Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The 300,000-sq.-ft. facility, expected to be completed in 2024, initially will employ 150 mechanics and engineers.

Aviation Week’s Advanced Air Mobility Report to date has covered the projects and companies that are staking ground in a market that they, themselves, are creating.

Canada’s SAF+ Consortium has produced the first few liters of synthetic kerosene at its pilot plant in Montreal.

Swedish regional BRA, OEM ATR and fuel supplier Neste partner to certify 100% SAF for ATR regional turboprops; first test flight in 2022.

Taikonauts from Shenzhou-12 mission to help construct China’s Tiangong-2 space station returned to Earth Sept. 17, ending 90-day stay.

Being developed for the KF-X fighter, the ALCM separated from an F-4E and extended its glide wings before striking a target over an unspecified distance.

Germany’s Diehl Defense is working to adapt its IRIS-T short-range air-to-air missile for use on future low-observable platforms.

U.S. Air Force acknowledged dissimilar air combat training role for retired F-117s, with two deployed to California Air National Guard.

Universe of customers for eVTOL aircraft expands, with Europcar Brazil plans to order 50 eGyros from startup Skyworks Aeronautics.

Will the LMXT’s 28% fuel volume advantage over the Boeing KC-46 be decisive in the USAF "bridge tanker" competition?

BAE Systems and MBDA have been contracted to finalize te development and integration of the Meteor BVOS AAM and Spear 3 onto the JSF.

South Korean automaker Hyundai and UK startup Urban-Air Port plan to develop 65 urban vertiports at key locations worldwide.

Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton said the two militaries are “significantly enhancing our force posture cooperation,” including with the Pentagon sending “all types of U.S. military aircraft to Australia” in rotational deployments.

Scotland’s Land Court has approved plans to turn crofting land in Northern Scotland into a site for satellite launch.

HySpecIQ, the once and future satellite-powered hyperspectral analytics company, has received an endorsement and funding from defense technology

Testing of U-space services designed to enable unmanned and manned aircraft to share low-altitude airspace have begun in Hamburg.

The two companies hinted that new rotary-wing designs could emerge from the partnership.

EHang has partnered with operator Heli-Eastern to develop a low-altitude airspace management system.

SPAC Zanite Acquisitio is bringing on a controversial Trump administration defense secretary to its board.

French startup Ascendance Flight Technologies has closed a €10 million ($12 million) funding round.

French government and industry reacted angrily to Australian decision to cancel sub deal, for nuclear sub pact with U.S./UK.

GA-ASI and UK Civil Aviation Authority released new details of first point-to-point UAS flight utilizing UK airways structure.

A Boeing 757-derived flying testbed being developed to support Tempest FCAS, will also be made available for other flight-tests.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched Inspiration4, the first all-civilian, non-government human spaceflight, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin its three-day mission in low Earth orbit.

Rolls-Royce has completed the first flight of its electric-powered Spirit of Innovation aircraft, also known as Accel.