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By Steve Trimble
The prize is a contract to deliver 140-160 commercial derivative aircraft between 2029 and as late as 2042.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines have committed to being net-zero carbon by 2050, while Japan aims to commercialize domestically produced sustainable aviation fuels by 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Volocopter conducted a remotely controlled flight of its 2X prototype at Le Bourget Airport outside Paris on June 21, the first in France by an eVTOL vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Qarbon Aerospace, formerly Triumph Aerospace Structures, is to produce Lift Aircraft’s Hexa single-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The integrated demonstrator, customized to the performance and economic requirements of commercial aircraft, will be built at a Liebherr system integration testing laboratory in Toulouse.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
NATO commanders have used a surge operation to stress-test the alliance's ground-radar reconnaissance capabilities using its fleet of Northrop Grumman RQ-4D Global Hawks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
During a 6.5-hr. spacewalk that concluded at 2:10 p.m. EDT on June 20, the European Space Agency’s Thomas Pesquet and NASA’s Shane Kimbrough overcame the hardware obstructions that had prevented them from finishing their task four days earlier.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace (TAI) has begun constructing a wind tunnel to support development of Turkey’s planned indigenous combat aircraft, TF-X.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Cleaner-burning sustainable fuels can reduce aircraft contrails’ cloudiness and their contribution to aviation’s climate impact, joint research by NASA and German aerospace center DLR has concluded.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Former space shuttle commander and retired U.S. Air Force Col. Pamela Melroy was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the deputy administrator of NASA, serving alongside NASA chief Bill Nelson.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is slipping to 2022 to allow more time for its customer, Astrobotic, to prepare its Peregrine lunar lander for launch.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A new space-based capability for tracking moving targets on the ground will use satellites owned by the intelligence community and commercial
Space

By Bill Carey
U.S. lawmakers and space industry executives support a future FAA role in managing the increasing density of space debris and satellites in orbit, suggest remarks made during a hearing of the House Transportation aviation subcommittee.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force has discovered two new Category 1 deficiencies for the KC-46A.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Michael Bruno
Supporters of establishing a commercial spaceport in Camden, Georgia, received a minor boost June 17 when the FAA issued a final environmental impact statement that endorsed the latest slimmed-down proposal as a “preferred alternative.”
Commercial Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Space Force and SpaceX has launched the fifth GPS III satellite from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral, marking the first time a national security space launch reused a booster.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Aircraft electrification pioneer MagniX has revamped its product line, introducing a pair of complete electric propulsion units as successors to its original electric motor offerings.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency on June 16 were prevented from equipping the International Space Station (ISS) with the first of six planned Roll Out Solar Arrays, due to a spacesuit issue and hardware misalignment.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The prototype of a high-performance electric vertical-takeoff aircraft for a new racing series has completed its first flights in South Australia
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Boeing is teaming with Germany’s Lufthansa Technik and defense electronics company ESG to provide support for a potential German purchase of the P-8 Poseidon maritime-patrol aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
At around 4:30 p.m. local time, Shenzhou-12 successfully docked with the Tianhe core module using an autonomous docking system.
Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia says it is ready to discuss the future of the International Space Station (ISS) despite earlier threats to withdraw from the program after 2024.
Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force has formally begun the search for companies interested in participating in a KC-Y Bridge Tanker program to supplement the refueler fleet once KC-46A production ends.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
A Hungarian information technology and telecommunications company is aiming to buy a majority stake in Israel’s Spacecom, a satellite services provider and owner-operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, for $65 million.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Parts shortages and technical issues, including a newly discovered wing rock problem, have delayed the development phase of the Boeing T-7A trainer
Light Attack and Advanced Training