Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
Japan has recently embarked on an unprecedented modernization and reorganization of its naval forces, including its naval aviation capabilities.
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Zaynab Zlitni and Ben Goldstein
Skyfly Technologies has successfully completed its first roundtrip flight between two airfields in the UK.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has dispatched a team of engineers to India to retrieve a Lockheed Martin F-35B stranded in the country since mid-June.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Air taxi developer SkyDrive has raised ¥8.3 billion ($56.8 million) including investments from two prominent Japanese rail operators.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
DARPA has ended its Liberty Lifter effort to build a full-scale seaplane demonstrator earlier than originally expected,
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Defense ministers from the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) partner nations have reaffirmed ambitions to get the combat aircraft on contract by year-end.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The four-nation Eurofighter combat aircraft is “still very much in the game” for potential export sales to Saudi Arabia and Turkey, says a UK government minister.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
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By Tony Osborne
Participants in the annual Turkish-led Anatolian Eagle exercises trained as the exercise adapts to a new era of high-intensity warfighting.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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By Robert Wall
Aselsan says it is looking to commence production of its Yildrim 100 laser-based directed infrared countermeasures system (DIRCM) late this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency has named five companies as participants in its European Launcher Challenge.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) says the winner of its satellite deorbit demo will pick the spacecraft they will attempt to remove from orbit.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
Space rockets and Boeing C-17-sized wing-in-ground effect vehicles rank among candidates attempting to solve one of the U.S. military's toughest problems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Irene Klotz
Texas lawmakers are a step closer to snatching away the National Air and Space Museum's prized space shuttle and moving it from Northern Virginia to Houston.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The Israeli military has stepped up its attack on targets in Yemen after the Houthi forces based there have continued to launch drones and ballistic missiles at Israel.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
A proposed deal for 36 additional Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopters for the South Korean army appears unlikely to proceed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A secretive drone manufacturing startup launched by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt will deliver “hundreds of thousands” of drones to Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
ESA says astronomers have now confirmed the discovery of only the third interstellar comet and it is due for its closest approach to Earth in October.
Space Exploration

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. House passed the revised Senate version of the budget reconciliation bill, including $12.5 billion in funding for new and upgraded ATC infrastructure.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Progress MS-31 resupply capsule is set for a July 5 arrival and docking at the International Space Station following a July 3 launch.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
A pair of Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed aircraft flew a combat training mission controlled by pilots flying a single-seat F-16C and a two-seat Boeing F-15E.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Boeing has landed the Evolved Strategic Satcom program, the U.S. Space Force said, as the service also cancels the Protected Tactical Satcom-Resilient program.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office expect to field ground-moving target indicator capabilities as quickly as two years from now.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare