Defense and Space

A second attempt to launch two astronauts on a shakedown cruise of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was called off 3 min. 50 sec. before liftoff on June 1.

Terran Orbital has replaced its chief operating officer (COO) and acting chief financial officer (CFO) with executives from outside the aerospace industry.

Boeing on May 31 resumed delivering KC-46 tankers to the U.S. Air Force following an almost three-month pause.

Starliner is due to spend at least eight days at the International Space Station for a shakedown .

The aid includes “a high number of” IRIS-T SLM surface-to-air interceptors, German defense minister Boris Pistorius says.

Japan’s defense acquisition agency ATLA says it has struck an agreement with authorities in France and Germany to explore railgun technology.

The Netherlands has declared its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet ready to take on the dual-capable aircraft (DCA) nuclear mission from the F-16.

Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss the GAO's latest report on the F-35 and explain what's hampering the now $2 trillion program.

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

The A-4 AAF configuration includes an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and a tactical data link.

In a new report, Crunchbase says that defense startups raised just $228 million through mid-May, a 62% decline.

MDA Space and Telesat representatives will join a new Canadian Commercial Integration Cell inside the 7 Space Wing, the Royal Canadian Air Force said.

The Time list falls into five categories: leaders, disrupters, innovators, titans and pioneers.

Laflamme Aero has started responding to commercial requests for the tandem-rotor LX300 uncrewed helicopter, a company official says.

Saab is planning technology demonstrations to prove to Sweden's government that it can develop the nation’s next combat aircraft.

Combined German 2023 defense industry sales have advanced 19% year-on-year to €10 billion ($11 billion), ahead of the 18% growth recorded by the civil sector.

Russia's Progress MS-27 resupply capsule is on track to dock to the ISS Poisk module following a successful liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The company is hoping the upgraded Starship survives its return through the atmosphere.

The 4,000-lb.-thrust Draper has now amassed more than 50 hot fire tests.

Lloyd’s Register will also advise Regent on the maritime certification process of the 12-passenger Viceroy with the U.S. Coast Guard.

The satellite will be equipped with upgrades including a coronagraph to more closely monitor solar activity like the ramp-up in flares experienced in May.

AST SpaceMobile has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Verizon to provide direct-to-cellular service from its satellites.

The U.S. State Department has approved a Swedish top-up purchase of Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters.

The Space Force says Boeing and Northrop Grumman are the only bidders qualified to build the next-generation jam-resistant satcom payloads.

Canada’s MDA has taken an ownership stake in Houston-based Voyager Space’s Starlab commercial space station.