Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Malta is to boost its maritime patrol capabilities with the acquisition of a new-build Beechcraft King Air 360ER, Textron Aviation announced at the Farnborough Airshow.

Raytheon UK revealed the Red Kite glide bomb, a StormBreaker derivative designed to deliver affordable mass for the RAF and export

Israeli startup AIR has begun flight testing the production version of its AIR ONE eVTOL aircraft.

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Weapons testing for the Royal Air Force’s new Protector UAS has been completed, paving the way for the service to use the platform in a strike role.

An autonomous collaborative platform (ACP) being developed by BAE Systems’ FalconWorks and Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works is moving toward flight testing next year.

NASA shifts SunRISE mission from Vulcan to Falcon Heavy as Vulcan faces delays, aiming to map solar emissions and magnetic field lines for storm warnings.

Jet-fueled piston engine maker Delta Hawk is set to enter the military market as Pentagon interest in Group 3-sized UAS soars, CEO Christopher Ruud said.

Orizon Aerostructures partners with NIAR to tackle aerospace challenges, focusing on workforce development, production scalability and innovation.

Karman Holdings, the corporate shell for U.S. defense technology upstart Karman Space & Defense, announced that it was expanding into Europe by buying Glasgow, Scotland-headquartered Walker Precision Engineering for about $94 million total.

Edgewing begins establishing UK, Italian and Japanese production sites while advancing GCAP fighter and engine development toward production.

Pratt & Whitney says it is in talks with “multiple weapons primes” to flight test its rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology.

Patriot manufacturers begin early planning with the U.S. government to explore potential interceptor production in Ukraine.

Israel Aerospace Industries unveiled Ellyon, a business jet-based electronic attack and ISR aircraft.

MBDA has unveiled an upgrade to its ground-launched Asraam air defense system, pairing the missile with a lower-cost interceptor and other enhancements.

Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO Steve Parker says the MQ-28, which appeared alongside MBDA Meteor missiles, is designed to quickly integrate weapons.

European defense startup Destinus is adding a counter-rocket interceptor to its portfolio with plans to have the system customer-ready in 2028, CEO Mikhail Kokorich says.

Shield AI and GE Aerospace successfully ground tested the X-Bat's Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle, designed for vertical takeoff and landing

GE Aerospace has flown its modified Saab 340B megawatt-class hybrid-electric testbed at 30,000 ft., representing a milestone for an electric propulsion system operating at standard commercial airline altitudes.

Anduril has unveiled Thunder, an autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL scout aircraft designed for low-altitude warfare.

Israel’s state-owned arms company Rafael says it should see its backlog topping 100 billion shekels ($32.8 billion), more than four times the level in 2022.

Lawmakers are again raising concerns about the status of the Qatari-donated U.S. Air Force VC-25B Bridge aircraft, the new Air Force One, as President Donald Trump says the Boeing 747-8i will be taken out of service for more modifications.

JetZero and the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) have agreed to explore up to $3 billion in potential financing support for the startup airframer’s future manufacturing campus in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Boeing says its future in space is in national security and defense, focusing all of its investment in this area as it works to get Starliner on track.