Aerospace

NASA had planned to launch the SLS, carrying an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, during a 2-hr. window that opened at 8:33 a.m. EDT. The next launch opportunity is at 12:48 p.m. EDT on Sept. 2.

The program is intended to provide global dividends across the science, economic and global leadership spectrums, NASA says.

NASA on Aug. 28 was on schedule to begin fueling the SLS rocket for its inaugural flight test, targeted for liftoff at 8:33 a.m. EDT Aug. 29.

Valerie Manning will join the Overair leadership team as its chief commercial officer, transitioning from her current role as senior vice president of Training and Flight Operation Services at Airbus.

Ohio-based Ryse Aero Technologies has begun flight tests of its Recon ultralight electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.

Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX is to evaluate high energy-density lithium-sulfur and lithium metal cells from Australian advanced battery startup Li-S Energy.

UK and New Zealand companies have joined forces to develop facilities to enable aerospace companies to test liquid hydrogen fuel systems for flight certification and support the shift to sustainable aviation.

T-Mobile has announced an agreement to use SpaceX’s Starlink constellation of low-Earth-orbit communications satellites for text message coverage across the continental U.S., Hawaii, parts of Alaska, Puerto Rico and U.S. territorial waters—remote regions outside the signal of T-Mobile’s terrestrial network.

TRIUMPH has 10-year Diehl Aviation contract to supply A320/A330 fluid flow controls out of Heiligenhaus, Germany.

PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA received Transport Canada type certification for the PW127XT-M for ATR turboprops; it says engine offers 40% extended time on

DARPA is launching a program to demonstrate a long-endurance uncrewed aircraft able to operate from warship flight decks and small austere locations in adverse weather.

Aviation Week & Space Technology's initial coverage of the December 1972 mission.

The 737-10 certification effort enters its final phase as Boeing prepares a third aircraft for the test campaign.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Program managers are in the middle of the maelstrom, wrestling with issues many have never dealt with in their careers. Aviation Week editors discuss what they heard at the 2022 Program Excellence Evaluation Team meeting in August.

ALPINE ADVANCED MATERIALS, TX introduced rapid prototype molding using Addifab's resin system and Nexa3D's printers to provide more rapid tool

THYSSENKRUPP AEROSPACE extended partnership with Saab for supplying/warehousing/inspecting raw materials.

BII was selected by Virgin Atlantic to manage consignment/storage of 747-400/A340-600/A330-200 surplus inventory.

ENTROL was selected by Zonda Aero, Poland to provide an en-1000x FNPT II simulator to be installed in the upcoming months at its base in Kosakowo.

U.S. startup Jetoptera plans to test a blended wing body model with integrated fluidic propulsion and upper-surface blowing as it bids to win a U.S. Air Force contract to build a prototype high-speed vertical/short takeoff and landing aircraft.

With wildfires raging across Europe, German aerospace center DLR has announced the winners of a university challenge to design an optimized fleet of firefighting aircraft, with first place going to a team from the University of Stuttgart and its hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing design.

Fifty years after Apollo, NASA is preparing for a permanent presence around the Moon.

Mid-decade still looks feasible for the commercial launch of eVTOL air taxi services.

Ottawa and Berlin have committed to a Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance to boost investment, production and transatlantic trade in hydrogen, with a goal to export clean hydrogen from Canada to Germany as soon as 2025.

Timothy Obitts, president and CEO of the National Air Transportation Board, is stepping down from his role, effective Sept. 1, 2022.