Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Mark Carreau
An executive order issued by President Trump seeks to streamline the regulation of U. S. commercial space operations.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
KBR hopes tech and tools developed for its Iron Stallion space domain awareness monitoring platform will enable it to play a key role in Golden Dome.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
Fort Worth-based Trimec won STC approval for the antenna installation on a Gulfstream G200 super-midsize business jet, Gogo said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The Missile Defense Agency is targeting a new launcher for Golden Dome under layer interceptors to be operational within two years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has announced a standardized interface for UAS and launched effects to carry munitions or other attachments.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The country placed the foreign military sales order for 12 aircraft in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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By Tony Osborne
Switzerland’s government has instructed the country’s defense ministry to look at options after failing to find agreement with the U.S. on price.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Space-based data and analytics startup Spire Global said late Aug. 13 it will not be able to file its latest quarterly report with securities regulators.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The Vulcan rocket's national security space launch debut orbited the U.S. military's first on-orbit experiment for position, navigation and timing in nearly five decades.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Interstellar Technologies of Japan says it has signed five customers for its first Zero rocket launch, anticipated in 2027.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA is commissioning 30-day studies to assess using emerging commercial space technology to reboost the decaying orbit of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
Two aspiring Canadian space companies have set a schedule for a first orbital launch attempt in the third quarter of 2028 from a spaceport in Nova Scotia.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Ursa Major and BAE Systems have completed static fires of the extended-range APKWS variant.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
The testing is part of the evaluation of the spacesuit's performance for the Artemis III mission, the first post-Apollo Moon landing with astronauts, currently planned for mid-2027.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
The MDA has released a solicitation for a new southern-facing radar to be operational within three years to support the Golden Dome for America missile shield.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Ariane 62 rocket placed the Metop-SG-A1 satellite into Sun-Synchronous Orbit at an altitude of around 800 km (500 mi) about 64 min after liftoff.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Poland will spend $3.8 billion to upgrade its Lockheed Martin F-16 fleet to the Block 72 configuration, government officials have declared.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Elbit CEO Bezhalel Machlis has shed further light on the company’s work to turn the Iron Beam ground-based counter-drone laser system into an airborne application.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin will offer a variant of its Blue Ring in-space platform to serve as a Mars telecommunications orbiter for NASA.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Switzerland says it is working to define a new strategic plan for local space company Beyond Gravity after parliament decided not to seek to privatize it.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Arianespace completed the second commercial Ariane 6 flight to deploy the first of Europe's next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellites.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
United Launch Alliance successfully launched its Vulcan rocket on Aug. 12.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX expects its Starship launcher to break the company's previous rideshare launch record of 143 spacecraft when it begins flying such missions.
Commercial Space