Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
The rising popularity of Collaborative Combat Aircraft has spread to the U.S. Army, which is now considering the reusable systems to augment crewed rotorcraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
China is looking to replicate its dominance in the global electric vehicle and commercial drone markets with the nascent eVTOL industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A product 30 years in the making passed a real-world evaluation with flying colors and now is set to enter Israel’s air and missile defense architecture.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Adrian Schofield
A Beta Technologies electric aircraft on short-term lease to Air New Zealand has been delivered and has conducted its first flights in New Zealand.
Airlines & Lessors

By Irene Klotz
Starlink deployments and orbital fueling demos are on tap for the Starship Version 3 flights that SpaceX will begin in 2026.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
A cooperation agreement has been signed for an innovative e-fuels demonstration research plant in Germany.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Turkish defense giant Aselsan has taken a lead role in Steel Dome—a homegrown air defense network to counter low-cost multicopter drones and hypersonic missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Joe Anselmo, Garrett Reim
Today’s satellites are cheaper, but hardly cheap. The CEO of a propulsion supplier joins us to explain why.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Connectivity and computing power are bringing advances to business jet cockpits.
Flight Deck

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has closed an equity sale worth $513.9 million in a move that fortifies its balance sheet as it gears up for the final stages of the FAA type certification process.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Scaled Composites says following an initial envelope expansion flight on Sept. 20, further flight tests of its Model 437 Vanguard are “coming up soon” to prepare it for work as an autonomous testbed.
Emerging Technologies

By Lee Ann Shay, Bill Carey, Molly McMillin, Guy Norris
Within two days, Gulfstream launches the G300, Otto Aerospace the Phantom 3500 and Syberjet the SJ36—should we expect more during NBAA-BACE?
BCA Podcast

Brad King
Progress in reducing small-satellite costs will come from the discipline to know which expenses buy reliability and which just keep us stuck in the past.
Satellites

By Ella Nethersole
The African Development Bank and JGC Corporation have signed an LOI to collaborate on the development of SAF and other green aviation solutions across Africa.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Uzbekistan is set to host Central Asia’s largest sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Eliminating cells can reduce the weight and cost of battery packs.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Fuel cell powertrain test; AI-based cockpit assistant; stratospheric airship demonstrators; cooling hydrogen-electric propulsion
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Jeff Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon.com and founder of Blue Origin, foresees gigawatt data centers orbiting Earth in the coming decades.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
DARPA is developing proactive AI that delivers info without being asked. The program monitors pilots’ cognitive load, providing tailored advice.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Astroscale, a Japanese space junk removal company, has partnered with Australia's High Earth Orbit Robotics (HEO) to develop space-monitoring technologies.
Satellites

By Joe Anselmo, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau, Daniel Williams
Labor contracts prohibit many U.S. airlines from refreshing their regional jets with the latest technology. Does this open the door for a novel hybrid-electric venture—and perhaps even a turboprop comeback?
Check 6

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force’s next neighborhood watchdog spacecraft could be the first operational system capable of on-orbit refueling.
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
The defense technology startup developing low-cost glide and guidance systems for ultra-long-range precision strikes has raised $3 million from investors.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Garrett Reim
T-Mobile’s satellite-based cellular service, provided by SpaceX’s Starlink, now supports data for a variety of smartphone apps, including video chat software.
Commercial Space