Defense

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesia has signed a contract for a follow-up order of six Korea Aerospace Industries T-50i lead-in trainer jets, adding to the 14 T-50is currently in service with the country’s air force.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Chen Chuanren
Korean Air and Seoul National University have been commissioned by the Republic of Korea Air Force to explore using the Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft for an air launch system, similar to Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Bell has begun assembling the first UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters for the type's first export customer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The 10-min. suborbital spaceflight on July 20 marks the first time a crewed spacecraft made a debut flight without test pilots, test engineers or professional astronauts aboard.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Startup Rhea Space Activity is to study a solar-thermal propulsion system capable of rapidly repositioning a deep-space communications spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Sustainable aviation fuel, synthetic training and electric aircraft form the RAF’s road map for a more ecological defense future.
Sustainability

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force released the first request for information for the Bridge Tanker program on July 19, putting a series of questions to contenders.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

BELL TEXTRON restarted UH-1Y helicopter production for the first international operator (Czech Republic), which has ordered eight. CRESTVIEW AEROSPACE
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A lot has happened in the aircraft propulsion industry since May 2002, when a Pratt & Whitney preliminary design review outlined the configuration of
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory ended a mission on May 31 that was studying advanced spacecraft control techniques and the challenges of flight in medium Earth orbit.
Space

By Graham Warwick
A startup led by electric vertical flight guru Mark Moore has emerged from stealth mode to develop ultraquiet electric propulsors, initially for U.S. military unmanned aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Rocket Lab has modified the design and manufacture of the igniter for the Rutherford engine after a fault in this system was identified as the root cause of the company’s Electron launch vehicle failure on May 15.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was transported to its launchpad at Cape Canaveral and mounted on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in preparation for liftoff on July 30.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The Hubble Space Telescope, now 31 years old, resumed science operations over the weekend following a June 13 interruption eventually traced to the observatory’s Primary Payload Computer.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK is in negotiations with the U.S. Space Force about hosting an advanced deep space radar system.
Space

By Steve Trimble
U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Andrew Hunter to be the next Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. In
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Jeff Bezos and three other passengers are set to launch on the company’s first human mission on July 20.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said the spacecraft blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and landed “horizontally” in Inner Mongolia.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A video has leaked showing the Sukhoi Checkmate fighter design two days before its scheduled reveal at the MAKS air show. The video confirms the
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has performed an inflight, beyond-line-of-sight update to the Lockheed Martin F-16’s electronic warfare (EW) software, showing off
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems will provide support and training for a new joint British/Qatari Hawk jet trainer squadron being formed in the UK.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
An automatic-takeoff-and-landing capability is scheduled to be released to the operational fleet of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-9 Reapers owned by the U.S. Air Force next year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The French Air and Space Force has signed an order for nine Pilatus PC-21 aircraft, to train future military pilots, Pilatus announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has approved a $25.04 billion NASA budget for 2022.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Billions of euros have begun flowing into the European FCAS program to support demonstrator development.
Budget, Policy & Operations