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ExecutiveGov reported that the US Navy “tested the possibility of deploying a Northrop Grumman-built autonomous helicopter…

Spaceflight Now reported that 53 new Starlink “internet satellites launched Friday from Cape Canaveral…

Florida Today reports that SpaceX teams “at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station are still targeting this week for the launch of more Starlink internet satellites…

FlightGlobal reports that Airbus and The Boeing Company “have trimmed…

CBS News reports that NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann is set to become the first Native American woman to travel to space…

The Hill reports the US Air Force Special Operations Command “has grounded its entire fleet of CV-22 Ospreys…

The New York Times reports that “NASA’s big moon rocket is rolling out to the launching pad for the third time…

Air Force Times reports that US Air Force officials are concerned that opting against a F-35 engine full replacement “could lead to the ‘collapse’ of…

The AP reports that Florida Power and Light “is ready to launch a powerful new technology…

Fortune reports that SpaceX’s Starlink “is encouraging people to hack its system…

Space News reports that the US Space Force is to “take over control of the Wideband Global Satcom…

Aviation International News reported that the FAA “has published a means of compliance (MOC) for…

Aviation International News reports that Bristow “is continuing to expand into the advanced air mobility (AAM) market…

Aerospace America reported that NASA plans to demolish the lunar gantry crane, citing “annual maintenance costs…

The Wall Street Journal reports that United Airlines has made the first actual cash commitment…

Aviation Week reports that at the close of the upcoming “Artemis I test flight, an uncrewed

Spaceflight Now reports that SpaceX “launched a Falcon 9 rocket and 52 more Starlink internet satellites…

Aviation Week reports that The Boeing Company is shifting its 787…

Aviation Week reports that Vertical Aerospace “has secured a $100 million…

SPACE reports that NASA announced Friday that it is considering every agency astronaut for Artemis missions.

SPACE reports space industry leaders “gathered in Washington, D.C. last week for NASA’s 11th annual…

Bloomberg reported that the US Navy “has officially handed over the first of three modified…

CBS News reports that Blue Origin “launched its sixth New Shepard…

Aviation Week reports that the Public Services and Procurement Canada…

Aviation Week reports that NASA “is on track to complete work on its first Space Launch System…

HPCWire reports that researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory are using supercomputing to study…

SPACE reports that Roscosmos head Yuri Borisov “expanded on comments he made last week indicating…

Aviation International News reports that European and North American “business aircraft activity continued…

ExecutiveGov reports that NASA “is seeking industry input on capabilities and ideas for astronaut crew rescue…

Aviation International reports that Sikorsky said that the “use of additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing…

Bloomberg reported that the “US Air Force has grounded its fleet of F-35 jets temporarily, citing a potentially faulty…

The Orlando (FL) Sentinel reported that Congress has passed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022…

Reuters reports that major aerospace companies “are sounding the alarm on their supply chains…

CNET News reports that NASA said Wednesday a pair of rotorcraft inspired by the Ingenuity helicopter “will be a key…

The AP reports that NASA “is launching two more mini helicopters to Mars…

SPACE reports that Airbus’ Zephyr S “took off from the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground on June 15…

Aviation International News reports that The Boeing Company’s 2022 Pilot and Technician Outlook “sees a need for 2.1 million personnel…

BBC News reports on China’s Tiangong space station. China “launched a 23-tonne research lab module…

Spaceflight Now reported that SpaceX “sent a Falcon 9 rocket aloft Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with 53 more satellites…

Aviation Week reports that the US Army reports “it is behind an ongoing test flight of Airbus’ Zephyr high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS), which has broken the record for longest-duration uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) mission. An Army statement dated July 21 announced the Zephyr had flown 36 days.” Full Story (Aviation Week)

Aviation International News reports that Ampaire flew its hybrid-electric EEL demonstrator aircraft on a “1,633-nm mission from Camarillo, California, to Oshkosh, Wisconsin on July 22.” The EEL “demonstrated fuel savings of up to 40 percent versus a standard aircraft, according to the company. The EEL is a parallel hybrid, retaining one conventional piston engine and

Aerospace America reported that Wisk Aero “showed off one of the electric test aircraft it has flown over the years and announced plans to reveal in October the first production aircraft of its next-generation design” at its company tent at the Farnborough Airshow. The production model of Wisk’s eVTOL “will have four seats instead of the

SPACE reports that SpaceX and NASA “will launch Crew-5, their next crewed mission to the International Space Station, no earlier than Sept. 29, according to a NASA statement released on Thursday.” The delay “will see the mission slip behind the next launch of astronauts on a Russian Soyuz vehicle.” NASA officials wrote, “A launch at the

CNET News reports on commercial spaceflight and how it is bringing forth a new era of commercial space travel. Endeavors such as Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, and SpaceX “signal the space industry’s shift from the government to the private sector.” Full Story (CNET News)

SPACE reports that Boom Supersonic and Northrop Grumman announced Tuesday a collaboration to develop “variants of Boom’s supersonic ‘Overture’ aircraft for military and emergency response.” Boom “emphasized its so-far unproven fleet will be able to support vital missions at high speed, bringing passengers and equipment to critical locations faster than the speed of sound.” Full Story

The Orlando (FL) Sentinel reports that with the “success of the James Webb Space Telescope images released this month, NASA is gearing up to send up yet more powerful hardware to capture next-generation images of the universe, and has chosen SpaceX for its ride.” The mission will see the “company’s Falcon Heavy launching the Nancy Grace

Aviation Week reports GE Aviation “is preparing for the start of ground tests of a modified hybrid-electric CT7 turboprop variant following the completion of what the engine-maker says is the world’s first test in simulated altitude conditions of a megawatt-class and multi-kilovolt hybrid-electric propulsion system.” The tests are part of NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project,

ExecutiveGov reports that NASA and Roscosmos “have agreed to perform integrated crewed flights to the International Space Station.” The first integrated crewed flight to the ISS “will occur in September and NASA said U.S. astronaut Frank Rubio will join two cosmonauts, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, who will launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard Russia’s

BBC News reports that the aerospace industry is looking into electrified engines as a low-emissions option. Start-up Faradair “is planning to develop and sell a hybrid-electric passenger plane, aimed at the regional aviation market. It would have up to 19 seats and would be propelled by a fan driven by an electric motor. The necessary electricity

The AP reported that NASA astronauts “will go back to riding Russian rockets under an agreement announced Friday, and Russian cosmonauts will catch lifts to the International Space Station with SpaceX beginning this fall.” The ISS will “always have at least one American and Russian on board to keep both sides of the orbiting outpost running