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By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force is planning a series of its own high-level exercises to specifically train on individual mission areas—following the model of the service it grew out of.
Space

By Graham Warwick
German startup Lilium has moved its large-scale electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrator to Spain to open up the flight envelope and begin testing a transition to high-speed, wing-borne flight.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electric Power Systems is to supply the battery system for French startup VoltAero’s prototype Cassio 330 hybrid-electric aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA has identified 12 launch services providers eligible to contract for dedicated and rideshare launches to a range of destinations under the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare initiative.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Another advanced jet trainer type has joined's Qatar's already highly varied and expanding fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Australian startup Hypersonix has teamed up with Kratos Defense and Rocket Support Services to launch the Dart AE hypersonic drone as a technology demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
A Chinese spacecraft that disappeared from orbit on Jan. 22 appears to be serving as a “space tug,” raising a defunct Chinese navigation satellite thousands of kilometers beyond geostationary orbit, according to a company that operates a network of more than 350 optical telescopes around the world.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s premier combat training exercise, Red Flag, kicked off this week with a notable participant: an Australian E-7A Wedgetail that the American service is looking at buying.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Houston-based Celestis, which flies cremated remains in one of the more unique—and long-lived—commercial space service ventures, is adding a second payload on United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) debut Vulcan mission, slated to launch later this year.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Ahead of Boeing’s latest financial results released Jan. 26, financial analysts knew Boeing would be reporting on another ugly quarter and another ugly year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Ministry of Defense is buying five additional Airbus H135 twin-engine light helicopters to replace its long-serving fleet of Westland-built Aerospatiale Gazelles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Air taxi developer Volocopter has started flight tests of its two-seat VoloCity electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft in Germany and says it is on track to certify by the end of 2023.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
An Omani satellite will be among the payloads launched from Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne when it makes its first launch from the UK later this year.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
With its initial prototype now in flight testing, U.S. startup Zeva Aero plans to unveil an improved design in February and begin taking preorders for an experimental-category aircraft aimed at first responders and personal flyers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick, Thierry Dubois
A technology demonstrator based on the Airbus C295 military transport and aimed at regional aviation sustainability has made its first flight in Seville, Spain.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters says the rotorcraft market is showing signs of a post-pandemic recovery after the company logged more than 400 orders in 2021, an increase of around 40% compared to a year earlier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic has announced plans to develop a production, test and delivery facility for its Overture supersonic airliner at Piedmont Triad International Airport near Greensboro, North Carolina.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Chub has received a U.S. entry visa, allowing him to attend training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Roscosmos confirmed Jan 26.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Spinoff 2022 is NASA’s latest edition of an annual profile linking the challenges of overcoming the technical hurdles of human spaceflight and other aerospace initiatives to improving life on Earth.
Space

By Guy Norris
Bell has started work on the second CV-22 nacelle improvement modification package for the U.S. Air Force after returning the first upgraded tilt rotor aircraft in December.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Elroy Air has unveiled the first preproduction prototype of its Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft, revealing a revised design for the hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Malaysian Air Force has inducted the first two of four Leonardo AW139 helicopters that it is leasing from oil and gas aviation provider Weststar Aviation Services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that the Lockheed Martin F-35C involved in a “landing mishap” on Jan. 24 fell into the South China Sea and the service is now drawing up plans to salvage the aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
European plans for the development of a multinational medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed air system have moved a step closer to reality after the Spanish government approved spending worth €3.16 billion ($3.57 billion) on the program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Engineers believe they have tracked the cause of a problem that prevented one of the two circular solar arrays on NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe from unfurling completely, according to mission Principal Investigator Hal Levison, with the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
Space