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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

By Michael Bruno
Stellar Solutions, a global aerospace and systems engineering services firm, has unveiled Stellar Ventures, a woman-led venture capital firm investing in the next generation of space entrepreneurs, the company said July 7.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s small Capstone mission satellite successfully carried out a delayed midday trajectory correction maneuver on July 7.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The European Space Agency (ESA), its commercial partners and potential customers are eagerly awaiting the inaugural launch of the Vega-C rocket.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Overair is using prepreg carbon fiber from Toray Composite Materials to build the full-scale prototype of its Butterfly tilt-rotor electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The AeroDelft student team from Delft Technical University, the Netherlands, has flown a subscale prototype under its Project Phoenix to convert a light general aviation aircraft to liquid-hydrogen propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
A Minotaur II+ rocket, the first launch test supporting the development of the Mk21A re-entry vehicle, exploded shortly after launch late July 6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Roscosmos State Space Corp. is eager to launch new Angara modular rockets from its Vostochny commercial spaceport in 2023.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Norway’s Kongsberg has signed an initial contract with the Australian government worth NOK489 million ($48.9 million) for the company’s Naval Strike Missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stepped down after a series of scandals prompted nearly 50 ministers to resign in just two days.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Philippines Air Force (PAF) is now expected to take delivery of its first Rafael Spyder surface-to-air missile (SAM) system earlier than planned.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
“China poses a far more complex and pervasive threat to businesses than even most sophisticated company leaders realize,” FBI Director Chris Wray said.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
As part of Reaction Engines’ continuing push to develop its pre-cooler technology for high-Mach aircraft, missiles and space access vehicles, the company has revealed it is midway through a U.S. Air Force-supported test program aimed at dramatically expanding the system’s performance envelope.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Virgin Galactic has signed an agreement to partner with Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build two new White Knight Two jets to carry its air-launched passenger suborbital spaceships.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Ground control teams have re-established communications with NASA’s Capstone lunar mission, the space agency reported July 6.
Space

By Garrett Reim
L3Harris plans to invest €11.2 million ($11.4 million) in Mynaric in exchange for 7.2% of the laser communications company’s shares.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A new Northrop Grumman facility in West Virginia will be sized to deliver up to 600 strike missiles a year after opening in 2024, the company says on
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Vertical Aerospace has partnered with Taiwan’s E-One Moli Energy to supply lithium-ion battery cells for its VX4 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is testing its experimental receivers for the upcoming Navigation Technology Satellite-3 as it is integrating the satellite ahead of its planned launch next year.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Finland and Sweden have become observer members of NATO, as alliance members sign off accession protocols to enable the membership of the two Nordic nations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A sprawling complex under arid mountains near the edge of Kirtland AFB here has a renewed life testing cutting-edge technology, more than 70 years after it was built in secret to protect the U.S. president in the event of a post-World War II disaster.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Singaporean Defense Ministry has played down the possibility of setting up a space division within its military in the near future, but nevertheless is closely studying the development of novel satellite technology, especially in the field of small to nano satellites.
Space

By Graham Warwick
UK electric propulsion startup Evolito has acquired battery developer Electroflight, expanding its business to encompass motors, controllers and energy storage systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
The newly deployed Capstone lunar spacecraft has been unable to communicate with ground control teams, NASA said July 5.
Space