Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

GE Aerospace is shipping its thrust vectoring AVEN nozzle to Shield AI for integration with the defense startup's F110-129E-powered X-Bat UAS.

The U.S. Navy is looking to bring on surrogate collaborative combat aircraft to learn how to operate the uncrewed systems as it starts to develop its own.

Turkish Air Force pilots will start Eurofighter Typhoon training in the UK next week, though first deliveries of the aircraft will not arrive until the decade's end.

Russia plans to mount a further export push for its Su-57E fighter, using the El Alamein International Airshow as the backdrop after the aircraft appeared at last year's Dubai Airshow.

The DLR has begun flight trials of its uncrewed high-altitude platform, a demonstrator to validate the air vehicle and sensor technologies for lower stratosphere operations.

Japan's NEC and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have partnered to strengthen Japan's defense industrial base and develop sovereign data and AI capabilities.

The UK is stepping up its hunt for counter-uncrewed aircraft system capabilities with a particular interest in laser-based directed energy weapons.

Australian in-space inspection services firm HEO demonstrated its first rendezvous and proximity operations mission to capture images of another object in space.

GE Aerospace is stepping up assembly plans for its XA102 adaptive cycle engine prototype, with around a quarter of the hardware components now on order.

Albany renegotiates Sikorsky CH-53K contract, improves Earhart facility’s performance, and secures positive cash flow to keep Salt Lake City site.

Regent has completed the first crewed flight of its full-scale Viceroy Seaglider prototype, a wing-in-ground effect vehicle, ahead of planned late 2027 deliveries.

Spanish space access startup PLD Space has secured additional funding from Mitsubishi Electric and other investors to support its Miura 5 rocket system.

U.S. Navy will begin installing Auto GCAS on Super Hornets and Growlers to reduce controlled-flight-into-terrain mishaps.

GE Aerospace ramps up engine production at Lynn, overcoming supply chain issues and boosting F110 and F404/414 output to meet growing demand.

Nonprofit Fermi Explorer plans an inexpensive interstellar spacecraft mission to Alpha Centauri, arriving roughly 80,000 years later.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham's government will set out a roadmap to increase defense spending to meet NATO targets and “fully fund” the Defense Investment Plan (DIP).

E-HEL Award Mainstreams Directed Energy In U.S. Arsenal

Ukraine warns Russian airspace is becoming unsafe as drone strikes disrupt aviation and raise concerns for airlines that continue to fly over Russian territory.

FAA expands Starship's operating envelope, approving wider airspace closures and a new Pacific contingency splashdown site.

SESAR's IRINA 2 program seeks to integrate remotely piloted aircraft into European airspace alongside conventional traffic.

Danish AW101 helicopters fail NATO troop transport and national search-and-rescue readiness targets, auditors find.

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Iraq secures U.S. approval for $800 million Bell helicopter deal, including armed rotorcraft and training platforms to bolster its military capabilities.

Korean Air and Thai Aviation Industries have entered into a partnership to collaborate on depot-level MRO of the Thai military’s Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks.

NASA has selected Blue Origin's Blue Ring platform as a telecommunications orbiter to support Mars missions, with service to begin by the end of 2028.