicopter startup Hill Helicopters says it has presold more than 200 of its HX50 turbine light helicopters as the company moves toward a first flight in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The European Space Agency and the European Commission on June 22 signed a long-sought financial framework partnership agreement for 2021-27, formalizing a relationship they intend to make tighter.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK has launched its first operational sorties from its new carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, flying missions over Iraq and Syria in support of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State militant group.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysia and Indonesia are moving ahead with long-awaited aircraft procurement plans, issuing a tender for a light combat aircraft and approving loans for new aerial refueling tankers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Xuntian will be similar to the Hubble Space Telescope but with a field of view 300 times larger, according to the director of the National Astronomical Observatories at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The static test at sea level at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama demonstrated the throttleable motor funded by Phase 2 of DARPA’s Operational Fires (OpFires) program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Molly McMillin
Fractional ownership companies Jet It and JetClub are the launch customers for Bye Aerospace’s eight-seat, all-electric twin turboprop aircraft, the eFlyer 800.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The U.S. Export-Import Bank on June 21 reported its first satellite-related export financing deal since 2015, backing SpaceX’s expected launch of Hispasat’s planned Amazonas Nexus satellite so that rival Arianespace did not win the business with European export credit agency support.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Israel’s defense industry has achieved a global first by successfully demonstrating that a compact, airborne High Power Laser can shoot down unmanned aircraft systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines (IM), one of NASA’s early Commercial Lunar Services Payload Services providers, announced plans on June 21 to place a communications satellite in orbit around the Moon to provide a data link to Earth as part of its second lunar mission planned for late 2022.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force could have an electric-powered aircraft in service by 2024, a senior officer has suggested, as the air arm takes steps to reduce its environmental footprint.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan is reportedly considering dropping plans to acquire Lockheed Martin’s AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile due to “ballooning costs.”
Missile Defense & Weapons