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By Steve Trimble, Chen Chuanren
Japanese and U.S. defense officials have agreed to accelerate collaboration on manned-unmanned teaming and consider partnering on counter-hypersonic defenses, the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Scientists are increasingly grateful for the surprises that NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered at Jezero Crater on Mars and the prospect that samples can determine whether they supported long-ago biological activity.
Space

By Garrett Reim
AeroVironment has unveiled a visual-based navigation system for its Puma 2 AE and Puma 3 AE reconnaissance drones for situations when GPS signals are jammed or disrupted.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electric Power System has secured another battery pack supply contract in the emerging electric aircraft market with its selection to provide the energy storage system for Ampaire’s hybrid-electric Eco Caravan conversion of the Cessna Caravan single-turboprop utility aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
It is time for the U.S. to move the management of traffic in space (STM) from the Defense Department to the Commerce Department, the three-star deputy commander of U.S. Space Command says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The nominee to lead the U.S. military’s nuclear force repeatedly punted when pressed by lawmakers on whether he would support the new, low-yield, submarine-launched nuclear missile that has become controversial on Capitol Hill and opposed by the Biden administration.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s newest refueler, the Boeing KC-46, has flown its first combat refueling sortie as part of an exercise to employ the tanker downrange before it is officially operational.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin will connect its Speed Racer flight vehicle with an F-35 in flight tests as a way to demonstrate autonomy and crewed-uncrewed teaming for future Pentagon programs such as the U.S. Air Force’s and Navy’s planned collaborative combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Live drone flights under a European project to validate the use of autonomous aircraft for emergency medical services are planned to begin in Stavanger, Norway, on Sept. 21.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force’s fast jet training output is being impacted by an engine issue on its Hawk T2 jet trainers.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Chen Chuanren
For its recent Mission Pegase 2022 exercise, the French Air and Space Force demonstrated its ability to reinforce New Caledonia, conduct satellite communications and engage a simulated invasion force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
The goal of having a European constellation enter into service in late 2024 appears ambitious at best.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft is the first of seven MQ-4C Triton that Australia has acquired in its drive to increase maritime domain awareness.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The testing marks a major step toward the U.S. startup’s goal of developing a fully reusable, rapid turn-around rocket vehicle.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
DARPA has announced its Steerable Optical Aperture Receivers program, an effort to identify promising new approaches to optical beam steering in miniature form for use in laser communications or LiDAR.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
Masten Space Systems, a Mojave, California, pioneer of the modern era of new-space startups, has been sold and will combine with Astrobotic, another startup targeting a predicted lunar logistics marketplace.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
Supply chain, radio and software delays as well as a contract protest contributed to a three-month delay in a planned launch of Space Development Agency satellites.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Industry experts fear the long-expected consolidation of the supplier base is about to begin in earnest.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Boeing is looking at ways to integrate more orders for its AH-64 Apache attack helicopter following a major announcement from Poland along with two other nations that have said they intent to buy the chopper as well as at least one more multiyear order from the U.S. Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Portuguese MRO house OGMA will provide support and maintenance for fleets of Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos operating in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Mark Carreau
NASA is seeking proposals for the third and fourth agency-sponsored private astronaut missions to the International Space Station set for launches in late 2023 and 2024, a Sept. 14 solicitation notice says.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
Gomspace and Aerospacelab, two manufacturers of nano and microsatellites, are taking steps to increase the proportion of standardized content in their products, aiming for higher quality and lower cost.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Ukraine’s air force has transitioned to using road runways to disperse and protect its fast jet operations in the country’s war with Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. Navy research center has received the first of three transverse folding-wing uncrewed air systems supplied by Pterodynamics to start the next phase of a months-long prototyping demonstration for autonomous cargo delivery at sea.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Bern’s Security Policy Committee of the National Council has given the green light to the purchase of 36 F-35s
Budget, Policy & Operations