Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Aviation Week Network Staff
AFK Sistema subsidiary Sputnix will design the spacecraft and Roscosmos will provide launch services.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Greece's €130 million ($152 million) program includes €60 million for seven optical satellites.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
In the past, aluminum coming from end-of-life aircraft could be used as an ingredient in new ingots. This time, one kg of end-of-life aluminum converts into one kg of aircraft production-ready metal.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
South Korean rocket provider Innospace says it has signed an agreement to conduct two satellite launches for Media Broadcast Satellite.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
U.S. government figures show 2024 was a record year for Foreign Military Sales. The question is how long the European market renaissance which has driven the rise will continue for.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Chen Chuanren
Northrop Grumman and Taiwan’s NCSIST have agreed to explore collaboration on air and missile defense modernization for the country's National Defense Ministry.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine’s armed forces face a new drone menace on the front lines that threatens after 3.5 years of full-scale war to transform a bloody stalemate with Russia into something worse for the defenders.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Space Norway and Airbus’ SSTL have signed an agreement to jointly pursue business for a new synthetic aperture radar satellite the companies are co-developing.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
The Taiwan Space Agency is moving ahead with its first domestically developed communications satellite program.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s AIDC says it is not abandoning its crewed aircraft ambitions, including a next-generation fighter, even as the company pivots to support UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
UK Space Command and U.S. Space Command have conducted the two nations’ first joint military operation in space.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps is looking for a new autonomous, vertical take off and landing system to supply austere locations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman are starting a process to address the airborne early warning and control aircraft's lack of a precision landing aid.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. government is seeking to retake control of the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump has said.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
U.S. drone manufacturer AeroVironment has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Boeing is to assemble the two rapid prototypes of its E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning platform in the UK.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The resupply capsule’s delayed rendezvous was due to the premature cutoff of the third and fifth post-launch orbital altitude raising maneuvers early Sept. 16.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Capella Space parent IonQ has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to work on developing and deploying quantum technologies in space.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a mutual defense pact that declares that any aggression against one of the countries will be considered aggression against both.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
A tie-up between Kratos Defense and Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology has produced the Mighty Hornet-IV loitering munition.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
True Anomaly next year aims to achieve key milestones to underpin the defense space startup’s growth strategy, including the first demonstration of its Jackal spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has unveiled the Strong Bow ballistic missile defense system at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition 2025.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The French Vortex spaceplane demonstrator program will aim to validate heat shield technology and different control capabilities once it takes flight.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
DARPA will kick off development of a High-Mach Gas Turbine engine with a 15-month project worth up to $40 million.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The Trump administration’s proposal to reduce NASA’s budget by 24% has so far met a solid rebuke in Congress.
Budget, Policy & Regulation