Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Blue Origin is dropping out of a NASA competition to build, own and operate a crewed outpost in low Earth orbit.

Chemring To Exit U.S. Sensors Business

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German optical communications provider Mynaric has successfully transferred data between a satellite in orbit to a ground station using its Condor Mk. 3 terminal.

U.S. Air Force officials and others in the Pentagon plan to start looking at the requirements for the service’s next-generation airlifter in the coming months.

AST SpaceMobile plans to loft at least 72 of its BlueBird satellites per year on its new Blacklift rocket, targeting at least two missions per week.

The U.S. Space Force has tapped three vendors to prototype a new cloud-native electronic warfare command-and-control system.

OHB says Rocket Factory Augsburg’s first RFA One launch has slipped to early 2027, with up to three missions targeted next year.

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket was rolled to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral SFS in preparation for launch Nov. 13.

The USAF announced Nov. 12 it has procured four Game Aerospace Composites GB1 acrobatic aircraft to be used to train cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Ukraine’s military is once again facing restrictions on the use of the Starlink and military Starshield satellite communications systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

The Korea Aerospace Administration is planning to have local companies develop high-altitude platform station demonstrators by 2030.

Edge Group has cut metal for the first operationally representative Jeniah uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV), with an aim for service entry by decade's end.

French AI developer Harmattan AI and Qatari defense group Barzan Holdings have teamed to develop a very short-range air defense capability to tackle drones.

Edge Group stood up several efforts this year, after the outbreak of hostilities in the Gulf this year, to help the UAE counter Iranian drones and other related threats.

Qinetiq has sold its U.S. business to UK-based public services company Serco for $292 million.

Satellite maker York Space Systems has revealed plans to expand into the terrestrial markets for uncrewed ground and maritime vehicles.

Chemring is planning on selling its U.S. sensors business as it looks to focus more on its countermeasures and Roke operations.

Dutch startup General Dynamics is looking to start flight tests for its Warden interceptor within about a year, with the aim for an operational system in 2028.

European space-cloud services startup OwlO has emerged from stealth with plans to deploy an initial constellation of low-Earth-orbit data-crunching satellites.

Malaysia's defense ministry has selected Turkey's Roketsan Atmaca anti-ship missile to replace the Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile.

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DARPA is seeking proposals to develop a prototype-staring, radio-frequency sensor that would cover a wide field of regard and large frequency range without scanning for use in passive electronic-support systems.

Administrator Jared Isaacman’s new marching orders for NASA include flying many more lower-cost science missions, but do such missions really provide the most value for the money?