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US Army Chief: V-280’s Speed, Range, Increased Maneuverability Right for FLRAA
28 April 2023
Aviation Week reports that the US Army’s top officer said the service’s “choice for its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) prevailed…
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Ispace Details Moon Lander Crash
27 April 2023
The Hill reports that Tokyo-based ispace “confirmed Wednesday that its HAKUTO-R spacecraft, which was scheduled to make a historic lunar landing…
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Indigo Partners Warns that Supply Chain Challenges Could Last Until 2028
27 April 2023
Aviation Week reports that Indigo Partners is warning “that aircraft supply chain issues could be prolonged as far out as 2028, which could cause challenges for airlines worldwide.”
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SpaceX to Use Second Vandenberg Launch Pad for Falcon Rockets
26 April 2023
Space News reports SpaceX is adding a second West Coast launch pad after receiving “approval to lease Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg Space Force Base…
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How Dangerous Are Bird Strikes to Planes?
26 April 2023
The Washington Post reports that the Federal Aviation Administration maintains a database of airplane wildlife strikes, and 97% of the over 2,300 recorded in 2023 so far…
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SpaceX Starship Explosion Sets Off FAA Investigation, Assessment of Particulate Matter Spread
25 April 2023
CNBC reports that as SpaceX faces a standard practice FAA grounding of its “Starship Super Heavy launch program pending results of a ‘mishap investigation’” over…
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Used Business Jet Inventory Up 59% Year Over Year, Data Show
25 April 2023
Aviation Week reports Jefferies data reveal “the number of used business jets for sale in April 2023…
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Northrop Grumman’s Resupply Capsule Departs ISS
24 April 2023
Aviation Week reported that Northrop Grumman’s 18th “NASA-contracted resupply mission capsule departed the seven-person International Space Station (ISS) early April 21…
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Experts Discuss Challenges, Opportunities Around AAM
24 April 2023
Aviation Today reported that a panel of experts hosted by AUVSI and the FAA “discussed the challenges and opportunities associated with cooperating internationally on advanced air mobility, or AAM.”
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ULA Expects Vulcan Launch in the Summer, at Earliest
21 April 2023
Gizmodo reports United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno tweeted that company’s Vulcan rocket’s earliest estimated launch date would be “June/July.”
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Panel Warns of Increased Cybersecurity Threats to Aviation
21 April 2023
Aviation Week reports that a panel at Aviation Week’s MRO Americas Conference examined the cybersecurity
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SpaceX Launches Upgraded Starlink Satellites
20 April 2023
Florida Today reports that SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday morning from Cape Canaveral…
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Planemakers Touting “Surge Capacity” Plans
20 April 2023
In an analysis, Reuters reports that, with the aerospace industry still struggling “to tame post-COVID disruption,” both Airbus and The Boeing Company…
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AIAA Statement on SpaceX Starship Test Flight
20 April 2023
AIAA issued the following statement from AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher: “Congratulations to the SpaceX team on today’s test flight of Starship from Starbase, Texas. This flight is an important milestone…
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IAI to Open Boeing 777 Freighter Conversion Line in South Korea
19 April 2023
Aviation Week reports that Israel Aerospace Industries, in collaboration with MRO firm Sharp Technics K, will open a passenger-to-freight conversion line…
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NASA Says Falling Satellite Poses Low Risk
19 April 2023
The AP reports an old NASA satellite – dubbed “Rhessi” – will fall to Earth Wednesday night, “but experts tracking the spacecraft say chances are low it will pose any danger.”
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FAA Seeking to Balance Rocket Launches with Air Traffic
18 April 2023
USA Today reports that the Federal Aviation Administration “announced new guidelines for space launch approvals to ensure that air traffic controllers…
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Aachen University Wins AIAA’s Design, Build, Fly Competition
18 April 2023
Aerospace America reports that RWTH Aachen University of Germany won AIAA’s annual Design, Build, Fly competition, which “challenged students…
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RAeS Article: Taking Revolutionary Leaps Toward a New Age of Aviation
17 April 2023
The first age of aviation proved that human flight was possible and developed aviation into a safe and viable transportation industry. The second age of aviation started with the development of the jet engine, which enabled higher speeds…
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2023 AIAA AVIATION Forum: AAM And Autonomy
17 April 2023
In June, AIAA will host their annual AIAA AVIATION Forum, the only event that covers the entire integrated spectrum of aviation business, research, development, and technology. AUVSI met with Jeremy Wang, an AAM expert, to learn more about the event’s programming around autonomy.
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SpaceX Launches Transporter 7 Rideshare Mission
17 April 2023
Space News reported that SpaceX launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California a Falcon 9 on the Transporter-7 mission, carrying more than 50 satellites.
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Boeing Engineers Break World Record for Longest Paper Airplane Flight
17 April 2023
CNN reported that three engineers from The Boeing Company broke the world record for the farthest flight by paper airplane…
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AIAA Announces 2023 Design/Build/Fly (DBF) Competition Winners
16 April 2023
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) today announced the winners of the 27th Annual AIAA Design/Build/Fly (DBF) Competition.
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NASA Refining Designs of Mars Helicopters
14 April 2023
SPACE reports that NASA is drawing on experience from the Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s nearly 50 flights in designing the two Mars Sample Recovery Helicopters…
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SkyDrive Now Preselling eVTOL to Private Individuals
14 April 2023
Aviation Week reports SkyDrive is now preselling its SD-05 two-seater electric VTOL aircraft to private individuals.
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Used Parts Increasingly Sought to Keep North American Jets in ihe Air
13 April 2023
Reuters reports that, amid rising costs and supply-chain shortages, North American airlines and aircraft repair shops…
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SpaceX Plans Starship Launch as Early as Monday
13 April 2023
The Orlando Sentinel reports that SpaceX doesn’t plan a launch pad run-through for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket, which has a target date of April 17…
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Rocket Lab Shifts NASA Cubesat Launches from Virginia to New Zealand
12 April 2023
Space News reports that Rocket Lab has relocated a pair of Electron launches of NASA storm-monitoring cubesats from LC-2 in Wallops Island, Virginia…
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Airlines Set to Announce Strong Earnings, but Economic Uncertainty Raises Fresh Concerns
12 April 2023
Reuters reports major US airlines “are expected to reiterate the strength of travel demand when earnings season gets underway later this week.”
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JUICE Mission to Take 8 Years to Reach Jupiter
11 April 2023
SPACE reports the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), which has an April 13 launch date, will take eight years to travel to its destination.
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Startup Breaks Records with Hydrogen-Powered Flight
11 April 2023
The San Jose Mercury News reports, “Hydrogen fuel cells increasingly are looking like feasible options…
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Startups Seek to Mine Asteroids
10 April 2023
NBC News reports that asteroid mining is “a tantalizing but elusive prospect for innovators and investors alike.” Asteroids are a potential source of platinum and “other precious and rare earth metals
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China’s GDAT Buying 50 Airbus H160 Helicopters
10 April 2023
Aviation International News reported that during French President Macron’s state visit to China, Chinese helicopter lessor…
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Schiphol Airport to Ban Private Jets, Small Business Aircraft Beginning in 2025
7 April 2023
Aviation International News reports that Amsterdam Schiphol Airport “intends to ban private jets and small business aircraft starting in 2025 as part of a wider strategy…
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SpaceX Launches NASA’s TEMPO from Cape Canaveral
7 April 2023
Florida Today reports that SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral early on Friday morning “carrying a communications satellite and hosted NASA payload…
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NASA’s New Supersonic Jet Will Have One Thing Missing: A Sonic Boom
6 April 2023
Robb Report reports that NASA’s experimental X-59 jet, powered by GE Aerospace, will work to minimize the loud noise that usually accompanies an aircraft breaking the sound barrier…
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Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Breaks Speed, Altitude Records
6 April 2023
CBS News reports on Sunday, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter based on Mars flew 14.5 miles per hours at an altitude of 52.5 feet…
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Artemis II Astronauts on Being Selected for Moon Mission
5 April 2023
CBS News reports that the crew of four astronauts who will fly by the moon in NASA’s first crewed moon mission in over 50 years was announced on Monday.
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Japanese Airlines Make Use of Predictive Maintenance Platforms
5 April 2023
Aviation Week reports that Japanese airlines such as All Nippon Airways (ANA) operate a mix…
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Virgin Orbit Files for Bankruptcy
4 April 2023
Reuters reports that Virgin Orbit “filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday after the satellite launch company failed to secure the long-term funding needed to help it recover from a January rocket failure.”
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General Says F-35 Supply Chain Too Risky for Future War
4 April 2023
Defense News reports that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter “will need a more resilient supply chain to ensure the military can keep it flying in a future…
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AIAA Statement on the Artemis II Crew
3 April 2023
AIAA issued the following statement from AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher: “Congratulations to Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Hammock Koch, and Reid Wiseman on being named the four explorers who comprise the crew of the Artemis II mission.
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SpaceX’s Starship to Launch Private Moon Rover in 2026
3 April 2023
SPACE reported that Astrolab has secured an agreement with SpaceX to launch its Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover on one of SpaceX’s Starship moon missions.
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Labor Cost Increases See Airline Margins Fall
3 April 2023
Aviation International News reported that labor costs have steadily increased for US airlines since air travel has started to come back…
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SpaceX Scrubs SDA Satellite Batch Launch
31 March 2023
Aviation Week reports that SpaceX “scrubbed the launch of the Space Development Agency’s first official batch…
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Boeing Will Increase 737 MAX Production Rates ‘Very Soon’
31 March 2023
Reuters reports that Stan Deal, The Boeing Company’s commercial aircraft business leader, said the company will increase 737 MAX production…
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Daher to Increase Production, Expand with Hybrid-Electric TBM
30 March 2023
Aviation International News reports that Daher’s aviation division “expects to broaden its product lineup…
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SpaceX Launches 56 More Starlink Satellites into LEO
30 March 2023
UPI reports that SpaceX’s 21st launch this year “sent 56 Starlink satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday…
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Pentagon Gears Up for Potential Space Threats
29 March 2023
The Wall Street Journal reports that as China and Russia grow closer and put more of their military resources into space, the Pentagon is putting US resources into satellites…
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Air Taxis Will Start Commercial Flights in 2025, Honeywell Predicts
29 March 2023
Bloomberg reports that Honeywell’s head of aerospace business, Mike Madsen, said that he sees the first eVTOL air taxis beginning operation in 2025…