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Also: Solar-Powered Flight, Flytrex Approved, Electra Shows Off, Galileo HDX SpaceX’s Starship is getting prepared to launch on Sunday August 24, with the launch window opening at 6:30 pm CDT. SpaceX has completed its investigations into the ninth flight test that ended with the loss of Starship as well as the Ship 36 static fire anomaly. Elroy Air, a San Francisco, California-based developer of autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft announced it successfully accomplished transition flight, with its Chaparral aircraft performing vertical takeoff and then transforming to wing-borne horizontal flight three times since the end of July. The aircraft performed the…

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The B-2 ‘Spirit’ is among the central assets in the nuclear triad of the US nuclear defense as well as the US Armed Forces’ conventional strike forces. This strategic power is vital in preventing unstable or hostile adversaries from undertaking openly hostile actions, as the threat of retaliation by the B-2, and its nuclear weapons, is always present. The B-2’s nuclear weapons capability, combined with its stealth and intercontinental range, makes it a virtually unrivaled weapon that the US Air Force can send to respond to any threat around the globe. While Lockheed Martin’s previous stealth attack jet, the F-117…

SNC has joined the competition to replace the U.S. Navy’s T-45 Goshawk trainer and asserts that its clean-sheet design can handle the stress of carrier-representative landings the service has had to discontinue.The company tells Aviation Week that it is offering an updated design of its Freedom trainer—originally proffered for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition—for the Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS). The Freedom joins the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk, Lockheed Martin-Korean Aerospace Industries T-50N and Leonardo-Textron M-346N in the bid to replace the aging T-45.While the three competitors have long been known, Nevada-based SNC only briefly teased interest in…

A British Airbus A400M turboprop airlifter has been seen flying repeated missions over California and Arizona in mid-2025. This is the same aircraft seen in the 2015 movie Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, where Tom Cruise is seen performing a dangerous stunt clinging onto the side of the aircraft as it took off and climbed. At the time of filming, the A400M Atlas was brand new, having just entered service with the French Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace (Air and Space Force) in 2013. The Airbus A400M has not been purchased by the United States Air Force, which relies…

Today’s commercial aircraft market is defined by a handful of manufacturers. Boeing and Airbus dominate the narrowbody and widebody sectors, while regional players such as Embraer, Bombardier, and ATR supply the smaller end of the market. The landscape, however, was once far more diverse. In earlier decades, McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed stood alongside Boeing as major players in shaping the jet age, producing some of the aircraft that would define commercial aviation’s early years. Over time, McDonnell Douglas eventually merged into Boeing, while Lockheed withdrew from the passenger aircraft sector entirely. For the latter, this was not a case of…

Russia Launches Radiation Effects Research Mission To Polar Orbit | Aviation Week Network https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/awn-logo.svg Skip to main content Aviation Week Network Staff August 21, 2025 Credit: Ivan Timoshenko/Roscosmos Russia has launched the Bion-M No. 2 biological research mission to test radiation effects on living species when in polar orbit, where Russia plans to deploy its next orbital crewed space station. Russian space agency Roscosmos launched the 6.4-metric-ton capsule using a Soyuz-2.1b medium-lift… Subscription Required Russia Launches Radiation Effects Research Mission To Polar Orbit is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is…

The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Israel has finalized a new defense procurement agreement that will see it acquire two Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tankers. The $500 million agreement is being financed through US military aid, underscoring Washington’s ongoing commitment to bolster Israel’s military. With this latest purchase, Israel is strengthening its long-term aerial refueling capabilities, a critical aspect of power projection and regional security. The deal is an addition to Israel’s existing KC-46 fleet, with the country currently operating four Pegasus aircraft. The KC-46, a unique derivative of the Boeing 767, provides not only extended range through refueling but also…

Laser Weapons Earn Their Combat Credentials | Aviation Week Network https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/awn-logo.svg Skip to main content Robert Wall Tony Osborne August 21, 2025 EOS is planning further high-power laser demonstrations in the coming months to woo customers. Credit: EOS Laser weapons since at least the 1990s have come with the promise of arriving on the battlefield within five years. Decades later, those five years are finally up. The U.S. and Israel have used these directed-energy weapons in combat, and a Chinese system sold to Saudi Arabia may have achieved its… Robert Wall Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space.…