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By Tony Osborne
The leadership of legendary light rotorcraft manufacturer Robinson Helicopter Company has been handed to a family outsider for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo is performing a study with Italy’s armed forces on potential missions for the AW609 as the company works to certify the tiltrotor.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
FAA certification for Bell's fly-by-wire 525 twin-engine, super-medium helicopter is expected by mid-year, company executives say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Three months after SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy’s second flight test ended in a mid-air explosion, the FAA closed its accident investigation.
Space

By Steve Trimble
President Erdogan says he has discussed the next steps on finalizing Turkey's procurement of additional Lockheed Martin F-16s with U.S. lawmakers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The Helicopter Association International (HAI) trade association is rebranding itself as Vertical Aviation International (VAI).
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Six parties have expressed an interest in purchasing the MD902 Explorer helicopter type certificate, the CEO of MD Helicopters says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Japan’s Smart Lander For Investigating Moon (SLIM) survived a two-week lunar night and powered up over the weekend.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Hungarian lawmakers have voted in favor of Sweden’s entry into NATO.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
SpaceX plans to place its first direct-to-cellular phone Starlink constellation in orbit by the end of August.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Intuitive Machines expects to lose communications with its Nova-C lunar lander Odysseus early on Feb. 27 after 4 1/2 days on the Moon’s surface.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Dana Weigel, NASA’s International Space Station deputy program manager since 2021, is taking over as the 15-nation orbital lab’s program manager.
Space

By Kim Minseok
South Korea has released its KF-21 fighter aircraft production road map and is expected to sign for the first batch of aircraft in June.
Aircraft & Propulsion

NASA, SpaceX and Russia’s Roscosmos are preparing for the first seven-person, multiweek crew exchange of 2024 aboard the International Space Station.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A decades-old ambition to make multiday, ultralong-endurance flight a reality is quietly solidifying within the U.S. military after a series of failures and false starts.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A British workers union representing oil workers has reacted angrily to suggestions that Airbus’ H225 could return to North Sea service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
The scale of Singapore's defense spend recovery indicates recognition of an increasingly complex security environment in the Asia-Pacific region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Flight tracking, data recording and connectivity links will come as standard on Leonardo’s AW09 light helicopter when it enters the market in 2025.
Connected Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Airbus believes assembling its H125 single-engine light helicopter in India will open new commercial and parapublic markets for the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Stratolaunch conducted a second captive carry of the company’s Talon TA-1 hypersonic test vehicle on Feb. 24.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The negotiations began after a Feb. 19 demonstration of the turboprop-powered A-29 at Accra Airbase attended by top Ghanaian Armed Forces officials.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
A Boeing F-15 is still quite fast, but not nearly Mach 3, the company’s program manager said on Feb. 23, correcting a previous statement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Flight controllers at Intuitive Machines conducted their first mission on the Moon’s surface Feb. 23.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The tenure of Frank Calvelli as the Department of the U.S. Air Force’s space acquisition boss has been defined by a few key tenets.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon sent Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine last year without a plan for long-term sustainment, a new watchdog report says.
Missile Defense & Weapons