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By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force this spring will finish an analysis of technologies that can serve a space-based Ground Moving Target Indicator mission, moving the role away from aircraft and into orbit.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force fleet in fiscal 2021 saw a total of 21 of its most serious incidents, a lower number from previous years, while its less-serious mishap rates have increased.
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By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Navy is looking to experiment with a low-cost shipborne uncrewed fixed-wing air system as part of the development of its Future Maritime Aviation Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Swiss startup Daedalean has closed a $58 million financing round that will provide the funds needed to bring its machine-leaning-based visual guidance, navigation and control suite to market over the next four years.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
Vantage Robotics, a Silicon Valley startup that provides the Vesper small UAV and ground control station to the U.S. military and others, has received new funding from Ohio for staff growth in the Buckeye State, as well as more funding from venture capitalists.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
More sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plants are being announced in the U.S. and Middle East as energy companies respond to commitments from airlines to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Italian government has reopened the bidding to find a new owner for beleaguered aerospace firm Piaggio Aerospace.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Radian Aerospace has unveiled plans for “the world’s first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage to orbit spaceplane” for sending passengers and cargo to low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The first six of a planned 18 Rafales overflew the Acropolis in Athens before touching down at the nearby Tanagra Air Base.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Spain has become the third of the four Eurofighter partner nations to induct MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile into front-line use.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
ESA and Roscosmos were previously forced to postpone the launch of the Mars exploration mission from 2020 to 2022.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has taken delivery of its first Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules upgraded to what it calls the “Block 8.1” standard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Satellite-powered hyperspectral imagery and analytics startup HySpecIQ is aiming to raise more funds and grow its small staff ahead of an expected September 2023 launch of its first of 12 orbital assets.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The Hamburg Port Authority has formed a technology partnership with drone control center developer HHLA Sky to accelerate use of drones within the German port for logistics, surveillance, inspection and emergency coordination.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A Japanese team has demonstrated an integrated sea-air drone combining an unmanned aircraft and underwater robot and designed to reduce the cost and risk of marine inspections and repairs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Northrop Grumman has finalized a contract with Paragon Space Development worth more than $100 million to provide the life support system for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost program, aimed for lunar orbit as the first crew module of NASA’s Lunar Gateway.
Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Roscosmos plans to retire its heavy-lift workhorse Proton launch vehicle this year.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force Research Laboratory on Jan. 14 awarded SpaceX a $102 million contract for its Rocket Cargo program, an effort studying the feasibility of moving military materiel through space.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin passed an important milestone at the end of 2021 with little fanfare.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has completed a series of test firings of two missiles destined for its fast jets.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
The European Space Agency is working toward the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 medium-to-heavy launcher, but a precise date–in 2022 or later–cannot be set, Director General Josef Aschbacher says.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Air Force is set to expand its swarming drone effort with the development of a self-healing communications network that will support the passage of data between the air vehicles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
HeroX and DrivenData have joined with NASA to launch a “NASAAir-athon” crowdsourcing competition to establish a satellite data source to improve and make more publicly accessible urban air quality estimates.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is working with crowdsourcing platform HeroX to award prizes for recycling concepts that could help diminish the trash buildup associated with early-stage human expeditions to Mars.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin says it has completed a series of mission profile tests of the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant rotorcraft demonstrator as the U.S. Army continues evaluating competing bids for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion