Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Startup Array Labs plans to launch its first formation-flying cluster comprised of four radar satellites in the middle of 2027.

An advocacy group is surprised by the recent expansion of the FCC's Covered List of prohibited equipment and services to include all foreign-made drones.

NASA plans to resume the search for a wayward Mars science spacecraft that has not been heard from since early December.

Aerospace and defense electronics company Teledyne RISI has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the U.S. for providing nonconforming aircraft parts to the military.

NASA is on track to roll out its second SLS rocket to the launchpad within about 10 days, a key step toward the first crewed flight of an Orion spacecraft.

The Pentagon says it has agreed to boost output of Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors to 2,000 missiles per year.

Israel plans to set up a national space laboratory to support local startups and academia with an eye on taking payloads to Mars.

Deliveries of the F 35A are expected to begin in 2031, with Full Operational Capability targeted for 2035. The service’s Gripen lease has been extended to 2035 to cover the gap.

The insatiable energy demand of artificial intelligence datacenters continues to drive surprising new developments in the aeroderivative gas turbine business.

ReElement Technologies has secured a $200 million investment from Transition Equity Partners to ramp up critical minerals production in Marion, Indiana.

Momentus has 3D printed a metal spacecraft propellant tank that it plans to test on an upcoming mission of its Vigoride-7 orbital service vehicle.

AE Industrial Partners will buy a majority stake in the RL-10 upper-stage rocket and space nuclear propulsion businesses from L3Harris for $507 million.

The U.S. military staged one of the most daring, complex and successful military raids in modern history on Venezuela.

Cambium Biomaterials, a California-based startup that manufactures advanced materials for aerospace and defense, raised $100 million in a funding round.

Germany’s Rheinmetall and missile manufacturer MBDA are to create a joint venture for naval air defense lasers.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says it was “unfair” to banish his country from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and has called for Ankara to be readmitted to the project.

Pakistan has revealed a new conventionally armed air-launched cruise missile with a range of up to 600 km (373 mi.) following a successful test of the weapon.

Helicopter lessor GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) plans to become a rotorcraft operator with the takeover of Belgium-based NHV Group.

Turkish defense electronics company Aselsan says key elements of its Siper 1 long-range air and missile defense system have completed battery acceptance trials.

U.S. soldiers and law enforcement personnel captured President Nicolás Maduro in a raid involving scores of combat aircraft and specially equipped helicopters.

The SpainSat NG-II military communications satellite suffered debris damage while transiting to its final orbital position, with an assessment underway.

SpaceX plans to adjust the orbital parameters of more than 4,000 Starlink satellites to reduce the risk of creating orbital debris.

The Royal Malaysian Navy has confirmed that one of its Westland Super Lynx Mk. 300 helicopters was involved in an emergency water landing.

A new ban on foreign UAS, parts or systems in the U.S. will have far-reaching effects for UAS users but may not lead to a renaissance of American providers.

The Pentagon will provide $18.5 million in funding to Lattice Materials, a manufacturer of advanced defense optics systems.