Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. Navy depot delivered the first Lockheed Martin F-35 upgraded with a generational avionics improvement in May.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Israel Aerospace Industries says it has added edge-based artificial intelligence processing to its decentralized airborne OPAL battle management network.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
Commercial space station developer Axiom Space continues to deepen its international connections by adding more than $175 million to its last funding round.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin said June 4 that it completed a final ground test of a U.S. Army surface-to-surface missile project before the government sent a stop-work order.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
Gogo says its SD Government business has received a $7.5 million contract from the NOAA to provide comms services for the agency’s Lockheed WP-3D “hurricane hunter” aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France has conducted tests of the Airbus H225M Caracal helicopter in a counterdrone role using onboard machine guns.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
SpaceX is looking to raise around $75 billion in its initial public offering, the company disclosed late June 3.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
A UK government decision to wrestle financial control of the Global Combat Air Program away from the defense ministry may place the trinational fighter program on firmer financial footing.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
DARPA is exploring options for installing tactical high-energy laser systems on Collaborative Combat Aircraft and ground vehicles for self-defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Varda Space Industries is looking to significantly ramp up the flight pace of its hypersonic reentry capsule.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first phase of flight testing a major upgrade to the KC-46’s remote vision system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Final assembly of Airbus’ Super Puma in Romania looks set to be revived.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
European space startup The Exploration Company says it has completed a critical drop test of its Nyx spacecraft as it works toward getting the system into flight in 2028.
Space Exploration

By Guy Norris, Michael Bruno
Spurred by unprecedented U.S. and international demand for missiles, Honeywell Aerospace is “aggressively expanding capacity” to boost supply of key components.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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By Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
The head of Honeywell Aerospace asserted the Tier 1 aerospace supplier and defense prime will no longer be handcuffed in its investments, supply chain management and acquisitions.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
Space Systems Command is now leaning heavily on other transaction authorities to award key contracts, the command’s deputy chief said June 3.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
Taiwan Validates GPS-Denied Drone Navigation System
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By Garrett Reim
Muon Space has unveiled plans to develop Condor-Ultra, a flat-packing spacecraft sized to fill the payload fairing of SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
The Finnish Air Force is set to finalize a decision on a replacement for its long-serving multimission Gates Learjets this month.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA's extended Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has come to a close, the agency announced June 3.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
The Bashi pilot vehicle interface is at the heart of the U.S. Air Force’s goal to introduce collaborative combat aircraft in operational service by the end of the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has dramatically raised the cost ceiling for its next-generation trainer after a request for proposals spurred doubts.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
NASA has teased results from 18-month studies by industry and academia to identify technologies and concepts for ultra-efficient commercial aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
A German developer of a military rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system has completed two first flights in just three days.
Aircraft & Propulsion