Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has awarded the first batch of prototype contracts for the space-based interceptors (SBI) element of the Golden Dome, but details are scarce.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is calling on the Pentagon to increase UAV collaboration with Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has picked up some of the U.S. Air Force’s T-38 repair work as the service faces a large backlog of Talon IIs requiring work.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Garrett Reim
Japan has big ambitions for its space industry. But before the country can realize those dreams, it needs rides to space to test its technologies.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s aviation weather forecaster is launching a new volcanic ash forecasting method to be made available for free to all airlines and the aviation industry.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Private Chinese company Sichuan Lingkong Tianxing Technology on Nov. 25 unveiled its Yu Kong Ji (YKJ)-1000 hypersonic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Sweden is strengthening its short-range air defense capability by purchasing additional mobile surface-to-air missile systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Netherlands is looking to add up to $4 billion to its counter-drone investment plan in response to a number of sightings of unidentified UAS in Europe.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Israel’s Defense Ministry is calling for a boost in defense exports with an eye on bolstering the introduction of new technologies.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
When ESA meets in Bremen this week for its annual ministerial, decisions about government support for sovereign launch activities will draw intense interest.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
China has launched the Shenzhou-22 capsule to the Tiangong space station as part of a recovery mission after an earlier spacecraft was damaged by space debris.
Operations & Safety

Aviation Week Staff
Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
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News in brief.
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BELL 505 surpasses SAF flight milestone... GE gets F110-E-129 procurement award... AXIOM SPACE hires new general counsel...
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By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman’s initial Cygnus XL resupply capsule for the International Space Station has been temporarily unberthed from the orbital lab’s U.S. segment.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
Amazon has started shipping “preview” examples of its 1-Gbps flat panel satellite antenna to enterprise customers to test using its Leo satellite constellation.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner orbital spacecraft will make another uncrewed flight to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Scott Tingle has been named NASA’s new chief astronaut, succeeding Joe Acaba.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
What if the answer to the military's "system of systems" pod problem could be found sitting on the ramp at the Dubai Airshow last week?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has forged an agreement with UAE-based Calidus that could potentially lead to the creation of an MRO facility for the A400M airlifter in the UAE.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Airbus has been selected by Oman’s Space Communications Technologies to build a high-capacity Ka-band satellite based on its OneSat geostationary spacecraft.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
The Korean National Police Agency has ordered one Airbus H225 medium-lift helicopter, which will become the largest rotorcraft in its fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan has completed a series of proof-of-concept flights involving multiple scaled collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) and MUM-T from a helicopter.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
AST SpaceMobile plans to launch its BlueBird 6 sat, what it calls the “largest commercial communications array ever deployed in low Earth orbit,” on Dec. 15.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
The Eastern Range is working with NASA to be able to host SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy flights from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in early- to mid-2026.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion