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Aviation Week Staff
Roscosmos Space Corp. took another important step toward the first launch of the Angara A5 heavy rocket from Vostochny spaceport in Russia’s Far East.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The agency cited the challenges in a Nov. 20 NASA Advisory Council session.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. will get a chance next year to prove the Predator is worthy of a long-term contract from the U.S. Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Development of the VRT500 co-axial single-engine light helicopter looks set to continue in the UAE after Russian Helicopters was eliminated from the project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has completed the first flight of its new General Atomics Protector uncrewed aircraft system in UK airspace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has delivered the sixth and final test MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter to the U.S. Air Force, completing the evaluation phase before a shift to production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Launcher manufacturer Rocket Lab is taking over the historic Middle River, Maryland, factory that Lockheed Martin is exiting.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
The Italian government is exercising its “Golden Power” to thwart the deal, citing the unit’s continued support for the multi-nation Eurofighter program.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Aligned with its vision of attaining standoff counterstrike capabilities, Japan is now set to acquire 400 Raytheon Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has received a $9.8 million grant from the state of California’s CalCompetes initiative.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies has been awarded a $169 million export promotional loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A market survey suggests the U.S. Air Force is open to other platforms to replace the 757-200-derived C-32.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
X-Bow Systems, a startup that 3D prints solid rocket motors and propellants, has closed an “interim funding round” led by Lockheed Martin Ventures.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
It was another agency milestone in efforts to significantly step up the pace of space communications.
Space

By Helen Chachaty
Thales and Schiebel have teamed to develop a global market approach to promote the Austrian developed rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system S-100 Camcopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany looks set to increase its purchase of Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sweden has joined the growing list of nations to adopt MBDA’s Sea Ceptor missile system to protect its Visby-class corvette warships.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler has confirmed the country’s interest in a potential acquisition of Eurofighter Typhoons.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Nov. 15 test served two purposes—as a carrier-proving flight for the Mojave and as a demonstration of the largest crewless aircraft on a Royal Navy ship.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
The Indonesian Air Force says four people died when two of its Embraer A-29 Super Tucano counterinsurgency aircraft crashed into a mountainside.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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Increased competition from Chinese primes like Chengdu is close at hand, with analysts predicting J-20 exports beginning in the 2030s. A look at data from Aviation Week Network’s Fleet Discovery Military tool may offer clues as to the nature of the competition to come.
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By Guy Norris
Sierra Space has laid off 165 full-time employees in addition to contractors after it shipped the company’s first Dream Chaser spaceplane for prelaunch tests.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
The partnerships are aimed at building out an AAM network that would connect passengers from DFW to a vertiport at Arlington Municipal Airport.
Advanced Air Mobility