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By Graham Warwick
Electric Power Systems has unveiled its first certified commercial battery system for electric-powered aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The 48-page report sheds new light on the causes of a deeply flawed refueling boom that now must be redesigned for $100 million and replaced on all KC-46s that will be delivered through 2023.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Bill Carey
The FAA plans to transition a new rocket tracking capability from test to operational status in June, providing a way to reduce flight disruptions as the pace of commercial space launches increases.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Constellation operator OneWeb is to lead a consortium of UK companies in developing a next-generation beam-hopping low Earth orbit communications satellite.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed OHB System’s request to reverse the European Space Agency’s decision to exclude the company from a program creating the second generation of Galileo navigation satellites.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
UK vertiport developer Skyports has signed agreements to help develop infrastructure for advanced air mobility in Ireland and South Korea.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lee Hudson
The Senate confirmed Christine Wormuth for U.S. Army Secretary with unanimous consent on May 27 after OKing her nomination and then rescinding the decision last night.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Three Spanish companies have established a joint venture to develop the remote carrier unmanned air vehicles that will form a component of the European Future Combat Air System.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA is unlikely to achieve the 2024 goal of returning human explorers to the Moon’s surface set by the Trump White House in 2019, according to a second doubtful assessment from the U.S. Government Accountability Office within a week.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has performed the first retrofit to convert a four-blade H145 twin-engine light rotorcraft into a five-blade model.
Aerospace

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia and Saudi Arabia are preparing a joint crewed space mission, according to Russian Vice Premier Alexander Novak.
Defense

By Craig Caffrey
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By Steve Trimble
The third demonstration on May 25 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico created a swarm of six networked bombs, which were also linked to a ground station.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered the 29th batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on May 26 as the company expanded beta trials of its high-speed internet service to Belgium and the Netherlands.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Questions surround NASA’s strategy for transitioning human activities in low Earth orbit from the aging International Space Station (ISS) to multiple commercial free flyers, with potential industry partners curious about the agency’s funding commitment.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Bye Aerospace said its eFlyer 800 electric aircraft program remains on track despite expected battery supplier Oxis Energy entering insolvency administration in the UK.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has opened a new $12.8 million facility focused on integrating space research and development programs at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Europe’s aviation regulator believes commercial use of electric air taxis could begin by 2024-25, but that it will take at least five more years to enable autonomous passenger transport, the holy grail for ubiquitous and affordable urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
MBDA’s Sea Ceptor naval air defense system has been selected for use on the UK’s new Type 31 frigates.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Startup Merlin Labs has emerged from stealth mode with a contract from special mission operator Dynamic Aviation to modify 55 Beechcraft King Airs to autonomous operation.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has confirmed it has begun taking delivery of its new Boeing CH-47F Chinooks heavy-lift helicopters.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 25 development of the Almaz-Antey S-500 Prometheus air-defense system is being completed.
Defense

By Chen Chuanren
The Philippines is set to take delivery of its first pair of Turkish Aerospace Industries T129 ATAK gunships in September, after the U.S. approved export of the rotorcraft’s engines.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
In a policy reversal from a year ago, the head of U.S. Transportation Command will support the Air Force’s plan to start retiring the Boeing KC-135 fleet in order to invest the proceeds from operational costs into KC-46 procurement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
President Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. Air Force Secretary says one of the Pentagon’s best options for reducing F-35 sustainment costs is to buy the jet in sufficient quantities.
Budget, Policy & Operations