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By Lee Hudson
The Biden administration’s pick for Air Force Secretary is among the nominations that have been sent to the Senate for confirmation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The decade-long UKSAR2G contest is calling on bidders to provide an aviation solution for the UK’s offshore and onshore search and rescue capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Seoul’s requirement calls for a 30,000-40,000 ton carrier that can support up to 16 Lockheed Martin F-35Bs and eight helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
The review will be worked as a part of the Biden Administration’s National Defense Strategy and feed into the integrated deterrence review.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz, Guy Norris
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter completed a seventh excursion through the skies of Mars on June 8, traveling south 348 ft. in 62.8 sec. as part of a series of flight tests to prepare for future aerial planetary exploration campaigns.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The second of the UK’s two new aircraft carriers has embarked the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Lunar IceCube has completed prelaunch environmental testing at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, in preparation for its flight as a secondary payload aboard the Artemis I mission later this year.
Space

By Tony Osborne
NATO defense ministers have signed an agreement to create a network of flight training centers across Europe that could reduce reliance on U.S.-based training facilities.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
Kitty Hawk has completed its first operational exercise with the U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx innovation unit assessing the ability of the company’s Heaviside electric vertical-takeoff aircraft to perform medical evacuation, personnel recovery and logistics.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The avionics and flight control systems for Lilium’s seven-seat electric regional air taxi will be supplied by Honeywell.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
According to EHang, the EH216 is the first eVTOL vehicle granted permission for outdoor, open-airspace flights in Japan.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
An upcoming Pentagon report concludes that classified U.S. technology is not behind the hundreds of UAP sightings by military pilots and other credible witnesses.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has a preferred bomber fleet strategy that leaves room for up to 149 Northrop Grumman B-21s, a nominal 50% increase over the previously stated procurement objective of more than 100.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters is to acquire a key supplier of dynamic components in a move that appears to mirror a strategy adopted by the company’s commercial airliner business.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Regional air mobility startup Electra has unveiled its first commercial product, a hybrid-electric aircraft designed to fly a pilot and seven passengers up to 500 mi. with takeoff and landing distances of just 100 ft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
City of Houston officials joined with Collins Aerospace on June 7 to ceremonially break ground on the construction of an 8-acre campus on the grounds of Houston Spaceport.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Regional airline Ravn Alaska has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with startup Airflow for 50 electric logistics aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Colombia proposal adds to a growing list of nations where the new-generation Gripen is in contention, such as Canada, Finland and India.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The equity financing round will fund development of Relativity's fully reusable, Falcon 9-class booster Terran R.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Airbus Defense and Space will now fully study the feasibility and scope of the potential MRO operation for the Royal Malaysian Air Force .
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
Unlike traditional weapons-firing platforms, most mobility aircraft lack onboard targeting systems. Two new organizations may form at least part of the enterprise needed to make the MC-130s and C-17s credible as weapons platforms.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
Hard on the heels of its agreement with UK and U.S. helicopter operator Halo Aviation, Embraer spinoff Eve Urban Air Mobility has partnered with Brazil’s Helisul Aviation to develop an ecosystem for aerial ridesharing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Air Force officials described the broad outlines of the Rocket Cargo Vanguard program during a media roundtable on June 4 at the Pentagon, but contract solicitation documents released on the same day provide deeper insights into the Air Force’s plans for the potentially $250 million demonstration program.
Space

By Tony Osborne
A German helicopter emergency medical service operator has carried out the first rotary-wing rescue flight using sustainable aviation fuel.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Bell’s AH-1Z Viper looks set to become the second attack helicopter to be fitted with the Link 16 tactical data link.
Aircraft & Propulsion