China

By Irene Klotz
Under the contract, Rocket Lab will launch two dedicated missions for the commercial customer beginning in mid-2026 from Wallops Island, Virginia.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Suzhou-based WeFly says the agreement with Ruohang is the largest single eVTOL purchase order so far signed in China.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The aircraft is designed for use in urban and intercity transportation, for business travel, sightseeing, medical services and logistics transportation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
China has showcased its progression in unmanned combat aerial system technology and innovation, displaying the CH-9 and Wing Loong-X for the first time at Zhuhai Airshow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China is showcasing a range of advanced air defense systems at the Zhuhai Airshow, targeting emerging threats such as hypersonic ballistic missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
As Airshow China opens in Zhuhai, Aerofugia has unveiled the production configuration of its AE200 electric air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
AVIC subsidiary Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute has lifted the veil on its Haolong reusable cargo space shuttle.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An aircraft mockup making its third appearance at a major airshow is rarely a newsworthy event, even of a Chinese-made, stealthy flying wing UCAV.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
AVIC has unveiled a new class of large uncrewed combat aerial system designed to deliver both strike munitions and miniature drone swarms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Chinese electric air taxi startups Vertaxi and Volant Aerotech have announced a slew of preorders.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The aircraft will use a hybrid-electric range extender that XPeng has introduced for its electric vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon has historically kept the spaceplane’s capabilities and mission objectives under wraps.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The J-35A is set to make its debut appearance at this year’s Zhuhai Airshow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The Soyuz-2.1b medium-lift vehicle with a Fregat upper stage took off Nov. 4 at 6:18 p.m. EST from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
Despite weakened domestic demand in China to travel abroad, Spring Airlines sees its position as an LCC as an opportunity to capture the 'lipstick effect.'
Airlines & Lessors

By Matthew Fulco
Amid an intensifying rivalry with the U.S., China is leveraging its dominance of critical mineral supply chains.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall pointed to other budget priorities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Shanghai-based TCab Technology says it has raised “several hundred million yuan” to promote industrialization of the E20 eVTOL air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
As it showcased dual-carrier operations for the first time, China released images showing the PLAN J-15B and J-15D now in operation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
The agreement seeks to license the operational supervisors who will monitor EHang’s EH216-S autonomous multicopter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
A pair of rookie Chinese taikonauts joined veteran commander Cai Xuzhe for a 6 1/2-hr. ride to China’s Tiangong space station.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Catic is promoting the vehicle-mounted Laser Arrow system to jam or disrupt some airborne sensors and air-to-ground weapons.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
China has sent its Shenzhou-19 astronauts into space, with the Long March-2F Y19 carrier rocket lifting off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Oct. 30.
Operations & Safety

By Chen Chuanren
The China Manned Space Agency has downselected two “low-cost cargo transporter” concepts to fulfill cost-efficient methods to supply the Tiangong space station.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
Shenyang Aviation Industries Group has reached out to Italy's Manta Aircraft to partner on a V/STOL design that could now be developed and manufactured in China.
Advanced Air Mobility