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A French startup has unveiled plans to develop a hydrogen fuel cell-powered four-seat aircraft to provide flight schools and other general aviation customers with a zero-emission alternative to today’s gasoline-fueled light aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA could be prepared to announce its four Artemis II crewmembers late this year, Chief Astronaut Reid Wiseman told an Aug. 5 pre-mission news briefing from the agency’s Johnson Space Center.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A Boeing/Nammo team has completed the first long-range test of a ramjet-powered, 155 mm artillery shell launched by a howitzer, the U.S. manufacturer announced on Aug. 9 at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium here.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The impact of inflation, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages are causing defense companies to submit “almost unaffordable” proposals for weapons contracts, the U.S. Army’s missile buyer says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Global helicopter operator Bristow Group has further widened its range of bets on the emerging advanced air mobility market, placing a firm order for five Beta Technologies Alia-250 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Rocket Lab is planning its second attempt to capture a parachuting first-stage booster soon.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
International sales would depend on Seoul allowing the release and export of certain UAS technologies and capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
The potential economic and environmental benefits of new aircraft types risk being “stifled” by restrictions on airspace integration, a UK government-funded working group has warned.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The Biden administration has announced another $1 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Swiss autonomous flight startup Daedalean has established a U.S. presence as its first artificial intelligence-based avionics system moves toward FAA certification.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
XTI has reverted to all-turbine propulsion for the initial version of the TriFan 600.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A cloud of suspicion hovers over aeronautical scientists in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Commercial technology is catching up with military hardware.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has issued a call for proposals for a company to demonstrate laser communications from its Tranche 0 Transport Layer to a laser communications-equipped aircraft “as soon as practical.”
Space

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen fuel cell propulsion for aviation is getting its start using automotive technology, but meeting the performance requirements of future commercial aircraft will require technology improvements across a broad range of components.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Japan Airlines is to participate in a project to explore business models for the implementation of advanced air mobility services in Tokyo.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Embraer’s urban air mobility spinoff Eve Holding saw cash burn accelerate in the first half of 2022 as it increased research and development (R&D) spending on its electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi and urban air traffic management program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
China sent a secretive reusable space vehicle into orbit on Aug.4 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, making it the third known mission of such a spacecraft.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The recent launch of a National Reconnaissance Office payload aboard a Rocket Lab Electron in New Zealand and the upcoming launch of another spy satellite from a Virgin LauncherOne in the UK is the “new norm” for the office as it looks to proliferate its architecture, the NRO’s director says.
Space

Russia’s Roscosmos Corp. will launch Iran’s Khayam Earth remote sensing satellite on Aug. 9 atop a Soyuz 2.1b medium-lift rocket.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. Navy has officially handed over the first of three modified CN-235-220M maritime patrol aircraft to the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
New contracts would end a long-running dry spell for orders of the six-metric-ton AW159 Wildcat naval helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Blue Canyon Technologies has opened a new cubesat factory in Boulder, Colorado, that will increase its annual production capacity from 50 to 85 satellites.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Xona Space Systems has received an undisclosed investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures to fund development of a private low Earth orbit global navigation satellite system.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A Canadian agency released a draft copy of a request for proposals on Aug. 2 for a vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) that
Sensors & Electronic Warfare