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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

By Graham Warwick
China’s EHang has unveiled its longer-range electric air taxi, the autonomous two-seat VT-30.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has reached a milestone of 100 deliveries of its A400M airlifter with the handover of the 10th aircraft to the Spanish Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL—The U.S. plans to spend $2.5 billion over the next 10 years on a fleet of five new spacecraft to improve monitoring of Earth’s changing climate, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on May 25.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s Tempest future combat air system initiative could generate more than 20,000 jobs and pump £26 billion ($37 billion) into the economy between 2021 and 2050, suggests an independent review of the program.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The UK Ministry of Defense has opted for Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Ground Missile rather than MBDA’s Brimstone as the primary weapon for its new AH-64E Apache attack helicopter fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. record for cumulative time spent in space, plans to return to orbit, this time as commander of a private mission to the International Space Station for Houston-based Axiom Space.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Fresh off new venture capital funding, small-rocket, mass-manufacturing startup Phantom Space is aiming to broaden its business model through the recent acquisition of StratSpace, a consultancy and developer of bespoke space systems and flight hardware.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A contractor-operated aircraft crashed at about 2:30 p.m. May 24, on the southern edge of Nellis AFB, Nevada, the U.S. Air Force says. "The aircraft
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The specter of war with China across the vast Pacific Ocean has provoked the U.S. military to re-imagine the command-and-control mission, spend
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British spaceports will be able to apply for operating licenses this summer, paving the way for launch from the UK mainland in 2022.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has issued a draft plan for the first phase of its Commercial LEO Destinations program, which seeks to spur the initial development of two to four commercial free flyers as successors to the International Space Station.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Poland has joined the growing list of countries to export armed unmanned air systems from Turkey.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. has abolished the 42-year-old U.S.-South Korea Missile Guidelines, allowing South Korea to develop increasingly capable ballistic missiles.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The first of the UK’s two new aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has set sail on its initial deployment.
Defense

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The rover rolled down the landing platform and started patrolling the surface on the southern part of Utopia Planitia, a 3,300-km-wide (2,051-mi.) plain in Mars’ northern hemisphere.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Guy Norris
After a six-month hiatus to resolve electromagnetic interference (EMI) issues, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Unity successfully completed a flight
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s major programs face mounting cost and schedule challenges, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s latest annual assessment for Congress.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The newly-branded Advanced Reactive Strike (ARES) missile and the Modular Payload System (MPS) launcher could be fielded in 4-7 years, depending on the booster configuration.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russian Helicopters has secured its first domestic customer for its novel VRT500 coaxial single-engine helicopter. Russian Helicopters Systems (RHS), an operator based just outside Moscow, signed a contract for five of the rotorcraft during the HeliRussia 2021 exhibition in May 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
With blessings from the U.S. Space Force, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is shifting the first national security space launch (NSSL) mission planned for a Vulcan Centaur rocket onto an Atlas V, buying time to complete two non-NSSL launches which are needed to certify the new booster for military missions.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Having identified a solution to issues that have so far prevented the successful airborne recovery of an unmanned aircraft under DARPA’s Gremlins program, Dynetics plans to resume flight tests in the fall.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Looking ahead to the need to build bases on the Moon and Mars, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has conducted experiments with the remote control and automated operation of construction equipment.
Space