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By Bill Carey
The U.S. Army is testing two quadcopters at Fort Benning, Georgia, with the aim of selecting one later this year as its Short-Range Reconnaissance (SSR) drone.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Safran Helicopter Engines and Germany’s ZF Aviation Technology have signed agreements to take forward the development of a turboprop engine based on Safran’s Ardiden turboshaft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The modernized version of the Russian Rockot light launch vehicle is gradually taking shape, as the technical design of the new Rockot-M variant is complete, according to Russian media reports.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Europe’s new Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) will fly its first aerial refueling training missions in August.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen propulsion could play a key role in a complete rethink of long-haul aviation to reduce its environmental footprint, a study by German aviation think-tank Bauhaus Luftfhart has concluded.
Emerging Technologies

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

The U.S. Senate has confirmed U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Loh to serve as the 13th Air National Guard director. A 1984 graduate of the U.S. Air
Defense

By Steve Trimble
An $862 million contract award ends the year-old mystery over the disposition of F-35As ordered by Turkey since the country's expulsion from the international fighter program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Irene Klotz
Fifty-two days after launching a crewed capsule to space on May 30, SpaceX recovered the first stage again during a mission to deliver a South Korean military communications satellite to space
Space

By Lee Hudson
The House fiscal 2021 defense policy bill is on the floor this week, featuring 407 new amendments approved by the Rules Committee.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is aiming for its quickest turnaround between reflights of a Falcon 9 booster, with launch of a South Korean military communications satellite poised to fly as early as July 20 using the same first stage that carried NASA astronauts into orbit on May 30.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Nationalizing the industrial base to design, manufacture and sustain new fighters and bombers is not currently official Trump administration policy. But the topic dominated headlines last week anyway.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The UK has launched a government-backed project to help the country’s aerospace industry develop a zero-carbon commercial aircraft by 2030.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has suspended operations with its NH90 naval helicopters following a fatal accident in Aruba.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Indonesia has approached Austria as a potential buyer for the country’s unwanted Eurofighter Typhoons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK has brought another seven aerospace companies into the Team Tempest consortium to develop technologies for a future UK-led combat air system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The British government has signed a long-awaited contract with Airbus for the next-generation Skynet communications satellite.
Space

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
Defense

News in brief
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
The United Arab Emirates’ first interplanetary spacecraft began a seven-month journey to Mars on July 20 following a successful launch aboard a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H-IIA rocket.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA has resumed preparations for a key hot fire test of the first Space Launch System (SLS) core booster, but the agency is keeping a wary eye on coronavirus cases striking members of the Mississippi-based test team, Administrator Jim Bridenstine said on July 17.
Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Space Force is asking industry what it needs to improve launch ranges on both the East and West coasts.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Missile manufacturer MBDA has delivered a trio of Environmental Data Gathering (EDG) rounds to the UK defense ministry to support the integration of the Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile on the Lockheed Martin F-35B.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy is conducting market research for the design, manufacture, test and delivery of the second block of a mine countermeasures system that will operate from an MQ-8C Fire Scout.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare