Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Mexico became the 25th country to order the Lockheed Martin C-130J airlifter, the U.S. company said on Jan. 21.

An Anduril-made sensor passively detected and targeted another aircraft from an autonomously commanded Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for the first time.

Turkey could begin receiving Eurofighter combat aircraft from Qatar as soon as February, media reports have suggested.

Italy is budgeting €18.6 billion ($22 billion) for its role in the design, development and programmatic phases of the Global Combat Air Program.

German space startup The Exploration Company (TEC) is in talks to buy British launch startup Orbex.

The U.S. Navy now plans to brief industry on a concept for a new family of ship-launched ballistic missiles in February.

NASA has selected three science mission payloads for launch by Commercial Lunar Payload Services providers to study the Moon and galactic cosmic rays.

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is tasking Starfish Space to deorbit at least one of its satellites based in low Earth orbit (LEO) under a mission targeted for 2027, the Tukwila, Washington-based startup announced Jan. 21.

Isar Aerospace is scrubbing a potential Jan. 21 launch of its Spectrum rocket to address a technical fault.

NASA is poised to begin flight tests of a representative stub wing section that is aimed at dramatically enhancing the drag-reducing benefits of natural laminar flow (NLF) in next-generation, swept wing airliners.

Washington has approved Singapore’s request to acquire four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and Mk. 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedoes.

Bombardier has announced a number of new leadership changes as it focuses on future growth.

Vast is delaying launch of its Haven-1 demonstration space station from May to the first quarter of 2027, the company said Jan. 20.

As it surges ahead with ambitious objectives and constrained budgets, NASA faces five top challenges, a new report from the Office of Inspector General says.

SpaceX successfully carried an undisclosed number of satellites to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Congressional appropriators seek to add $8 billion to the Pentagon’s budget for fiscal 2026 over its request, calling for $838.7 billion.

Interstellar Technologies of Japan, a rocket developer, has raised a $130 million Series F round.

For almost a year, the Pentagon’s pause and review of the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX program has tested the patience of the competitors.

General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc. has signed up an Emirati company to co-produce MQ-9B Sea Guardians.

The hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has made a “significant” investment in hypersonic flight company Stratolaunch.

Emirati defense group Edge and Qatar’s Barzan Holdings are to create a joint venture and begin cross border defense industrial cooperation.

India and the United Arab Emirates are working toward a strategic defense partnership following meetings between the leaders of the two countries.

Canada’s Top Aces has secured a 10-year, €420 million ($493 million) contract to provide the German air force with adversary red air training services.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ new surface-to-surface missile (SSM) program has entered an advanced flight-test phase.

Italy is establishing a rotary-wing flying school to train pilots for all the country’s armed forces, parapublic agencies as well as from overseas militaries.