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By Graham Warwick
German aerospace center DLR has launched development of a megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system for 40-60-seat regional aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The ceremony marked the first delivery of a contract for 76 Su-57s signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in May 2019.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Finland has issued a final call for tenders in its HX fighter contest, the last milestone before a selection announcement in late 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A South Korean team including an airport operator, air-taxi developer and communications provider has been formed to commercialize urban air mobility in the country beginning in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation received an order for 12 additional Rafale fighters from the French Ministry of Armed Forces on Jan. 29 as a replacement for 12 secondhand aircraft sold to Greece’s air force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
As it ramps up plans to launch its regional air mobility service, German startup Lilium has partnered with airport constructor and operator Ferrovial to develop and operate a network of at least 10 vertiports across Florida.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Autonomous cargo aircraft startup Elroy Air has joined NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign project and will exchange information leading up to flight tests in 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Aerial logistics startup Airflow is to build a full-scale technology demonstrator for its planned electric short-takeoff-and-landing cargo aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Northrop Grumman is giving up a legacy contract that supports testing of cluster bomb components after a decision to apply sustainability precepts to the work, leaders of the large defense prime said Jan. 28.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s efforts to address the threat of mounting orbital space debris are insufficient and need to be augmented, an agency inspector general’s audit says.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
All three air chiefs of staff involved in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) are emphasizing the importance of achieving first flights of the demonstrators by 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The new merger of the two General Dynamics information technology business units into a new Technologies division is raising eyebrows for a potential spinoff someday, particularly as large mergers and acquisitions continue to be announced across the military, space and intelligence services sector.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Aerovel has conducted reliability testing of its Flexrotor vertical-takeoff-and-landing Group 2 unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Special Operations Command.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The ongoing AoA will seek to identify gaps in capabilities that will be required in the 2030s, as compared to current technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Top Aces has begun the process of transferring former Israeli F-16s back to the U.S. to provide adversary air services for the U.S. Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Tactical air services provider Draken has established a Europe-based business following its takeover of Cobham Aviation Services last September.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Annual revenue reported by the Aeronautics Systems division in 2020 was higher, and, notably, included what Northrop’s filing described only as a “$444 million sale of equipment to a restricted customer.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany is restarting its heavy transport helicopter program and looking to solicit bids for competing platforms through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales process.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Private equity investor Veritas Capital significantly boosted its national security space, defense and intelligence services profile on Jan. 27 as it announced a deal to buy Perspecta for $7.1 billion and merge it into portfolio company Peraton.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
Three new directorates are devoted to precision navigation and timing; space control; and launch and space logistics.
Space

By Graham Warwick
GKN Aerospace is leading a UK program to develop a liquid-hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system for subregional aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Gone are the corporate venture capital investments, let alone the company yacht and the all-you-can drink press junkets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Flying Ship is a U.S. startup that plans to modernize the Russian ekranoplan ground-effect vehicle concept and bring unmanned aircraft technology to maritime logistics while avoiding the onerous burden of aerospace regulation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Greece’s recent order for 18 Dassault Rafale fighters will comprise a mix of six new single and two seaters, while France’s order for 12 new Rafales—replacements for the secondhand ones it is selling to Greece—is imminent.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
After an early, productive start to a 7-hr. spacewalk, two NASA astronauts encountered difficulties installing a Ka band antenna outside the International Space Station on Jan. 27.
Space