Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin’s first lunar lander is en route to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for thermal vacuum testing ahead of launch later this year.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force's top fighter pilot says the Trump administration's planned influx of funding should be targeted first to spare parts to address ongoing readiness issues.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Eutelsat announced late Jan. 29 that the previously proposed sale of its ground segment to investor EQT Infrastructure VI will not occur.
Satellites

By Michael Bruno
Military satellite startup York Space Systems became a public traded company Jan. 29 after an initial public offering of stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin will spend $1 billion to stockpile spare parts for the F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
L3Harris expects its new Missile Solutions unit, which combines Aerojet-Rocketdyne with critical missile systems, to generate $4.4 billion in revenue this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
A hypersonic reentry capsule built by space technology company Varda Space Industries successfully landed Jan. 29, marking the company’s first reentry of 2026.
Operations & Safety

By Tony Osborne
Ukraine says SpaceX responded swiftly after it discovered that Moscow has been using Starlink satellite communications to equip one-way attack drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Labour MPs are looking back at the canceled TSR- 2 and urging the government to learn from history.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin could quadruple production of high-altitude interceptors after signing a framework for a future agreement with the U.S. military.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
Hexcel is “going to push very hard” to grow its defense and space business in “the immediate future,” CEO Tom Gentile said.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
ESA's head says a space summit French President Emmannuel Macron plans to host could provide direction on efforts to independently launch astronauts into space.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

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By Vivienne Machi
Two French space companies are forming a strategic partnership to build deorbiting systems for use in low Earth orbit.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
A key modernization priority for the Indonesian Air Force is the expansion of a mixed fighter fleet, which is expected to more than triple over the next decade.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Steve Trimble
Textron has no plans to revive the Scorpion tactical jet despite a call from the DOD for the defense industry to invest to develop new weapons systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
U.S. Space Command envisions a massive on-orbit exercise involving a broad swath of military satellites to stress test its supply chain.
Operations & Safety

By Brian Everstine
The Space Development Agency wants to install terminals on aircraft, connecting them to the low-Earth-orbit Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA plans to move up the four-person SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon mission to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Tony Osborne
It seems Moscow is also now making extensive use of the Starlink satellite communications system.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Industry and lawmakers are pressing the UK government to deliver a Defense Investment Plan and start outlining defense priorities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
The human spaceflight community becomes sensitive this time of year, with three memorial dates on the calendar for NASA missions that ended in disasters.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
The European Union is looking to take an incremental capability approach to field its IRIS2 secure satellite constellation will provide.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
Rising costs could trigger a $60-110 million reach-forward loss for Bell on the first production versions of the MV-75 tiltrotor aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion