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By Thierry Dubois
Composite materials specialist Saint-Gobain and engineering service provider Roctool have joined forces to offer a swifter curing process that, combined with 3D textile forms, is designed to speed manufacturing of complex aircraft parts.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation has received the first down payment from the United Arab Emirates under the December 2021 contract for 80 Rafale fighters, the airframer announced late on April 19.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy appears to have tested a ship-launched ballistic missile based on the Dongfeng (DF)-21 land-based tactical ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Despite advances in electric propulsion and battery energy density, as well as a patent filing showing its interest in hybrid-electric systems, Bell is taking a more conventional route to AFWerx’s High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing Challenge.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Venturi Astrolab, which last month unveiled its Flex rover family for manned Moon and Mars missions, is buying certain technologies from European electric vehicle maker Venturi Group, with which it has a “strategic partnership” and a shared name.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing this month reached an agreement on the preliminary design review (PDR) of the KC-46 tanker’s Remote Vision System, ending a several-month stalemate between the two sides on how to move forward on an issue with the jet’s panoramic display.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
If Lockheed Martin’s financial results for the first quarter and reaffirmed 2022 guidance are any indication, investors are unlikely to be either inspired or horrified about U.S. defense sector prospects for much of this year—regardless of hopes of spending growth or concerns over inflation and suppliers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The coming overhaul of the U.S. Air Force’s bomber fleet to two aircraft will require a large-scale change in the service’s thinking and training after decades of conducting the same missions with a fleet of three bombers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force plans to cut F-35A orders for a second year beyond the previously announced fiscal 2023 budget request, then start ramping up
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine wants NASA to make greater investments in missions to study the plausibility of current life on Mars, the mysteries of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and advanced strategies for defending the Earth from potential asteroid impacts.
Space

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier has designated its Wichita site as its new U.S. headquarters, a key pillar in its strategy for growth in the U.S., the company announced at an event at the facilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Management changes are not unusual as companies go through their different phases of growth, but Archer Aviation’s April 19 announcement that co-founder and co-CEO Adam Goldstein had been named the startup’s sole CEO came as a surprise to many.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Lonestar Data Holdings plans to launch a proof-of-concept data center to the Moon aboard Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander in late 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Griffon Corp. has announced the resolution of a long-awaited effort to sell its historic Telephonics defense electronics unit with a $330 million cash sale to printed-circuit-board manufacturer TTM Technologies.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin executives said April 19 that they remain optimistic for a short-term breakthrough in negotiations over the next three annual lots of
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Serbia has confirmed it is in negotiations with both France and the UK for new combat aircraft.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Thierry Dubois
Safran is gaining experience in electric propulsion, testing prototypes and studying aircraft architectures as it positions itself as the supplier of a full range of motors for all-electric and hybrid propulsion systems, from light aircraft to narrowbodies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has sent three upgraded Block 52 Lockheed Martin F-16D+ aircraft to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, as the type enters its next phase of certification and testing
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. will not conduct any anti-satellite direct-ascent missile tests, Vice President Kamala Harris said April 18, calling on other nations to also refrain from the activity to avoid the expansion of space debris in orbit.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Boryung Pharmaceutical, Starburst and Axiom Space have launched a “Care in Space Challenge,” an annual competition with a $1 million shared prize to find next-generation pharmaceutical, bioscience and medical technologies to be developed in space.
Commercial Space

Antonio Segovia
Bell’s UH-1 Huey, the iconic helicopter of the Vietnam War era, operates in almost all Latin American countries across their air forces, armies and navies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Spacewalking cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev equipped the European Space Agency’s 37-ft.-long robot arm with a control panel during an April 18 spacewalk outside the International Space Station.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A potential order for five electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft by the U.S. Air Force in fiscal 2023 may not register on lists of the largest customers for the flying taxi industry, but could still have a major impact on the experimental technology.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Piotr Butowski
Russia has suffered heavy helicopter losses in Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA, SpaceX and Axiom Space have delayed the undocking of Axiom-1, the first U.S. private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, from April 19 to April 20 at the earliest.
Space