Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX capped a decade of development with the first orbital flight of its planned reusable deep-space transport.
Operations & Safety

By Graham Warwick
Amprius Technologies has received a grant of up to $75 million from the Pentagon to set up domestic U.S. production of energy-dense battery cells for drones.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The Belgian Air Force is looking to procure four super-medium helicopters to provide helicopter emergency medical services and search-and-rescue capabilities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Defense investors expect budget uncertainty at fiscal year-end, but this year's scope and duration are unprecedented, likely extending into 2027.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The EU is advancing collaborative industrial defense projects, with member states endorsing the first five under the European Defense Projects of Common Interest initiative.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
The FAA has issued SpaceX the license for the orbital debut of the Starship-Super Heavy launch system.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
UK Police have arrested several men and evacuated and cordoned off homes in a village near the U.S. Air Force bomber base of RAF Fairford, in a major security operation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Vertical Aerospace, which just appointed former Airbus Commercial Aircraft CEO Fabrice Brégier as chair of its board, said it has initiated a review of strategic alternatives.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
NASA Names Four SpaceX Crew-14 Dragon Fliers
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Garrett Reim
Sceye’s high-altitude platform station (HAPS) was part of a ground-based laser-ranging demonstration.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
An air-launched version of the hypersonic Castelion Blackbeard strike missile has reached the stage of at least captive carry testing on the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is projecting slight increases in its base budgets over the next five years following a spike in its request for fiscal 2027.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The Canadian government has signed a nonbinding term sheet with Saab in a new step toward buying the GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Katalyst Space’s first robotic servicing satellite reentered the atmosphere Sept. 25.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
NASA has named four crewmembers assigned to the International Space Station’s Expedition 75/76 operations.
Space Exploration

By Tony Osborne
The Ukrainian Army has combined heavy-lift drones with uncrewed ground vehicles to strike Russian positions in a new take on the airborne assault mission.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Poseidon Aerospace plans to fly its Egret large uncrewed cargo aircraft by year’s end after closing a $60 million Series funding round.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The Dutch Defense Ministry will work with Australian laser developer Electro Optic Systems for the development of a high-energy laser.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Craig Caffrey
Over recent weeks, key U.S. allies in East Asia have laid out defense spending plans for 2027.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Robert Wall
Latvian uncrewed-systems maker Origin will trial its Blaze counter-drone interceptor using Anduril’s Lattice software under a partnership between the two companies.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Google plans to deploy a first test satellite carrying its tensor processing units for its orbital data center ambitions next month.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
CAE to continue providing C-130H aircrew training... AEVEX, DIVERGENT announce one-way attack munition... L3HARRIS gets NGJ-Low Band award...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Steve Trimble
NASA has quietly removed a Lockheed SR-71A from public display.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Hubble Network has raised a $200 million Series C round that it plans to use to grow its Bluetooth-connected satellite constellation to 60 spacecraft by 2030.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Voyager Technologies and Exobiosphere have announced two additional research campaigns aboard the International Space Station.
Commercial Space