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By Mark Carreau
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s latest survey of scientific priorities in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics over the coming decade recommends that NASA reassess how its most costly and ambitious “flagship” missions are pursued, from planning through implementation.
Space

By Brian Everstine
If all options are exercised, work on the contract will last until Oct. 31, 2031.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Wright believes that by 2026 both hydrogen and aluminum fuel cells can meet its requirement for around 10 megawatt hours of energy storage on the BAe 146 to enable 1-hr. flights on routes of 400 nm or shorter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Evolito is a new UK company bringing a new power-dense electric-motor architecture to aerospace.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
North Korea’s cruise missile advancement, shown in the September test of a natively developed missile that can reach Japan, should concern the U.S. and is a sign that deterrence needs to be strengthened on the Korean Peninsula, the head of the U.S. Marine Corps said.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Direct talks between the U.S. Air Force and China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force have “dried up” over recent years and need to be restarted on Beijing’s end to avoid unsafe and unprofessional interactions in flight, a senior USAF leader said.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The program now could enter a new phase of demonstrations with a single human controller assigned to launch and recover multiple X-61s from a C-130.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA and SpaceX on Nov. 5 continued to assess how best to schedule a planned crew rotation aboard the International Space Station in response to a challenging weather outlook affecting a Falcon 9 Crew-3 Dragon launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
ANA Holdings has an agreement that sets the stage for the purchase of 20 Virgin One LauncherOne rocket flights that would take off from Japan.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Austria’s CycloTech is in discussions on the first application of its cyclorotor electric propulsion system after completing initial hover flight tests of a subscale demonstrator.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Heat-exchanger technology developed by Reaction Engines for its Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine could help transform ammonia into a green aviation fuel.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, French national space center CNES and Airbus have inked a letter of intent to cooperate on Earth-observation satellites, including development of VNREDSat-2.
Space

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Special Operations Command recently released a request for proposals for Armed Overwatch, with a production award expected in spring 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Additional centralized authority over the Pentagon’s broad Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept could slow development and make the process more risk averse, the Pentagon’s lead for the effort said in response to a new think-tank report that argued a central authority is needed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Equipped with emerging propulsion and navigation technologies, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test is intended to demonstrate for the first time the potential effectiveness of a kinetic impact strategy in deflecting an asteroid on a destructive collision course with Earth.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army will reactive the 56th Artillery Command in Europe on Nov. 8 for the first time in 30 years as the military prepares to deploy new long-range missiles that become operational in 2023.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Biden administration on Nov. 4 notified Congress of a proposed sale of up to 280 Raytheon AIM-120C7/C8 Amraams to Saudi Arabia.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Washington State University is helping startup Zeva Aero with development of a single-person electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle under a grant from the state’s Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace has cut metal on the first parts for the prototype TF-X indigenous fighter.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese startup has launched into the already crowded electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s MTU Aero Engines has partnered with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to develop certification requirements for hydrogen fuel cells in aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
Talon 1 Acquisition Corp., headed by serial U.S. airline entrepreneur Ed Wegel of Eastern Airlines and Global Crossing Airlines, is eyeing a merger with an aerospace, aviation or related services company.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Three-year-old New York startup Innovative Rocket Technologies on Nov. 4 said it has signed an agreement with two-year-old Turion Space of Irvine, California, to launch 20 of the latter’s proposed Droid orbital-debris-removing satellites to low Earth orbit via iRocket’s planned Shockwave launcher.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
A second prototype of the Boeing Airpower Teaming System (ATS) has commenced flight tests at Australia’s Woomera Range Complex.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The acquisition broadens CACI’s capabilities as a U.S.-based FSO laser communications provider supporting space, airborne and terrestrial missions to U.S. government and commercial customers.
Space