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Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

The transformation of the Army’s fixed-wing intelligence fleet is about to transition from the experimental to the acquisition phase.

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

Lilium’s new CEO Klaus Roewe is confident the eVTOL manufacturer can freeze the production design next year and fly the Pegasus in 2024.

TruWeather sees a need to build microweather sensor networks to support urban air mobility operations.

Incoming MTU CEO Lars Wagner hopes to break CFM International’s Boeing 737 monopoly to power possible narrowbody successor.

The U.S. Navy’s first carrier-based, autonomous refueling aircraft has had “growing pains,” a Boeing executive says, as the production phase begins.

Boeing has long owned the freighter market, but Airbus has launched the A350F and is looking at additional cargo versions.

The U.S. Army and defense industry is eagerly awaiting the outcome of an extended bidding war for a long-range, high-speed rotorcraft.

On Oct. 14, eight renovated galleries of the museum in Washington, D.C., will reopen to the public. Chris Browne, the museum’s John and Adrienne Mars director,

SLS debut launch is scuttled by an approaching hurricane.

Axiom aims to include two Saudis during next private mission to the ISS.

Volocopter is looking ahead not only to where its urban air taxis will fly but to the airspace and vertiports they will need to operate.

As the European Commission and ESA rally to support reusability concepts, research and technology projects slip to the right.

A Mars architecture concept review is expected to be completed in January.

A web of challenges is holding back aerospace and defense from exceeding expectations, especially labor and supply chain issues.

Startup believes it can automate air taxis but will face FAA certification challenges.

A program aimed at identifying cost savings inadvertently led to a major performance improvement for the Lockheed Martin stealth fighter.

SAF from carbon dioxide; Climate research HAPS; Vertical flies VX4; Rheagal cargo eVTOL; and UAM flight trials.

Slowing long-term projections are due to multiple factors well beyond COVID and supply chain woes, such as China’s shrinking population

The sailing of the long-delayed aircraft carrier is a trial run ahead of its 2023 operational deployment.

Hopeful that practical obstacles will be overcome, European Commission official says UAM will be a reality in Europe in 3-5 years.

Operators of business aircraft can provide a personal touch to lure pilots, unlike the airlines whose size works against them.

As airlines map out their paths to net-zero emissions, the industry seeks to make sure they have accurate ways to track their performance.

The U.S. military services are looking for a range of autonomous aircraft—from expensive high-end aircraft to less costly lower end systems. Aviation Week editors discuss what industry is offering, particularly for mid-range attritable systems, and some of the complications involved with cultivating the new technology.