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September 23, 2022

Airborne 09.23.22: Kittyhawk Kaput, Eviation Taxi-Tests, B-21 Raider

Also: FAA Admin Nominee In Trouble?, Boom Loses Rolls-Royce, Parker-Hannifin/Kaman, KC-46 Pegasus

Larry Page, the Google (Alphabet) billionaire has clipped the wings of his 10-year experiment known as Kittyhawk. This effort was part of his long elusive dream of developing flying cars. By now, there are several variants out there still trying to make their way in the world, and so it comes as no surprise that this bird's wings have finally been clipped. However, this project will live on in some form through a joint venture between Wisk Aero and the Boeing company. Eviation has been hard at work on their all-electric commuter aircraft, completing their first high-speed taxi test days after announcing the installation of Gregory Davis as Chief Executive Of

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NASA Unveils Goalposts for Moon to Mars Program

New Roadmap Provides a “Matured Strategy” to Re-Focus an Agency Spread Thin

NASA has issued a selection of 63 objectives to help guide the agency as it prepares for a return to the Moon in the lead-up to an eventual mission to Mars. The agency’s “Moon to Mars” approach will help to correctly track priorities over the coming years, helping NASA leadership allocate funding and efforts where they’re needed most for core NASA objectives. The initial draft was the result of agency-wide collaboration, a group effort that brought each mission directorate together to balance public, industry, international, and workforce input to establish a total of 63 final targeted objectives.

Boom Supersonic May Have Trouble Sourcing New Engine Supplier

In an interesting bout of industry negativity, a number of blue-chip aircraft engine manufacturers have failed to show much interest in supersonic civil aircraft development. The idea wasn’t entirely spontaneous, being rooted in the recent cancellation of Rolls-Royce’s decision to end development of a supersonic civil engine for Boom Supersonic. Boom, a small startup manufacturer, might see their plans stillborn without a suitable replacement engine… and pickings are slim.