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By Kim Minseok
South Korea’s defense ministry is moving ahead with development of a new light aircraft carrier, while foreign companies are offering design expertise for the program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Molly McMillin
Heli-Expo 2021 organizers have canceled the March trade show in New Orleans after many exhibitors and attendees decided to withdraw in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Helicopter Association International organizers announced Jan. 20.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bell has flight tested a different configuration for its Autonomous Pod Transport unmanned cargo aircraft to show that the vehicle design is flexible and can be scaled and customized for potential customers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The UK is studying options to introduce a new-generation medium rotorcraft in the 2040s that would replace at least two helicopter types, defense officials have revealed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Transporting passengers between London City and London Heathrow Airports is one potential application of urban air mobility in the UK that will be studied by a consortium led by Eve, the spinoff from EmbraerX.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX kicked off what is expected to be a pivotal year for its fledging internet-via-satellite service with the delivery of 60 more spacecraft into orbit on Jan. 20, as public beta trials expand to the UK.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Vehicle developers ranging from Airbus to startup Ascendance Flight Technologies are among 30 companies that have been selected to participate in urban air mobility testing in Paris beginning in June.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The UK is pursuing a two-tranche purchase of new-build Boeing CH-47 Chinooks, but it is unclear whether its whole fleet of the transport helicopters will be replaced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA needs to strategically reassess risk as it enlists commercial and international partners in its deep-space ambitions, according to the agency’s independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.
Commercial Space

By Lee Hudson
Lloyd Austin promises a relook at President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Germany, and ensuring U.S. participation in Europe’s technology collaborative, the Permanent Structured Cooperation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
One reason why Japan is pursuing development of an improved, extended-range Type 12 ground-launched, anti-ship cruise missile is to push back against U.S. plans to host its intermediate-range missiles on Japanese soil, a Japanese government official told the Mainichi newspaper.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have committed to support the first operational deployment of the UK’s new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier in the spring.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Greece’s Hellenic Aerospace Industry (EAB) has carried out the post-modification test flights of its first upgraded F-16V.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
Boeing has completed a review and verification of 1 million lines of software for the upcoming reflight of an uncrewed CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
Commercial Space

By Lee Hudson
Lloyd Austin, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for defense secretary, has given a policy preview of his focus areas in the early days of the administration if confirmed by the Senate.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bill Carey
The location of a drone operator should be made available to police but not to the public, the National Business Aviation Association says in a Jan. 19 critique of the FAA’s new Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft final rule.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
Conservative test parameters for NASA’s Space Launch System Core Stage hot fire prompted the early but orderly shutdown of the Boeing-built booster’s four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines, NASA said on Jan. 19.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The safety concerns identified by the DOT&E about the Advanced Composite Rotor Blade (ACRB) could impact an ongoing debate between Congress and the Army over the future of CH-47F Block II production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A new study published by two scientists—Cameron Tracy, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and David Wright, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—seeks to debunk claims that hypersonic weapons are invincible.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
Counting drones among his final priorities as U.S. president, Donald Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 18 that directs the heads of federal agencies to determine if they have legal authority to stop using, acquiring or funding the purchase of foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Plans for a satellite launch site in the Shetland Islands have been submitted to the local authorities for planning permission.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Electric motor developer MagniX is consolidating its global operations near Everett, Washington state. Electric aircraft startup Eviation, a sister company of MagniX, is building a final assembly, flight test and delivery center in Arlington, just north of Everett.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Slovenia is to purchase a C-27J Spartan airlifter to fill a shortfall in capability left exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo’s Seaspray search radar is to be integrated onto the MQ-9B SkyGuardian as General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) pushes the unmanned air system for the maritime surveillance mission.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
Leading Tier 1 supplier Spirit AeroSystems and the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) have inaugurated a new kind of federally backed, discounted-rate lending for aerospace suppliers—beginning with a $40 million transaction based on receivables from Spirit’s lower-tier providers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain