Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Houston-based Barrios Technology, LLC has been awarded a $450 million contract to provide technical integration services for NASA’s human spaceflight programs.

NASA launched its Bard spacecraft mission on July 23 to demonstrate interoperability between gov-ernment and commercial satellite relay networks.

The U.S. Space Force plans to use its X-37B to conduct operational demonstrations of laser link communications and quantum-based navigation in space.

NASA is nearing the Oct. 1 start of fiscal 2026 with continuing uncertainty.

Gulfstream has delivered the last two G650 large-cabin, long-range business jets to the Italian Air Force, ending the jet’s 13-year run.

MBDA has handed over the first Aster air and missile defense interceptors.

The UK is adding trials of high-altitude balloons to its effort deploy stratospheric capabilities for intelligence gathering and communications functions.

Russia's largest carrier Aeroflot Group was forced to cancel about 50 flights from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport on July 28 after its IT systems failed.

Firefly Aerospace would raise up to $632 million in capital as part of its initial public offering based on the upper end of the company’s proposed listing price.

Hanwha Aerospace has signed a technology transfer agreement with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute for the Nuri Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II.

Indonesia has committed to purchasing 48 of the Turkish Aerospace Industries Kaan combat aircraft, becoming the type's first export customer.

As China and Russia flex their military muscles in space, Western defense officials are becoming punchier in their mindset around those operations.

The EU and U.S. have agreed to return to zero tariffs on aircraft and components in a move that will come as a relief to a European aerospace industry that had been planning for the worst.

The Austrian military is buying 315 Magni-X quadcopter drones with deliveries planned to begin in August.

Arianespace launched the CO3D and MicroCarb missions in the penultimate Vega-C launch for the service provider before operations of the rocket shift to Avio.

The Royal Thai Air Force has deployed two Saab JAS 39C/D Gripens alongside a pair of Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs to conduct precision air strikes against Cambodian military targets, as armed clashes along the border enter a third day.

The U.S. Air Force confirmed on July 25 that it is pursuing the acquisition of a cruise missile similar to the Ukraine-bound Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM).

The Missile Defense Agency is looking for fresh options to develop a theater-based ground radar that would support the nascent Golden Dome for America program.

Diversified supplier Hexcel is upbeat about market opportunities from rising defense budgets in the U.S. and internationally.

Boeing will start assembling the first of four production representative test vehicles of the T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer for the U.S. Air Force.

France has begun test flights of a Dassault Aviation Falcon 8X due to serve as its future signals intelligence aircraft.

Taiwan’s military will procure 48,750 drones over the next two years from domestic manufacturers, according to a government tender notice published this week.

Turkish Aerospace Industries has revealed the redesign of its 12-metric-ton T925 utility helicopter.

Turkish Aerospace Industries has received the first major government order for the Gokbey utility helicopter, securing a deal for 57 from the military.

Thales Alenia Space says it has secured a contract from the Italian Space Agency to design a lunar outpost for launch in 2033.