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By Maxim Pyadushkin
The Chinese Long March 4C successfully launched a new remote-sensing satellite—the Yaogan-34—from its Jiuquan spaceport on April 30, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. reported.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
NASA will stop work on the Human Landing System flight demonstration while the Government Accountability Office considers two protests of the space agency’s recent $2.9 billion contract award to SpaceX.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
With its fourth flight test on Mars, NASA is transitioning its Ingenuity technology demonstration project into an extended 30-day mission to develop and test operations for future science rotorcraft.
Space

By Lee Hudson
A slew of major U.S. defense acquisition programs have been found to not be survivable against relevant cyber threats, the Pentagon’s operational test community says.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon Technologies has confirmed the U.S. Marine Corps’ fleet of aging Boeing F/A-18C/Ds will become the first U.S.-operated fighters to carry active electronically scanned array radars featuring gallium-nitride semiconductors.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Australia’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) has confirmed interest in buying additional Boeing CH-47F helicopters a day after a surprise notification of such a deal by a U.S. agency.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon Technologies has confirmed that the U.S. Marine Corps’ fleet of aging Boeing F/A-18C/Ds will become the first U.S.-operated fighter to carry
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Australia’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed interest in buying additional Boeing CH-47F helicopters a day after a surprise notification of such a deal by a U.S. agency.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The engine manufacturers developing the powerplant for the manned fighter component of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) are to create a joint venture to develop the engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA and SpaceX late April 29 delayed for a second time the planned undocking and splashdown of the four Crew-1 Dragon astronauts from the International Space Station due to high winds.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Northrop Grumman hit a proverbial home run with its first-quarter 2021, reporting outsized revenue and earnings, as well as providing a slightly higher forecast for the whole year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Stratolaunch’s six-engine Roc carrier aircraft returned to the air on April 29, just more than two years after making its flight debut in 2019, with a 3-hr., 14-min. test sortie from the company’s Mojave Air & Space Port facility in California.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has started canvassing industry for interest in reactivating the external hardpoints on the B-1B fleet, with integration of non-nuclear hypersonic missiles likely to follow.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Last month, PCX Aerosystems announced it was buying nearby Senior Aerospace Connecticut. This month, Greenbriar Equity Group announced it will buy PCX from RFE Investment Partners.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Australia could receive four new Boeing CH-47F helicopters transferred from the U.S. Army inventory under a Foreign Military Sale, the Defense Security and Cooperation Agency said on April 29.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
With mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in aerospace and defense expected to ramp up this year in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, another private equity (PE) group is jumping into the market.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
The EU’s 2021-27 budget for space activities has received its final approval, from members of the European Parliament.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Canadian adversary air operator Top Aces has been awarded a renewed contract to provide training for the German Air Force.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Thierry Dubois
Arianespace’s Vega light launcher placed six satellites into orbit on April 28 in a successful return to flight that was crucial for the program.
Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
China has launched the first module of its new Tiangong (Heaven’s Palace) space station.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Finland has received the best and final offers from governments in the bidding for the country’s HX fighter contest.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
A newly formed company is planning to offer aggressor training services with Mirage 2000s that it hopes to receive by year-end.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Irene Klotz
After a brief pause to send the SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA last week, SpaceX on April 28 resumed launching its Starlink broadband constellation into low Earth orbit.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Apollo 11 command module pilot Michael Collins, who orbited the Moon alone for about 28 hr. while crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land and walk on the surface of another planetary body, has died.
Space

By Lee Hudson
The VC-25B program took a $318 million write-off in the first quarter of 2021 because of supplier challenges related to the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to Boeing.
Aerospace