Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
MBDA has lifted the lid on a low-cost, long-range, one-way attack drone concept used to saturate an adversary’s air defenses.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy are in the midst of a series of upgrades to the MQ-4 Triton uncrewed aircraft fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force’s CSCO anticipates starting the acquisition process to buy commercially derived maneuverable satellites for use in GEO by early next year.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Astroscale UK and Open Cosmos have won a contract from the UK Ministry of Defense to develop two formation-flying satellites that would track space weather.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance scrubbed the launching of the second batch of Kuiper satellites for Amazon’s broadband constellation on June 16.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Israeli air strikes have taken out about one-third of Iran’s ballistic missile launcher capacity.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
BlackSky Technology plans to expand its Gen-3 high-frequency monitoring constellation with new satellites designated AROS.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
Russia has conducted large-scale trials of new laser systems against UAVs, the country’s government reported June 13.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Boeing’s win of the U.S. Air Force F-47 fighter program may have answered one of the longest-running questions hanging over the aerospace giant.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX are looking to no earlier than June 19 for the thrice-delayed launch of Axiom's fourth private astronaut mission to the ISS.
Operations & Safety

By Tony Osborne
Baykar’s Akinci uncrewed air system will be assembled in Italy by Piaggio as part of the Turkish company’s new joint venture with Leonardo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
With the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail facing a cancellation threat in the U.S., the AEW&C aircraft has demonstrated a new ability to control multiple uncrewed aircraft systems in flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
ESA and French space agency CNES have not paused any activities potentially affected by proposed U.S. cuts to NASA’s budget, but are developing backup plans.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
Boeing's Steve Parker defended U.S. industry’s ability to launch development of a second sixth-generation fighter at Paris Air Show, contradicting concerns by the Navy’s leader.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Lockheed Martin’s efforts to expand munitions production into Europe benefitting from a “sense of urgency” among governments, a company executive says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble
Israeli companies IAI and Rafael are up in arms at the Paris Air Show after French limits were placed on what they could exhibit.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Israel says it used the naval Barak Magen and the long-range air defense interceptor during its conflict with Iran, the IDF said in a statement.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Portugal has exercised an option for a sixth Embraer KC-390 and taken options for 10 more.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is planning a “seamless” transition in both production and conversion of its A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport to the new A330-800-based MRTT+.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Joint efforts between four Nordic air forces to be able to seamlessly fight as one are making steady progress, says Sweden’s air chief, Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The French military and Dassault are working to have a new, large combat drone ready early next decade for the service entry of the latest Rafale F5 fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Airborne early warning could soon be a new mission for the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-9B.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s aerospace and defense sector looks set for continued growth, the country's aerospace and trade body ADS has revealed.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The Swedish Air Force has embarked on exploring how to evolve the Saab Gripen E fighter to deal with the increased need for electronic warfare capabilities.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
Honeywell Aerospace may see a further increase in its share of defense turnover because of booming demand, but the unit’s boss says commercial revenues will still dominate in the future.
Supply Chain