The Pentagon is consulting with Ukraine on how to integrate Western, NATO standard air defense systems with its existing stock of Soviet-era systems as the first U.S.-provided advanced ground-to-air missile systems have arrived in the country’s war with Russia.
German emergency medical service operator ADAC Air Rescue envisions replacing fleets of medical vehicles with electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to transport doctors to emergency scenes.
A rebound in the commercial rotorcraft market is being hampered by a constrained supply chain that is impacting the supplies of electronic components and materials for engines, Safran Helicopter Engines CEO Franck Saudo says.
The FAA has finally published its proposed airworthiness criteria for Joby Aviation’s JAS4-1, providing the first detailed look at the certification basis for an eVTOL powered-lift aircraft.
Intelsat is turning to Switzerland-based SWISSto12 to provide a small geostationary satellite outfitted with 12 Ku-band transponders for regional communications services.
Shortly after its liftoff early Nov. 7 from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus International Space Station resupply capsule experienced a difficulty with the deployment of the second of its two solar arrays.
Israel’s Gadfin Aero-Logistics Systems has secured a service contract from the country’s largest medical logistics company to operate an on-demand drone delivery network connecting all of the country’s major hospitals, flying medical supplies over a radius of up to 200 km (125 mi.).
The Netherlands Coastguard has introduced a new fleet of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft to support its environmental security and search-and-rescue missions.
Leonardo says Norway’s request to terminate its NH90 helicopter program is “legally groundless” and suggests Oslo’s claim misinterprets the contract and the country’s own law.
Give the Ukrainian military Saab Gripen C/D fighters and Textron Systems CBU-105 Sensor Fused Weapon munitions soon, a UK-based defense think-tank recommends.
Australian electric air taxi startup AMSL Aero is among 12 projects that have been awarded federal government grants under the first round of the Emerging Aviation Technology Partnerships program.
The first of the UK Royal Air Force’s new Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft has had its radar fitted in a milestone of the conversion process.
The Antares' cargo delivery of 8,265 lb. represents an increased launch capability of about 154 lb. (70 kg) due to modifications to the rocket’s secondary support structure.
An independent review board has concluded that a number of factors—including communications lapses, a lack of staffing, budget challenges and pandemic-related workplace culture changes—contributed to NASA’s delay in launching the $985 million Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid until October 2023.
Kratos has confirmed that the Zeus family of solid rocket motors will support a U.S. Defense Department program to establish a low-cost track for hypersonic flight testing.
Astrobotic says it has validated the Optical Precision Autonomous Landing hardware and flight software for its NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services Peregrine Mission-1 lunar landing, planned for early 2023.
Merlin is developing the Merlin Pilot autonomous flight system and is working on FAA supplemental type certification of the capability, initially on the Cessna Caravan.
