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By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has re-formed a squadron to fly the General Atomics Protector uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder has told Belgian radio station RTL on Oct. 11 that Belgium would be able to send F-16s to Ukraine after 2025­.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Denmark, Finland, Germany and the UK announced their intentions Oct. 10 ahead of the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group being held in Brussels.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The test campaign saw more than 500 dry and wet contacts between the Airbus A330 MRTT and Singapore's receivers, including F-15SGs and Lockheed Martin F-16s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
First-response efforts in Utah are coordinated at the county level by the county sheriff.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
An MQ-20 Avenger uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) has taken a small step on a flight test path to an inflight recovery of another small UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army plans to complete its analysis of alternatives (AOA) on the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft by year’s end.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
A pair of privately owned Iranian cubesats are slated to launch as secondary payloads aboard a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket in December.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
The National Reconnaissance Office plans to quadruple the number of satellites it has in orbit.
Space

By Mark Carreau
An external coolant leak from a backup radiator on the International Space Station’s Russian segment Nauka multipurpose laboratory module has ceased.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
The Pentagon plans to allocate $240 million under the CHIPS and Science Act to set up eight regional innovation hubs that will serve to beef up domestic microelectronics manufacturing.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
U.S. financial analysts do not see the latest Middle East conflict rising to the same level for a long-term arms buildup like the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Flight testing will resume next fall after a two-year hiatus on a new version of a U.S. Navy- and Norwegian military-funded Nammo SFRJ missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive of Japan has formed a production subsidiary to build its electric SD-05 eVTOL aircraft at a Suzuki Motor company manufacturing plant starting in 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A Boeing/Saab team is on track to deliver the first Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb and a new launcher to the Ukrainian military, a company official said on Oct. 9.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Germany has launched a pilot project combining uncrewed aircraft and electric bikes to deliver groceries to residents.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The company says the trials are an “important step” as the AAM industry prepares to introduce eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Chachaty
Ukraine’s Antonov could be granted licensed production of the French-developed Aarok medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The European Union is making €300 million ($318 million) available to member states in a bid to encourage common procurement of defense equipment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Honeywell International said Oct. 10 it will realign its business around three trends: automation, the future of aviation, and energy transition.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Ground controllers saw flakes coming from the leak site—on one of two radiators—on Oct. 9 at about 1 p.m. EDT, using externally mounted ISS cameras, NASA says.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Two competing hypervelocity projectiles have achieved record-setting distance flights from different types of long-range artillery systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
French startup VoltAero has begun construction of a final assembly plant for its Cassio 330 hybrid electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
All the major drone delivery companies are preparing to scale up their operations in the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Startup Ampaire has received a U.S. Air Force contract to scale up its AMP-H570 hybrid-electric powertrain.
Aircraft & Propulsion