Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Turkish development of an indigenous fighter engine for the Kaan combat aircraft is to be led by a new company called TEI Technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Defense technology startup Lyntris is aiming to go public in a listing that could generate $107 million.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Laser communications developer Astrolight plans to demonstrate its technology on an Atmos Space Cargo reentry vehicle.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Rheinmetall plans to establish a systems integration facility for the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft in Germany as part of a push to convince Berlin to adopt the system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Geopolitical uncertainties have led defense planners to speed up decision cycles, Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto says, as the Brazilian aircraft-maker looks to add to its backlog for the KC-390 tanker/transport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Contract records show that the U.S. Air Force has selected the first base to operate the Boeing F-47 fighter, but the location remains secret.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Starlink plans to expand beyond 100,000 satellites with V3 designs, boosting bandwidth 100 times to meet AI and robotics data demands.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
China suffered the loss of a Long March 7A rocket on launch in a rare setback for the country’s launch operations.
Operations & Safety

By Graham Warwick
DARPA’s Lift Challenge pushes drone payload-to-weight limits, with Avidrone winning by carrying 3.84 times its weight over a 5-mi. course.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The UK has launched a long-awaited tender to replace the BAE Systems Hawks jet trainers used for advanced training and by the Red Arrows aerobatic team.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps has ordered a new vehicle-mounted high-power microwave system from Epirus for point defense from drones as the Pentagon continues to expand its defensive systems for deployed troops.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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ULA Completes LEO-Optimized Vulcan Wet Dress
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By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy plans to field 31 of its next-generation nuclear command-and-control aircraft to replace a current fleet of about half that number.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Garrett Reim
Shield AI and Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology demonstrated three drones working together as part of an autonomous search mission in Taiwan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Not much is known about the new engine for the trinational Global Combat Air Program fighter aircraft, but a detailed model suggests it will be unlike any propulsion system yet developed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Canadian government on Aug. 7 announced the conditional sale of 10 retired Lockheed Martin C-130Hs to British Columbia-based Coulson Aviation.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
Airbus reimagines its next-generation single aisle as a flexible system platform, enabling updates with evolving technologies like electrification and AI.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has opened a new website to make reserving space on its test ranges as easy as grabbing a table at a restaurant.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
United Launch Alliance says it has wrapped up a wet dress rehearsal of the Vulcan rocket and a Centaur V upper stage tweaked to better support Amazon Leo constellation deployment.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have signed a three-way defense pact declaring that any aggression on one country will be considered an attack against all three.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
A Greek startup is proposing an autonomous amphibious firefighting aircraft aimed at removing aircrews from the perilous conditions associated with aerial firefighting.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Senate on Aug. 6 confirmed Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess to serve as the third uniformed leader of the U.S. Space Force.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The EU and the Spacerise industrial consortium working to deploy IRIS²have agreed to expand the planned constellation by 66 low-Earth-orbit (LEO) spacecraft.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The Canadian Space Agency has formalized its plan to pivot work on the Canadarm3 to exploration on the Moon.
Space Exploration