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By Thierry Dubois
An Ariane 5 heavy launcher is to send the SES-17 satellite into orbit during the night of Oct. 22-23 local time at Arianespace’s Kourou, French Guiana, spaceport, as Thales seeks to capture half of the crucial North American inflight connectivity market.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Singapore-headquartered H3 Dynamics has closed a $26 million funding round to develop hydrogen-powered unmanned aircraft for longer-range parcel and cargo delivery.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Space Force has taken the next step to create a "deterrence layer" of orbital space vehicles that will keep track of enemy spacecraft.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea successfully launched its first domestically developed and manufactured launch vehicle to space on Oct. 21, but the Korea Space Launch Vehicle II “Nuri” failed to place a dummy satellite into orbit as planned.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Norway is set to become the first operator of the F-35 that is entirely reliant on the fifth-generation combat aircraft when it phases out the F-16 in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren, Kim Minseok
Boeing and Sikorsky are competing for the South Korean Army’s Heavy-Lift Utility Helicopter-II program, pitching their CH-47F Chinook and CH-53K King Stallion, respectively.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok, Chen Chuanren
South Korean defense prime contractors Hanwha and LIG Nex1 are competing to provide candidates for the country’s "Korean Iron Dome" project. This is as North Korea fired a new family of submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Molly McMillin
The Machinists union in Wichita is pushing back on a government mandate requiring employees of government contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as Textron Aviation and Spirit AeroSystems work to comply.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
NATO’s defense ministers are meeting in person for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brussels, where they will announce a new fund to develop disruptive technologies and attempt to exert more pressure on Russia after Moscow severed its diplomatic ties with the organization.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has lost effectiveness by not having enough aircraft available and not flying them enough, and is undertaking a modernization effort that does not address current needs, the conservative Heritage Foundation says in its yearly assessment of military strength.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has deployed its B-1B Lancer to both the Pacific and Europe simultaneously, a message that the service has growing confidence in the health of a fleet that faced readiness struggles and has seen heavy cuts within the past year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
In testimony before the U.S. House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Oct. 20, NASA made it clear the agency faces significant strategic and technical challenges in developing a nuclear propulsion capability to lead the way for the human exploration of Mars by the end of the 2030s.
Space

By Graham Warwick
DHL Express plans to demonstrate the use of delivery drones for port logistics in a joint initiative with Malaysian aviation services company Pen Aviation and local cargo operator Raya Airways.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace Industries’ Aksungur twin-engine, medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system has entered service with the Turkish navy, the first customer for the platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The first electric racing aircraft built for the new Air Race E series is being readied for flight.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Europe’s Maritime Safety Agency has contracted for the use of a Tekever remotely piloted air system (RPAS) and its new capability to drop a life raft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Scotland is hoping that its space industry can contribute more than £4 billion ($5.53 billion) to its economy by 2030.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Attempts to fully unfurl and latch a solar array on NASA’s recently launched Lucy asteroid probe will resume no earlier than the end of next week, NASA said on Oct. 19.
Space

By Kim Minseok
Korea Aerospace Industries is working to improve the low observable capability of its new KF-21 fighter, although the plan has yet to be approved by the Ministry of National Defense and defense procurement agency DAPA.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is putting its new Boeing CH-47F Chinooks through their paces, validating capabilities at the annual Exercise Wallaby in Australia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. has successfully tested what it is calling the world’s most powerful integral solid-rocket booster.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Rocket Lab will attempt a controlled ocean splashdown and recovery of the Electron small satellite launcher earmarked for flight next month, the company said on Oct. 19.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Boeing is nearing the end of a winding technical analysis of a valve problem that scotched plans for an uncrewed orbital flight test of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft in August.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The European Space Agency and UK air navigation service provider NATS are exploring whether 5G cellular communications technology could help to provide a resilient positioning capability for uncrewed air systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Aerospace supplier Meggitt says it still expects its acquisition by Parker Hannifin to proceed, despite an intervention by the UK government over national security concerns.
Budget, Policy & Operations