Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

The backlog for Rocket Lab’s forthcoming medium-lift rocket has grown to 16 missions.

BCA will cut 5% of its roughly 51,000-person workforce as it aligns staffing with a slower airliner ramp-up and continues integrating Spirit AeroSystems.

With the U.S. launch services industry in transition, NASA is looking for suppliers interested in and capable of providing a block of at least eight flights to various orbits.

Planet signs a multilaunch agreement with Stoke Space's forthcoming Nova rocket as satellite operators seek new pathways to orbit amid the potential retirement of SpaceX's Falcon 9.

Helicopter-makers still miss delivery dates for aircraft modifications and spare parts amid continuing supply chain pains post-pandemic, Bristow's CEO said.

The U.S. Air Force awards Electra.aero $4.7 million for ground and flight tests of its hybrid-electric EL9 prototype for tactical airlift missions.

NASA has elected to look beyond the professional realm to seek ideas from students who have a potential stake in the future exploration of deep space.

Finnish remote sensing provider Iceye wants to offer its synthetic aperture radar payload to prime companies for key U.S. national security mission areas.

Industry’s inability to meet demand for widebodies could hurt the U.S. military’s ability to rely on the civil reserve air fleet, the USAF mobility boss warns.

France orders two next-generation Iris spy satellites from Airbus and Thales Alenia Space in a contract valued at more than $1.5 billion.

The U.S. Marine Corps ordered one Beechcraft King Air 360CER as part of its plan to broadly increase its overall UC-12 program of record.

Edge Group’s Dark Wing cruise missile is entering production, with the first delivery of the weapons to take place within the next couple months.

The U.S. Air Force is implementing a new approach to address stubbornly low readiness rates across its aircraft with a daring idea: copying the U.S. Navy.

The UK’s F-35 Lightning Force is adapting its maintenance procedures.

Sierra Nevada Corp. has exited the U.S. Navy's UJTS trainer competition, leaving Leonardo-Textron's M-346N as the sole bidder amid industry calls for a rebid.

Edge Group’s Fada space unit has completed the system-level critical design review for its synthetic aperture radar satellite as the company looks to launch the spacecraft in 2028.

CesiumAstro has announced the closing of a $730 million Series D financing round that brings the company's valuation to more than $4.5 billion.

Drone developer and operator Skyways has received the first authorization from the FAA to conduct long-range, beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations from the U.S. coastline over the sea, starting early next year.

NASA is accepting astronaut applications through Dec. 3 for a new class to support Moon Base plans and future Mars missions.

SpaceX has targeted Nov. 13 for Starship Flight 15, aiming to catch both Super Heavy and Starship at Starbase after an orbital Starlink deployment mission.

NASA is firming up how to deliver the promised Moon base, naming vendors to help deliver payloads and services to the lunar surface through contracts potentially valued at more than $11 billion.

The Ukrainian government is seeking transparency from the U.S. regarding the status of numerous military aid commitments.

Regent has won a production contract to deliver a small fleet of autonomous Squire seagliders next year to a U.S. government customer deployed in the Middle East.