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By Mark Carreau
Startup nonprofit Carbon Mapper, Inc. is leading a coalition of commercial, state and federal government agencies and academic partners in an effort to identify and expand a global awareness of major point source emissions of carbon dioxide and methane in order to lessen their contribution to climate change.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus says it hopes to achieve certification of the A400M’s helicopter air-to-air refueling capability by year’s end following an extensive flight trials campaign.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Athens has signed a deal with the Israeli government to modernize Greece’s fast jet training capability.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Two senators proposed a bill on April 16 to ensure sales of Lockheed Martin F-35s to Middle Eastern countries could not escape a full vetting process
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Engineers have developed and tested a software fix to correct a problem encountered during preflight checkout of the Mars helicopter Ingenuity, with
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Soyuz MS-17 descended under parachute onto the steppes of Kazakhstan early April 17, ending a 185-day mission to the International Space Station for NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.
Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX proposed an HLS based on its Starship, a fully reusable, two-stage, human-class, deep-space transportation system currently in development.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman on April 15 began flying the first of three RQ-4B Block 30 (I) unmanned aircraft systems ordered by Japan.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
China’s EHang has unveiled plans for a longer-range electric air taxi, the inter-city VT30, as well as a the two-seat intracity EH216 piloted version.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
France has ordered eight H225M Caracal helicopters from Airbus as part of its promised stimulus package for aerospace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has cleared the way for Inmarsat to continue operating its European Aviation Network (EAN) inflight connectivity system.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Army is scheduled to conduct the fourth Precision Strike Missile test in mid-May at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
UK startup Aeristech, a developer of high-speed electric motors, has closed a £5.15 million ($7.1 million) funding round.
Aerospace

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s sample return missions to the Moon, Comet Wild 2 and the Sun have proven scientifically game-changing, and agency planners behind the Mars Sample Return believe it will prove of equal value.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
SkyNRG is to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facilities in the U.S. and has signed an MOU with Alaska Airlines to increase investment in low-carbon fuels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Designing an eVTOL vehicle is challenging, and designing one that can be driven on the road as well as flown is more challenging.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
South Africa’s Sasol has been producing synthetic jet fuel from coal and natural gas for decades.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
ANA’s parent company has completed initial medical drone delivery trials as it works toward establishing a delivery network in Japan.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
EASA has issued guidance for drone design verification for medium-risk uses that require authorization from a national aviation authority.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
With more than 100 companies vying to enter the nascent advanced air mobility industry, the competition was always going to get bloody sooner or later.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
All three C-UAS demonstrated at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, may be considered for a Low Collateral Effects Interceptors (LCEI) program, which the US Air Force will launch later this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Startup Xwing has completed the first autonomous gate-to-gate demonstration with a commercial cargo aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The German Parliament has approved spending for the Eurodrone medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system program, paving the way for a quad-national contract to be signed in the next few weeks.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation plans to deliver two of its electric vertical-lift aircraft to the U.S. Air Force this year for flight testing, to be followed by more in 2022 and potentially 2023 under the Agility Prime program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The owners of aerospace and defense group Sierra Nevada are creating an independent company to take over the former’s space business, to be called Sierra Space, which will sell to the burgeoning low-Earth-orbit and Moon commercial space markets.
Space