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By Guy Norris
The Airbus Perlan 2 stratospheric glider is en route to South America.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Lulav Space’s engineers gained experience with lunar guidance, navigation and control via prior work on the Beresheet 1 lunar lander mission in 2019.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has pressed to accelerate its E-7A Wedgetail program to replace the aging E-3 AWACS and has received increased funding to do so.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force expects to move its next-generation air-to-air missile into production next year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
German air taxi startup Lilium has announced a plan to raise up to $250 million in fresh capital.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The multiyear MSR mission is being jointly led by NASA and the European Space Agency.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
Woodward’s sales rose 22% annually to $718 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2023, driven by robust demand in the aerospace and industrial markets.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. Pacific Fleet has “recently” tracked balloons across the Pacific and can down them if required, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Samuel Paparo says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
European and U.S. regulators are working to ensure transferability of eVTOL type certificates.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
British Army Apache attack helicopters look set to add the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) guided-rocket system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
The effort is using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), located about 50 mi. west of Socorro, New Mexico.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Metrea’s business case rests on the uncomfortable fact that hundreds of Air Force-owned air refueling aircraft cover only a fraction of the potential demand.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter will be repositioned for a new campaign following completion of its 50th sortie.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army wants its Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk fleet flying for the next 40 to 60 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
ViaSat-3 Americas, the first terabit-class communications satellite, reached orbit on May 1.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Sweden’s Northvolt has joined other advanced battery developers in targeting its latest technology at aviation first.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The United Arab Emirates plans to establish a manufacturing facility for electric passenger and cargo aircraft and drones.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Brazilian helicopter operator Helisul Aviation has expanded its interest in electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
A team of scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston have successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a test.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A 52.5-ft.-long antenna for the ice-penetrating radar instrument aboard the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft has failed to fully deploy.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army will stand down flying operations on a rolling basis next week to focus on safety and training after a series of fatal helicopter crashes.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is setting the requirements and looking to release a request soon for the second phase of the high-altitude ISR prototype program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The three contracts come less than two months after a presidential directive applied Defense Production Act Title III authorities for hypersonic programs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Long Range Tactical UAS targets the same size of UAS as the Marines’ existing Close Range UAS, which is the 48.5-lb., rail-launched Insitu Scan Eagle.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The government can now launch a feasibility study to “closely review the necessity and economic feasibility" of the $2.03 billion project before final approval.
Missile Defense & Weapons