Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Mark Carreau
Firefly Aerospace’s Elytra lunar orbiter has completed its preliminary design review under a $75 million NASA subcontract.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has a hole in its spare parts inventory to the tune of about $14 billion, the service’s sustainment boss says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
New Zealand spaceplane developer Dawn Aerospace wants to establish a suborbital payload launch program from the UK.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The role of providing the first public disclosure of new and notable on-orbit activities has fallen to the growing pool of commercial space situational awareness companies.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force faces an uphill climb to increase its fighter end strength, telling Congress it needs steady funding and a healthy industrial base to meet its target.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The governments of Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, and Turkey have signed an agreement on closer defense industry cooperation and strengthening defense capabilities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
French defense acquisition agency DGA says it has placed an order with the Eurosam joint venture for an additional four SAMP/T Next Generation air and missile defense systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation may have conducted a test flight of an undisclosed second-generation hydrogen-electric uncrewed aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Malloy Aeronautics’ T-150 heavylift multicopter uncrewed aircraft system has been adapted to take on the anti-drone mission.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus selects Safran’s SkyNaute inertial navigation system for the A220, bringing resilience against GNSS jamming and spoofing around 2030.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Armenia has emerged as a customer for Czech manufacturer Aero Vodochody’s L-39NG Skyfox jet trainer as it seeks to modernize its air force with Western equipment.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is urging NASA to conduct crewed exploration of four non-polar regions of the Moon that NASEM says have cross-disciplinary scientific value.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Airbus is teaming up with IBM, LiveEO and IABG to develop and offer Germany a way to process vast amounts of Earth-observation data using advanced AI software.
Satellites

By Joe Anselmo
Six trailblazers in American aviation and space will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame as the Class of 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force is pursuing a new class of low-cost, mass-producible and air-launched hypersonic weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Defense technology startups are grabbing an ever-larger share of Israel’s capital for new entrepreneurs, topping life sciences and financial tech.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Japan is providing the Malaysian Navy with an unspecified counter-uncrewed aircraft system to strengthen the country's maritime surveillance capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris, Lee Ann Shay
In a surprise move Pratt & Whitney Canada has unveiled the PT9, a certified new centerline engine aimed at advanced propulsion for new-generation single and twin-turboprops.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Natilus received $3.5 million from the Pentagon and Air Force to advance its Kona BWB freighter toward a contested logistics demonstration.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency (ESA) has suffered the loss of a Space Rider test vehicle during a drop test when the parafoil failed to deploy properly.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Terma and Kongsberg have agreed to work together in military aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul, driven by heightened European demand for operational readiness.
Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
With an expanding product line and a full orderbook, Gulfstream is looking to boost production to as many as 200 aircraft per year or more.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
European missile and drone development startup Destinus says it has acquired Perciv AI, a developer of radar software, as part of its drive to control much of its supply chain.
Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX will attempt to land both the Super Heavy rocket and Starship upper stage as part of its next flight test, currently targeted to launch in November.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
UK Explores Drone Satcom Options
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