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By Bill Carey
Honeywell has unveiled a thermal management system designed for vertical takeoff and electric urban air mobility vehicles that will be introduced on Eviation Aircraft’s all-electric Alice aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
While the first electric air taxi prototypes are already flying on available lithium-ion batteries, developers are hoping for significant advances in energy storage to squeeze more performance out of their vehicles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The planned launch of the Perseverance Mars 2020 rover from Cape Canaveral on July 20 is intended to help set the stage for sending astronauts to the red planet in the 2030s.
Space

By Daniel Urchick
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) demand for Western-designed scout helicopters will remain flat over the
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By Tony Osborne
The Spanish government has signed protocols with local members of industry paving the way for their involvement on the European Future Combat Air System.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters has secured European Union Aviation Safety Agency certification for the Safran Aneto 1K-powered version of the AW189 super-medium helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The FAA is investigating low-flying military helicopter operations in restricted airspace and over protesters on Washington, D.C., streets on June 1, but its work will be limited to providing findings to the other agencies involved.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
LONDON—Washington and London have reached an agreement on technology safeguards that paves the way for the use of U.S.-developed space launchers from UK soil.
Space

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon has released a new Defense Space Strategy providing a framework for the U.S. military to achieve “desired conditions” in space over the next 10 years.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s plans to upgrade Berlin’s fleet of Eurofighters with the Captor-E active electronically scanned array have been given a green light by lawmakers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany has begun to hunt for a new maritime patrol aircraft after canceling a planned modernization of its Lockheed P-3C Orion fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is to lead a consortium to secure a tender to run the UK’s military satellite communications network.
Space

Joel Montalbano will become acting NASA International Space Station program manager, effective June 26, the agency said.
Space

By Lee Hudson
Acting Pentagon Comptroller Elaine McCusker, who raised concerns in 2019 about the legality of the U.S. freezing aid to Ukraine, has resigned.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Tony Osborne
Ottawa is lifting the operational pause on its fleet of Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopters after investigators ruled out mechanical failure as the cause of an April 29 crash in the Mediterranean Sea.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon is defining details of what the first block of a Defense Department-wide architecture for space-based missile warning systems would look like and will present the plan to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
The Sikorsky-Boeing team expects to reach its speed target for the SB-1 Defiant coaxial-rotor compound helicopter within the next few months after exceeding 200 kt. for the first time in flight testing at West Palm Beach, Florida.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s Royal Air Force has developed an in-house modification enabling an aeromedical capability for its BAE Systems’ 146 transport aircraft fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Startup H55 has received funding support from the Swiss canton of Valais which will enable the Solar Impulse spinoff to begin delivery of electric propulsion systems for aircraft by early 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Heidi Wood, an aerospace and defense analyst-turned-strategist, will temporarily take over pilot training and simulator provider CAE’s defense and security group after recent hire Todd Probert left for a job in the U.S. national security realm.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will acquire CPI ASC Signal Division from Communications & Power Industries for $35 million in cash, in a deal that further guarantees the U.S. government at least two major providers of key satellite communications technology.
Space

By Lee Hudson
Operation Warp Speed aims to deliver 300 million doses of a vaccine to inoculate the spread of the novel coronavirus by January, but senior Trump administration officials acknowledge that they cannot guarantee a 100% success rate.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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