Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force B-2 bomber returned to operational status four years after it was grounded in 2021, following a gear collapse upon landing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Shield AI announced tests of its Hivemind autonomy software for use on spacecraft, calling autonomy in space a natural extension of the air domain.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan's AIDC and Vantor Technologies signed an agreement at I/ITSEC 2025 to work to improve the ability of military drones to navigate GPS-denied environments.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program has set a goal of acquiring 340,000 weaponized small drones by 2028, positing major price drops as production ramps up.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Central Command plans to use one-way attack drones based on a copy of the Iranian Shahed-136, and has set up a new task force to deploy them.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
AeroVironment’s CEO is optimistic about the company's business, saying it could "easily double" in the next 3-5 years, he said in a investor presentation.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Germany has taken delivery of its first Arrow 3 ballistic missile defense system as the government also disclosed additional Kongsberg JSM procurement plans.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Korean Air’s Aerospace Division and Hyundai Rotem have launched a joint program to develop a 35-ton-class reusable methane rocket engine for launch vehicles.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Chen Chuanren
China completed the inaugural launch of the ZhuQue-3 rocket, but failed to recover the first stage that was a key objective of the flight.
Operations & Safety

By Matthew Fulco
Canada has joined Europe's SAFE program, a new financial instrument to help EU member states boost spending on common defense in the face of the Russian threat.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Boeing CFO Jay Malave said that the company expects to report a $2 billion cash burn for all of 2025, better than predicted.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Argentina will soon receive the first six Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters of 24 ordered from Denmark in 2024, with the remainder coming by the end of 2027.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Saab signed an MOU with trade organization AED Cluster Portugal as part of its drive to sell its Gripen E fighter to to replace Portugal's aging F-16s.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
I2CAT, a R&D center in Spain, launched a testbed satellite that will be used for experiments to further advance 6G satellite network technologies.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The nonprofit Aurelia Institute has opened a global competition that looks beyond the ISS, to build an infrastructure to live and work in near-Earth venues.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation is choosing Karem Aircraft’s optimum-speed tiltrotor technology for the hybrid-electric VTOL that it is developing for the defense market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
Germany's government is discussing strengthening the country’s defense industrial base with automotive industry stakeholders, the Economics Minister said;
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Safran is pondering boosting missile motor production as demand grows for the missiles they power, such as Kongsberg's Naval Strike Missile.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
The French Air and Space Force plans to receive upgraded MBDA Mica NG air-to-air missiles in two years, without the need to modify the Rafales that carry them.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo's Proteus autonomous helicopter, beginning ground run, is being developed for the UK Royal Navy to prove it can do the work of crewed rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
North Korea's Air Force unveiled a UAS variant derived from the Saebyeol-9 and a new MALE platform similar to General Atomics' MQ-9 at an anniversary event.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Safran is expanding its tech development activities abroad by setting up Safran Tech UK, which CEO Olivier Andriès says will have two principal focus areas.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
Australia, like many nations, is reforming its weapons procurement processes, starting with creating a Defense Delivery Agency that consolidates other groups.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Iceye says it has finalized a contract with Portugal to provide the country’s air force with a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX has been cleared to develop Cape Canaveral SFS’ Space Launch Complex-37 for Starship-Super Heavy launch and landing operations.
Operations & Safety