Subscription Required

 

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 28, 2024 is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily & Defense Report through your company? Login with your existing email and password.

Not a member?  Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the aerospace and defense community.

LoginLearn How
Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 28, 2024

VOL. 287 NO. 40 February 28, 2024
Download PDF

Programs

article

UK Defense Ministry Seeks New Medium Helicopters

Feb 27, 2024
The UK defense ministry has opened negotiations to find a new fleet of medium helicopters for the country’s armed services.
article

Sikorsky Targets Year-End Turnaround For S-92 Supply Chain

Feb 27, 2024
Sikorsky says it aims to overcome the supply chain issues that have bedeviled the S-92 fleet by the end of 2024.
article

India To Begin $7.2B Upgrade Of Su-30MKI Fleet

Feb 27, 2024
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is gearing up to begin a $7.2 billion upgrade program for the Indian Air Force’s Su-30MKI fighter fleet.
the KF-21
article

South Korea Expects Contract For KF-21 Production In June

Feb 26, 2024
South Korea has released its KF-21 fighter aircraft production road map and is expected to sign for the first batch of aircraft in June.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

article

Army Guard Orders Helicopter Stand-down

Feb 27, 2024
The Army National Guard on Feb. 27 announced a stand-down of all helicopter units following two crashes of Boeing AH-64D Apaches.

Business

VAI
article

HAI Becomes VAI To Embrace eVTOLs, UAVs

Feb 27, 2024
The Helicopter Association International (HAI) trade association is rebranding itself as Vertical Aviation International (VAI).
article

Astra Space Co-founders Cut Buyout Offer By Two-Thirds

Feb 27, 2024
The co-founders of Astra Space have offered a new, lower buyout bid for the embattled space startup.
article

Archer Shifts Focus To Compliance, Test Plan Implementation

Feb 27, 2024
Archer Aviation is shifting focus to the compliance and implementation phases of the FAA's type certification process.

Funding & Policy

Cygnus cargo spacecraft
article

FAA Faces Safety Challenges For Human Commercial Spaceflight: GAO

Feb 22, 2024
FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) faces long-running challenges in addressing safety concerns for human commercial spaceflight passengers.
article

India Loosens Space Sector FDI Restrictions

Feb 22, 2024
The Indian government on Feb. 21 eased its space sector’s foreign direct investment (FDI) restrictions.

Technology

article

France’s Beyond Aero Flies Hydrogen-Electric Demonstrator

Feb 27, 2024
Startup Beyond Aero has completed France’s first crewed flight of a hydrogen-electric aircraft.

Air Forces In Focus