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By Brian Everstine
The Space Development Agency has issued a draft solicitation for its Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System, outlining plans to use an Other Transaction Authority acquisition strategy to buy 12 space vehicles.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was rolled out to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 18 in preparation for a launch attempt at 6:54 p.m. EDT May 19.
Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX sent its 47th batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on May 18, marking the company’s third launch within five days.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin announced another new production site for its LMXT refueling tanker it is offering to the U.S. Air Force, as it increases its pitch for the uncertain KC-Y competition.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Garrett Reim
Searching for an alternative to GPS-based timing, DARPA has launched its H6 program, an effort to develop ultra-small, low-power, fieldable clocks that can maintain their timing precision for one week.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The notional concept for the Liberty Lifter program shows a twin-fuselage design similar to the North American F-82 and the Stratolaunch Roc.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Aurora Flight Sciences has completed wind-tunnel tests of a candidate X-plane for a DARPA program to demonstrate a novel aircraft configuration enabled by active flight control.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
Science operations aboard NASA’s Mars InSight lander are expected to stop by late summer rather than year-end due to an accumulation of dust on the lander’s two circular solar arrays.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has granted contracts to two companies for development of two types of spacecraft nuclear propulsion: a compact fusion system and a next-generation radioisotope system.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The U.S. has entered a space race with China that rivals that of the Cold War era with the Soviet Union, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told House lawmakers May 17.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The reveal of the ColdFire system, which is driven by a 450-hp. M250 turbine engine, shines a light on a critical technology often overshadowed by new advances in laser weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A Raytheon/Kord team has demonstrated that a Stryker combat vehicle-mounted, 50-kW laser weapon system can shoot-down 60-mm mortars and drones, during
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The successful, hypersonic speed test at up to Mach 5 by the booster finally clears the way for the Air Force to attempt a series of tests of the high lift-to-drag, hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) at the heart of ARRW program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The space vehicle is schedule to launch into orbit in October via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter 6 rideshare mission, the company said May 16.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is moving forward on determining the requirements and acquisition strategy for its possible KC-Y “bridge tanker,” as the service’s top leader says a competition is looking less likely.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

The Russian government has put a hold on its approval of a new agreement between its Roscosmos space agency and NASA that would send Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft in exchange for flying U.S. astronauts on Russian Soyuz vehicles.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Canberra is spending an additional A$454 million ($313.3 million) to acquire seven more Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bats and expand industrial capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Air Force is temporarily growing its fleet of Airbus A330 Voyager Multi-Role Tanker Transports to deal with an increased demand for aerial refueling, in response to operations over Eastern Europe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation have both played down the potential effect of the FAA’s change in direction on eVTOL certification as they reported their first-quarter 2022 financial results.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has confirmed that it will be acquiring 40 Bell 505 helicopters under the TH-X training helicopter program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The governments of Finland and Sweden have endorsed plans to join NATO, ending their long-held policy of non-military alignment in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told lawmakers May 13 that current U.S. hypersonic weapon systems lack the capability to engage moving targets, which would be critical if the weapons were to be effective in Air Force operations.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Sweden would be safer under NATO’s security umbrella, but the country would be at risk of a Russian backlash during the application process, a government report suggests.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Virgin Orbit, the newly public satellite launch provider, saw revenue halve and its net loss double in the first quarter of 2022.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Advanced air mobility aircraft manufacturers are calling for clearer guidance from the FAA over certification requirements after the regulator signaled a change in rules governing approval for winged electric vertical-take-off-and-landing vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility