Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Australia has signed an agreement with Japan to work together in the field of collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) using the Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat.

The UK Space Agency is reaching out to industry as it looks to build out plans for developing a local in-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing capability.

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AST SpaceMobile says it will need to deorbit BlueBird 7 after Blue Origin placed the satellite in an “off-nominal” orbit following its launch on a New Glenn rocket.

DLR has begun flying the Proteus, an uncrewed aircraft designed to fly with either a reference conventional wing or an experimental morphing wing.

Joby Aviation plans to conduct a demonstration flight of its S4-T uncrewed aircraft next week at its plant in California.

A member of the PW500 turbofan family is selected for Northrop’s self-funded, single-engine CCA design, the company said.

Artemis II astronauts conducted lunar far side observations, immune studies, and organ-on-chip research, advancing science.

Official photos reveal a distinct similarity to the Zone 5 Technologies Rusty Dagger.

The company, called Bell Textron Ukraine, will be the hub of the manufacturer’s future activities in the country.

The Boeing 747 donated by the government of Qatar to serve as a future Air Force One for President Trump has begun flight testing, the U.S. Air Force confirms.

The first of four vertiports planned for Joby Aviation’s initial air taxi network in Dubai has been completed by the UK’s Skyports.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has conducted a Mach 5 ramjet combustion test on an experimental hypersonic aircraft developed jointly with three Japanese universities.

The U.S. Navy is gearing up for the first procurement of dual-band decoys for Boeing F/A-18E/Fs to boost the fighter’s self-protection capability.

EASA has certified the Pratt & Whitney GTF Advantage powered version of the Airbus A320neo, clearing the way for entry into service later this year.

The three-person crew of Shenzhou-21 will remain in orbit for about one additional month to validate technologies onboard the Tiangong Space Station.

The U.S. Air Force kicked off testing for the Anduril YFQ-44A prototypes assigned to the Experimental Operations Unit to help learn tactics and procedures for a new class of Collaborative Combat Aircraft now in development.

Blue Origin will attempt to launch its third New Glenn rocket between 6:45 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. EDT April 19 from Cape Canaveral SFS, the company says.

Joby Aviation has begun transition testing with the S4-T hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft derivative of its S4 piloted tiltprop eVTOL.

The four Artemis II mission astronauts, each mobile, smiling and congenial, spoke enthusiastically during an April 16 news briefing.

The U.S. Army is looking at ways to do its own aerial refueling and get more training for its special operations helicopter crews, as it works to bring on modified MV-75 Cheyenne IIs for them.

Bell on April 15 rolled out a new model of its MV-75 Cheyenne II tiltrotor the same day the aircraft got its name, showing the design has evolved and is largely set as manufacturing begins.

The UK’s Military Flying Training System wants to further grow its Beechcraft T-6 Texan II fleet because of shortfalls in availability, ministers have revealed.

Germany's aerospace center DLR has begun flying an uncrewed testbed designed to demonstrate shape-changing morphing wing technology in flight.

The move comes as ESA is deepening its involvement in security space activities in support of the European Commission.