Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin introduces MORFIUS, an x-rotor uncrewed system designed to neutralize drone swarms efficiently and cost-effectively.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin announced a new, more affordable Patriot PAC-3 interceptor, the PAC-3 ACE, aimed at the European market.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Sweden aims to launch its first Iceye synthetic aperture radar before year-end as part of an accelerated push to field what is expected to be a growing fleet with Earth observation capabilities, says the Swedish Armed Forces' space chief.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
Boeing is touting its collaboration with BAE Systems and Saab to offer the T-7A for the United Kingdom as evidence of its commitment to local production in Europe.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Honeywell Aerospace may be looking at an embarrassment of riches for merger and acquisition opportunities, but the priority for its investment capital is organic growth given the strong backlog and demand signals, CEO Jim Currier says.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
South African defense firm Paramount says it is developing a counter-drone configuration for its distinctive Mwari counter-insurgency turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
India has joined the growing club of countries with a private orbital launch capability after startup Skyroot Aerospace successfully flew its Vikram-1 rocket.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Ispace Technologies U.S. and Draper plan to terminate their partnership to develop a lunar lander for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Germany and France strengthen defense ties with joint nuclear deterrence exercises and cooperation on missile warning systems and advanced technologies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
As part of the upcoming Artemis III flight test, NASA plans to outfit its crewed Orion spacecraft with two mini lasers to connect with SpaceX’s Starlink network.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Venus Aerospace has announced an expansion of its corporate leadership team following a $91 million multi-investor funding round earlier this month.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

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By Tony Osborne
The UK’s military helicopter fleets are set to face some temporary pain because of the country's Defense Investment Plan, ministers have acknowledged.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s new Storm Fire one-way attack drone has been designed to be mass produced through distributed manufacturing, the Royal Air Forced has confirmed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Boeing is looking to advance the installation of an AESA radar onto the Apache, as the airframer and the U.S. Army seek to expand the rotorcraft’s situational awareness.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has pushed back the deadline for companies to file their proposals to build its next-generation trainer under the UJTS competition despite a push to move quickly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sikorsky would commit to opening helicopter production facilities in Europe if its proposals for NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability are selected by the partner nations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman is increasing its pitch for airborne electronic warfare self-protection systems on international F-16s, business jets and even bigger aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has signed a memorandum of understanding with Northrop Grumman to support NATO plans to introduce the latter’s Triton high-altitude uncrewed air system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Saab plans to boost output of GlobalEye AEW systems to six aircraft per year and may consider a second European site, CEO Micael Johansson says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Australia has revived its Future Lead-In Fighter program, with the government launching industry engagement for Project Air 6002.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Loyal Farnborough attendees will remember a decade ago when torrential rain forced an early end to one of the trade days. There is a different kind of storm brewing for this year’s air show.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
An innovation summit to be held July 20 at the University of Cambridge will mark the official opening of the New Whittle Laboratory.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
An unknown technical issue nixed the launch of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship-Super Heavy system in the final second before liftoff on July 16.
Commercial Space