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By Steve Trimble
The first production EA-18G delivered in 2007 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, became the first aircraft inducted into the Operational, Safety and Improvement Program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
International Space Station Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineers Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Kate Rubins boarded their Russian Soyuz MS-17 on March 19 and undocked from the orbital outpost, reparking 34 min. later at a different module to clear the preferred port for the arrival of the next crew.
Space

By Irene Klotz
President Joe Biden on March 19 nominated former three-term Sen. Bill Nelson, (D-Fla.), to serve as the 14th administrator of NASA, succeeding fellow former U.S. legislator Jim Bridenstine, whose nomination Nelson opposed.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has signed a new cooperation deal with Romania’s Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR) which could see the Romanian company customize, service and support H145M twin-engine light multirole helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The first fully commercial space launch of the Russian Soyuz 2.1a vehicle in 2021, planned for March 20, is expected to orbit 38 various satellites from 18 countries into three different Sun-synchronous orbits.
Commercial Space

The U.S. Navy on March 19 published a sources sought notice to identify potential contractors for integrating hypersonic Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) missiles on Zumwalt-class destroyers.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. on March 17 announced an agreement with Aviation Engineering Zrt for license production of the Ilyushin Il-103 light multipurpose aircraft in Hungary.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Belgium’s F-16 fleet has returned to operations after being grounded over engine problems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Sergei Chemezov, Rostec CEO, will personally lead the consolidation process after appointing himself to lead the UAC Board of Directors, Rostec announced on March 18.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy may expand the mission set of the MQ-25 carrier-based tanker to include electronic attack and strike, according to a service official.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s Space Launch System core stage fired up its four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines on March 18 for a critical, 8-min. integrated test ahead of the booster’s debut launch on the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Technical Refresh (TR)-3, which updates the F-35's mission computer, display computer and the spherical camera array, is “currently tracking seven months later than originally planned,” according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
With its Starlink broadband network now exceeding 1,200 satellites, SpaceX formalized an agreement with NASA to operate its megaconstellation on a noninterference basis with the International Space Station and other agency spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
France has declared the F3R version of the Dassault Rafale operational, with upgraded aircraft now in service with the country’s air force and navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Organizers of the Farnborough Airshow have said the event will not be impacted by plans to develop part of the exhibition space into a film set.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid-electric pioneer Ampaire plans to conduct the UK’s first electric regional flight following a successful bid for funding support under the government’s £125 million ($174 million) Future Flight Challenge.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A design tool enabling power trains for electric aircraft to be modeled and optimized early in design has been released by startup LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Startup Jetoptera is to compare the noise generated by its fluidic propulsion technology with that produced by conventional propulsors used on unmanned and mobility air vehicles under a contract from the U.S. Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s single Euro Hawk derivative of the Global Hawk unmanned air system is to be put in a museum almost a decade after the program failed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps released a new plan rounding up the services’ various aircraft, surface, and undersea unmanned systems efforts, but missed an opportunity to provide Congress and other stakeholders with details on the way ahead and other unanswered questions, analysts say.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Against a background of U.S. government opposition to using small drones produced in China, Texas-based Windhover Labs has unveiled a domestically developed flight computer designed to make it easier to develop and certify drones in the U.S.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
In the ongoing thorny negotiations with Dassault Aviation on the Future Combat Air System program, Airbus appears to be willing to make concessions in governance, intellectual property and work sharing for the program to remain on track.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
A U.S. Army AH-64E successfully fired a Spike Non-Line-of-Sight missile from 32 km (20 mi.) away, hitting a stationary vessel target.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Lee Hudson
In an era of likely declining or stagnate defense budgets, the U.S. Army believes it is a “false choice” to choose between its vertical lift modernization efforts, although a service official acknowledged the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft is the top priority.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Drone manufacturer Flytrex, whose hexacopter delivers food and retail payloads up to 6.6 lb. to a distance of 3 1/2 mi. and back, on March 17 announced an $8 million financing round led by existing investors Benhamou Global Ventures and btov.
Advanced Air Mobility