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By Garrett Reim
SEAKR Engineering recently demonstrated optical communications between a pair of two DARPA Mandrake II satellites.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force is at risk of fielding a new Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability that does not meet requirements and could necessitate costly and time-intensive rework because it is moving ahead without a formal risk assessment and baseline for the design, according to a new assessment.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Russian State Space Corp. Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin threatened to restart a German telescope aboard the joint Russian-German Spektr-RG space observatory which Germany shut down in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force now expects to make a production decision on the MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter in January 2023, a total slip of about 16 months.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Chinese startup AutoFlight has continued its rapid progress toward developing the Prosperity 1 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi, flying a second full-scale proof-of-concept aircraft that incorporates design refinements.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
While the Future Combat Air System program is still stalled because of a disagreement between Airbus and Dassault Aviation, the French procurement agency and Dassault are hinting they have ideas for a Plan B.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the need for missile defense in a conflict, and a House panel is calling on the U.S. Army to assess if it needs more batteries for the mission and how its Patriot systems should be upgraded.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
When Dubai hosted demonstrations of both EHang and Volocopter prototypes in 2017, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates looked to be a front-runner for the introduction of urban air mobility using electric air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
With the U.S. Space Force expected to increase the number of launches—especially with the Space Development Agency gearing up to launch its Tranche 1 and 2 programs—a House panel is calling for the service to increase the use of a common launch integrator to drive down costs.
Space

By Garrett Reim
MDA and Redwire have received contracts to each develop 42 antennas for low Earth orbit military satellites.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Energy Department has launched its $2.6 million Hydrogen Shot Incubator Prize, a program which is aimed at finding technologies to reduce the cost of producing clean hydrogen.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin has become the first competitor to receive a Phase 1 award in a bidding process for a contract to develop a new U.S. Air Force air-launched strike missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Lawmakers want the Pentagon to broaden its use of advanced technologies for hypersonic and ballistic missile defense by increasing research in directed energy.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee will allow the U.S. Air Force to continue to chip away at its C-130 and legacy tanker fleets under its markup of the fiscal 2023 defense policy bill.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Raytheon Technologies, the Super Tier 1 aerospace supplier and large defense prime contractor, will move its corporate headquarters this year to Arlington, Virginia, home of the Pentagon and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
In a bid to overcome a “hypersonic valley of death” for high-speed technologies, the U.S. Navy is soliciting ideas for an experimental hypersonic glide body that can be used for testing several payloads at speeds of more than Mach 5 on each flight.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected two new science investigation missions for launch to the Moon under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services public/private exploration initiative.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Volocopter has flown its larger, longer-range VoloConnect winged electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman has been developing a turbojet-powered loitering munition called Jackal with 300-mph speed and a 15-min. loiter capability at a range of 100 km (62 mi.), the company says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Boeing has released concepts of two different, carrier-compatible missiles—one powered by a dual-combustion scramjet and the other by a high-supersonic ramjet—for the first time.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
NASA’s first Space Launch System Moon rocket is back at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B for a fourth attempt to test fueling operations ahead of launch on the Artemis I uncrewed flight test around the Moon.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK is giving some of its M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems to Ukraine as the country seeks longer range systems to target Russia’s heavy artillery.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Germany is planning to purchase utility helicopters and enlarge its Boeing P-8 Poseidon fleet with €100 billion ($107 billion) from its special defense modernization fund.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China has launched another three astronauts into space as construction of the Tiangong space station enters its next phase.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury has called for enhanced European cooperation on defense procurement and for EU member states to be more supportive of Europe’s defense industry.
Budget, Policy & Operations