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By Guy Norris
Flown by NASA X-59 lead pilot Nils Larson, the much-anticipated first flight of the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft began at 8:14 a.m. PDT Oct. 28.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
South Korea has launched the second phase of its advanced air mobility demonstration project with urban demonstration flights in the city of Incheon, bordering the Korean capital Seoul.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s MD Aircraft has secured Piper Deutschland as a strategic partner and investor in the development and production of the MDA1 eViator.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
European Space Agency opens first Asian office.
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By Tony Osborne
Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior has become the first export operator of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KUH-1 Surion twin-engine medium helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Cryogenics specialist Fabrum has demonstrated filling of lightweight composite tanks with liquid hydrogen.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Hill Helicopters has further delayed a planned first engine run of its independently developed GT50 turbine powerplant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The ERS initiative to build up the region’s autonomy in key security-related areas could see its first space launches take place in 2028.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Paris has given Thales the nod to provide the next-generation, ground-based Aurore space surveillance radar to track spacecraft and debris in low Earth orbit.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Luminary Cloud partnered with Northrop Grumman to accelerate the design and development of rocket nozzles and thrusters for spacecraft from years to months.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The French government has declared the latest iteration of its M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile is ready for operational service.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Polish defense company PGZ has teamed up with Anduril to potentially produce the latter’s Barracuda low-cost cruise missile in Poland.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Castelion announced Oct. 24 it has received multiple contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon system onto existing U.S. Army and Navy platforms.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is to lead the charge in a sales campaign for the Eurofighter in Portugal.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Russia has completed another test of a cruise missile powered by a nuclear propulsion system, but Western experts remain unimpressed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
French personal air mobility startup Zapata announced plans to open its first flight center in Las Vegas early next year, offering paying customers the chance to fly the hybrid VTOL Air Scooter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Turkey has signed a long-anticipated £8 billion ($11 billion) deal to acquire Eurofighter Typhoons.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman has secretly built a large new uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), dubbed Project Lotus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
GE points to indications that—if integrated in a specific way—the Open Fan may even have more fuel efficiency benefits than previously thought.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Voyager Technologies has acquired ExoTerra Resources, a Hall-effect propulsion developer, for an undisclosed amount.
Emerging Technologies

Jen Meszaros
China’s regulatory framework for ultralights has long been established under Chapter O of CCAR-91, mirroring FAA Part 103.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Technologies for air mobility and airships are among a new wave of research projects to be funded by the Canadian government under a program to support decarbonization of the aerospace sector.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk and a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed on Oct. 26.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
An MBDA-led team working on the development of a hypersonic interceptor missile has downselected two of the most promising concepts.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Testing includes DefendTex drone “mother ships” and other swarming technologies.
Aircraft & Propulsion