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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

By Thierry Dubois
Arianespace is considering increasing Ariane 6’s launch cadence beyond an annual 10-11 after 2026, CEO Stephane Israel says.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
LiquidPiston is to demonstrate a hybrid-electric propulsion system based on its rotary diesel engine in a vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aircraft system under a contract from the U.S. Army.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Europe has launched a research project to develop a liquid hydrogen tank that is integrated into the aircraft’s fuselage to maximize volume and minimize weight.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Sierra Space recently conducted a burst test of a subscale version of its Large Inflatable Flexible Environment habitat.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Thomas Zurbuchen, a Swiss-American astrophysicist, plans to retire as associate administrator of the NASA Science Mission Directorate at year’s end.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Swedish startup Jetson is closing a $10 million seed round to fund production of its single-seat ultralight electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Germany could loosen its arms exports policy as part of a security strategy rethink prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Japan appears to be equipping its upgraded Boeing/Mitsubishi F-15J/DJ Eagles with the BAE Systems’ Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System after it was almost put on the chopping block for driving up the cost of the F-15 Japan Super Interceptor program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Flight control teams continue to address solar power and attitude control issues associated with the NASA-funded Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Oklahoma and Arkansas are making a bid to be a hub for research, development and production for advanced mobility, including drones, air taxis and technologies such as batteries and autonomy.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Boeing is making a large bet on its ability to win future fighter programs to the tune of more than half a billion dollars for four state-of-the-art fabrication, production and assembly facilities that are purpose-built for combat aircraft.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
A consortium of Polish companies and missile manufacturer MBDA are set to deliver the first fire unit of Poland’s Narew program in the coming months.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
Avio, the prime contractor in Europe’s Vega light launcher program, is working on an experimental launch vehicle using only a liquid oxygen-methane propellant.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Greece has received the first two of 84 Lockheed Martin F-16s to be upgraded with an active electronically scanned array radar.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Flight control teams continue to address solar power and attitude control issues associated with the NASA-funded Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment.
Space

Brian Sayler to President and Chief Executive Officer of ESCO Technologies, St. Louis.
Aerospace

Aviation Week Staff
Russia has rescheduled its robotic Luna-25 Moon lander mission for 2023, Roscosmos Space Corp. CEO Yury Borisov told journalists on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept. 7.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Elbit Systems says it has secured a contract for EW training through simulation with an air force in an unspecified Asia-Pacific nation.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy's sixth-generation fighter will be the “survivable, lethal” quarterback that will fly with loyal wingmen drones, now known in the Pentagon as collaborative combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The deal marks the first award of a commercially sourced, fourth-generation fighter for aggressor support training by the Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion