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By Graham Warwick
French hybrid-electric aircraft startup VoltAero has called for increased coordination among European airworthiness authorities on recognition for experimental aircraft to facilitate the demonstration of electric aircraft across borders.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Canada’s CMC Electronics (CMC) will upgrade the avionics of the Republic of Korea Air Force's KAI KA-1 light attack turboprops.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Chen Chuanren
Volocopter plans to launch commercial air taxi services in Singapore by 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Space Systems a $22.1 million contract for the Rapid On-orbit Space Technology Evaluation Ring (Rooster), a ridesharing spacecraft that will be used to demonstrate on-orbit refueling technology and other prototypes.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Universal Hydrogen has inaugurated its European engineering design center and headquarters at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport and displayed the ATR 72-500 regional tur
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A new production forecast by the U.S. Defense Department (DOD) predicts initial yearly deliveries of 48 to 72 hypersonic missiles powered by air-breathing engines.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin’s Aculight division in Bothel, Washington, announced on July 11 that it has delivered the Laser Advancements for Next-generation Compact Environments (LANCE) subsystem to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
German startup Nex Aero has taken the wraps off plans to develop a longer range electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi powered by gaseous hydrogen and fuel cells.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Australia’s aviation regulator has outlined a long-term vision for the integration of drones and air taxis into the country’s aviation system, envisioning highly automated advanced air mobility by the mid-2030s.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The French Air Force has retired the Dassault Mirage 2000C from operational service, leaving just three variants of the delta-winged fighter in French service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Dublin-headquartered lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has written off the full value of 34 aircraft stranded in Russia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Brian Everstine
Boeing is fielding more interest in its CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter in Europe, with two more nations inquiring about the aircraft after the company and Germany announced a deal in early June.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s Defense Procurement Minister says the air force will begin fielding indigenous air-to-air missiles later this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Carnegie Mellon University has launched an initiative to study a distributed computing architecture for nanosatellites.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout has completed a demonstration of a prototype airborne mine countermeasure system as the U.S. Navy continues to evaluate the mission’s future.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force recently tested releasing the new B61-12 nuclear bomb using a radar-aided system to guide the weapon in a GPS-degraded environment, the service said.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
Safran Helicopter Engines and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. have agreed to jointly develop an engine for the future Indian Multi-Role Helicopter, aiming at service entry with Indian forces late this decade
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing sees opportunities to add about 50 more P-8 Poseidon orders to its existing total of 183, as it sees interest growing amid tensions in Europe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Defense Ministry is exploring the wider use of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and alternatives to rotorcraft to undertake the roles performed by crewed helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing says the E/A-18G Growler electronic attack jet may be down but it is not out.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
Elbit Systems is pitching its X-Sight helmet-mounted display systems to the U.S. Army and individual companies competing for the Future Vertical Lift program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Nigerian military has emerged as the first confirmed buyer of the commercially encrypted data link developed by the U.S. Air Force.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
The South Korea Air Force is potentially looking to develop a Generation-5.5 fighter based on the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae, under the so-called KF-XX program.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the 7,000th helicopter from the Ecureuil family of single-engine light helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim, Steve Trimble
The Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hybrid Space Architecture program has issued several contracts to companies to develop and demonstrate a space-based network architecture for communications across commercial and government satellites in multiple orbits.
Commercial Space