Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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A joint U.S./UK program is testing safety technology on the Lockheed Martin F-35 that is aimed at avoiding collisions between military and civilian aircraft in the air.

NASA’s Tracer twin-satellite mission launched successfully with a handful of other small spacecraft payloads on July 23.

A Turkish uncrewed aircraft system developer has secured orders from the country’s military for a rotary-wing logistics platform.

The Missile Defense Agency is conducting market research for new systems to launch current and future interceptors for the Golden Dome missile defense project.

Space startup iRocket will go public via a $400 million merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by former U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Turkish missile manufacturer Roketsan has lifted the lid on an internally developed ramjet-powered, beyond-visual-range, air-to-air missile.

Robinson Helicopter plans to offer an electric-powered R66 helicopter first to the pilot training market.

Dealing with defunct satellites can cost constellation operators serious money, especially if a broken satellite starts getting in the way of other spacecraft in its orbital shell.

The shift by the U.S. Air Force to laser-guided weapons to down relatively cheap drones was enabled by a quick-turn software update to Litening targeting pods.

The Indian Army has taken delivery of its first three Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters following a 15-month delay in the original delivery schedule.

The Boeing F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program has been set up in a way that U.S. Air Force Gen. David Allvin wishes he could have a time machine.

MagniX will start experimenting with electric propulsion for turbine-powered rotorcraft.

Dassault Aviation is pushing for its proposed Vortex reusable spaceplane to become a European Space Agency program.

Iran has conducted a suborbital Qased launch in what may have been intended as a show of capability after the country’s 12-day conflict with Israel.

JetZero has selected Maryland-based ST Engineering MRAS to design and manufacture the exhaust nozzle for its full-scale blended wing body demonstrator.

Thales CEO Patrice Caine says the outcome of talks with Leonardo and Airbus to merge some satellite operations is uncertain.

Belgium has no solid basis to become a full partner in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program, Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Éric Trappier says.

Turkey has signed an MOU with the UK that could lead to a Eurofighter Typhoon purchase.

The new leader of the Golden Dome for America initiative has two months to deliver a baseline architecture outlining the future missile defense capability.

A planned B-52 bomber flyover that caused a SkyWest Airlines regional jet to perform a go-around near Minot, North Dakota, was operating with FAA approval.

Jaunt Air Mobility revealed plans to introduce a medium-sized cargo drone for the middle-mile logistics market in 2 1/2 years.

Despite the Trump administration's tariffs, RTX posted better-than-expected sales and net income in the second quarter.

The defense giant took charges on aeronautics and helicopter programs in its second-quarter earnings report, with the culprits including some repeat offenders.

Northrop Grumman is in talks with the Pentagon about potentially accelerating the production ramp-up of the B-21 bomber and speeding the Sentinel ICBM effort.