Tuesday, July 28, 2026

‘Hybrid constellations’ are making it hard for militaries to hide

A planned satellite constellation will be able to image any location on Earth every 15 minutes and take more detailed images, a novel capability that could reveal even the nimblest and stealthiest military maneuvers, its developer says. On Thursday, Vantor announced plans to enlarge its current fleet of 10 satellites “five-fold” with spacecraft that will…

NASA turns to Artemis III after successful return of Orion crew

NASA is looking towards the Artemis III mission next year to test spacecraft docking, after the successful conclusion of Artemis II following the crew’s return to Earth. The Orion capsule, launched on 1 April with a four-person crew, completed a 10-day programme to travel around the Moon – reaching a distance of more than 406,770km…

F-47 on track for first flight in 2028, while F/A-XX lags

The fiscal year 2027 budget request from the White House affirms the Trump Administration’s commitment to fielding the US Air Force sixth-generation fighter, with Boeing to fly a prototype in 2028. Washington is affirming its commitment to fly a sixth-generation fighter aircraft within the next two to three years. A summary of the fiscal year…

Hermeus secures regulatory approval for supersonic flights with Quarterhorse Mk 2.1

The US Federal Aviation Administration approved Hermeus to conduct non-military flights at speeds exceeding Mach 1 with the company’s experimental Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 vehicle as part of the effort to achieve hypersonic flight. Hypersonic aviation start-up Hermeus has received regulatory approval to carry out supersonic flights with the company’s experimental Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 vehicle. Civil…

Latest A220 deliveries take total beyond 500

Airbus’s latest backlog figures show the total number of delivered A220s has exceeded 500, a decade after the type entered service as the Bombardier CSeries. Bombardier delivered 37 of the CSeries aircraft — comprising 29 CS300s and eight CS100s — before Airbus acquired the programme in mid-2018 and respectively rebranded the models as the A220-300…