Subscription Required

 

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 3, 2026 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, November 3, 2026

VOL. 298 NO. 24 November 03, 2026

Daily Briefs

Daily Briefs
article

Daily Briefs

Nov 02, 2026
BOEING gets F/A-18 service life modification support award... BELL tie-up with Canadian drivetrain monitoring company... New chief commercial officer at ARIANESPACE...

In Brief

Briefs logo
article

In Brief: The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Nov 02, 2026
The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Tony Osborne – Aviation Week Caption: The UK’s upcoming Jet Training System program will replace the BAE Systems Hawk T1s flown by the Red Arrows Aerobatic Team and the T2 models used for advanced jet training.
article

UK Unveils Offset Policy For Defense Acquisitions

Nov 02, 2026
Foreign defense companies could be required to open UK factories, invest in suppliers and transfer technology under new offset rules introduced by the UK defense ministry.
USMC drone
article

U.S. Marines Plan Heavy Autonomous Resupply Drone Fly-Off

Nov 02, 2026
A two-week fly-off will be staged in 2027 for companies competing to meet new requirements for the U.S. Marine Corps' next tactical-sized UAS for resupply.
A-29 at Edwards AFB, California. Credit: U.S. Air Force
article

U.S. Air Force Retires Its Only A-29s

Nov 02, 2026
The U.S. Air Force is divesting three Embraer-SNC A-29s and evaluating options for other test aircraft.
Rafale
article

France Prepares Rafale Test Aircraft For F5 Trials

Nov 02, 2026
French armaments agency DGA has delivered a Dassault Aviation Rafale to its flight test center to support trials of the future F5 standard of the twin-engine fighter.
low observable wingman uav system collaborative combat aircraft
article

South Korea Advances LOWUS Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Nov 02, 2026
Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) has built and delivered two Low Observable Wingman UAV System aircraft to South Korea's Agency for Defense Development.
MBDA
article

MBDA Secures German Airborne Laser Demo

Nov 02, 2026
MBDA says it has received a contract from the German defense procurement agency for an airborne laser demonstration.
hellenic air force embraer kc-390
article

Greece Finalizes KC-390 Purchase

Nov 02, 2026
Greece has signed a purchase agreement to cover the previously disclosed plan to buy three Embraer KC-390 transport aircraft.
De Havilland Canada DHC-515
article

De Havilland Canada Set To Double DHC-515 Production Capacity

Nov 02, 2026
De Havilland Canada is planning to double production capacity for its DHC-515 amphibious firefighting aircraft after securing CA$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion) in financing.
Zone 5 Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike weapon
article

Kongsberg Focuses Zone 5 Activity On Scaling Up

Oct 30, 2026
Kongsberg is scaling up Zone 5 missile production in the U.S. and abroad for 2027, while working toward profitability parity with its core business by 2029.
V-BAT with RSAF personnel and Shield AI crew
article

Singapore Tests Shield AI V-BAT As Orbiter 4 Validations Progress

Nov 02, 2026
Singapore's air force is testing the Shield AI V-BAT uncrewed aerial system as its military explores new operational concepts in the air littoral domain.
swift
article

NASA’s Swift Observatory Nears Atmospheric Reentry

Nov 02, 2026
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift observatory is likely to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere at 3:30 a.m. EST on Nov. 4, the agency says.
The satellite sent back a haiku Credit: Google
article

Google’s Suncatcher Satellite Sends AI-Generated Response

Nov 02, 2026
Google’s Suncatcher satellite sent its first artificial intelligence (AI)-generated response back to Earth after initial commissioning and tests.
Menapia Carousel concept
article

North Wales Selected For ARIA Stratospheric Platform Demonstrations

Oct 30, 2026
ARIA has picked North Wales’ Snowdonia Aerospace Test Center for £70 million stratospheric platform flight trials.
mda aurora satellite rendering
article

MDA Space Secures IRIS² Role

Oct 30, 2026
Canada’s MDA Space has secured a supplier position on Europe’s flagship IRIS² autonomous, secure satellite communications program.

The Debrief

Debrief: How A Former CIA Base Reveals Chinese Air Force Transformation Pic credit: Laotian government Pic caption: Opening ceremony for the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center A small airport founded by the CIA in Laos during the Vietnam War is new home for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), the air arm’s first outside China — and probably not the last. Laotian and Chinese dignitaries formally commissioned the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center at Ban Keun Airport on Se
article

Debrief: How A Former CIA Base Reveals Chinese Air Force Transformation

Oct 27, 2026
A small airport founded by the CIA in Laos during the Vietnam War is the new home for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, the air arm’s first outside China—and probably not the last.

Contracts