Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Aviation Week Staff
COLLINS gets Chinook avionics award... THINKOM announces new C-UAS... IRELAND to sign Artemis Accords...
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By Brian Everstine
The Boeing 747-8i given to President Trump to serve as an interim Air Force One has completed flight testing and will roll out this summer, the service says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro has retired, a NASA announcement said.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army on April 30 released a 3 1/2-year schedule for reselecting a supplier for the Precision Strike Missile (PRSM) Increment 4 program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps is increasing its adoption of the CH-53K King Stallion with 12 aircraft on Sikorsky’s production line.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
NASA says it is looking to offer opportunities on the next three Artemis missions, continuing an effort it began with the first two flights.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Ukraine says it has struck a facility housing Russian Su-57 fighters and Su-34 fighter bombers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
GKN Aerospace is turning to additive fabrication as a “big play” to secure positions on next-generation aircraft programs and improve production efficiency.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Lockheed is planning self-funded demonstration flights to show not only technical capability for rendezvous and proximity operations, but also the ability to do so “at scale."
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace Industries has delivered the first military example of the T625 Gokbey twin-engine medium helicopter to Turkey’s army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The White House has nominated Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess to serve as the Pentagon’s third Chief of Space Operations.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
A Kenyan air cargo operator is seeking $160 million in losses and damages from defense company BAE Systems.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
After more than a decade of suffering an erosion of its launch prowess, Russia is trying to make a comeback with the inaugural launch of a new Soyuz rocket.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
York Space Systems is acquiring ALL.SPACE, a UK-based satcom terminal provider, to expand connectivity solutions for the U.S. military and others customers.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
LOCKHEED gets $1.13b HIMARS award... GA TELESIS donates to Broward College... HONEYWELL gets C-5 support award...
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By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic has completed structural assembly of the first Delta-class SpaceShip.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
An air-launched kinetic interceptor could soon be a self-defense option for the U.S. Air Force’s vulnerable fleet of a tankers and airlifters.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Aviation Week Staff
UK Plans Defense Supply Chain Wargame
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By Molly McMillin
Textron plans to split off its industrial segment to become a pure-play aerospace and defense company.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Tony Osborne
Lockheed Martin and the UK defense ministry have expanded the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s ability to share data further.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force’s focus areas for fiscal '27 investments are in space control capabilities, bolstering its launch infrastructure, and test and training support.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The head of GKN Aerospace does not expect aircraft manufacturers to slow civil airliner production ramp-ups, despite potential fallout from the Iran war.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has seven Boeing E-7A Wedgetails now in work or on contract despite continued long-term uncertainty for the overall program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to retire all of its E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Nodes in 2028 as it shifts this role to space.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
GKN Aerospace is finalizing the architecture for an uncrewed aircraft systems demonstrator for Sweden.
Aircraft & Propulsion