Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Australia’s updated National Defense Strategy (NDS) is one of its most consequential public-facing defense documents in recent years.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended sweeping changes to the Artemis program before U.S. lawmakers April 22.

The U.S. Air Force is increasing spending on the Boeing VC-25B “Air Force One” aircraft to meet its delivery schedule.

The U.S. Navy is restarting Boeing P-8 Poseidon procurement after a two-year gap, seeking to order 12 more of the sub-hunting aircraft.

The European Space Agency and its military counterpart the European Defense Agency have agreed to study how to boost Earth observation for security purposes.

The U.S. Navy is growing its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye fleet largely due to the increased operational use of the platform for overland missions.

Germany’s quest to field deep-strike capabilities may involve multiple suppliers and different services, rather than narrowing those options at the outset, the Bundeswehr’s top officer says.

The Canadian government is pressing forward with its push to build up a national space launch capacity by proposing legislation aimed at fostering a sovereign capability in this field.

Dassault Aviation’s Vortex spaceplane demonstrator will use Arkadia Space-made thrusters for in-orbit maneuvering, the supplier said.

A young space domain awareness company founded by a former French Space Command leader is ready to provide commercial data to customers as it brings its first radar online and expands into the U.S.

Germany and France are poised to decide within days the future of the Future Combat Air System program, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says.

German startup ATMOS Space Cargo is formalizing its pursuit of defense space-logistics business.

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is ready to depart Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland for launch from Kennedy Space Center as soon as September.

The U.S. Navy intends to pause procurement for a Northrop Grumman anti-radiation missile in fiscal 2027, then resume orders.

The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request includes a major increase in F-35 procurement and spares after last year’s reduction.

The Pentagon is again zeroing out funding for the U.S. Air Force’s Boeing E-7A Wedgetail program.

The Pentagon has broken down its $350 billion reconciliation budget request into multiple areas.

One of the U.S. Space Force’s main acquisition offices could soon undergo a significant revamp.

U.S. startup VerdeGo Aero has begun shipping its VH-4T turbine-based hybrid-electric powerplant to undisclosed customers to support ground and flight testing.

Lockheed Martin will integrate the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement into the Aegis Combat System under a roughly $200 million contract from the U.S. Navy.

Reliable Robotics has raised $160 million in new funding as it pushes toward certification of its autonomous flight system.

U.S. budget documents released on April 21 reveal that the U.S. Navy plans to buy 4,500 air-launched hypersonic missiles for Boeing F/A-18E/Fs over the next five years.

Northrop Grumman is moving as “expeditiously as possible” to get a new radar system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter into customers' hands, CEO Kathy Warden said on a company earnings call.