Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Garrett Reim
After demonstrating recent battlefield successes, Kyiv is making a big push to market its military technology expertise to the world.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
The Pentagon has funded nLIGHT Defense and Lockheed Martin Aculight to build laser systems to defend against next-generation cruise missiles and uncrewed aircraft systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Belgium plans to place orders for systems that will form an air defense umbrella, which the country is calling Blue Dome.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Northrop Grumman is confident the certification challenges that delayed introduction of NATO's Global Hawk-based Alliance Ground Surveillance system can be avoided.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Navy is moving forward with the upgrade of the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet’s electronic warfare system, with plans to buy upgrade kits from RTX’s Raytheon unit.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission is to be upgraded to an air defense mission, Estonian and Lithuanian officials have confirmed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The UK Defense Ministry is canvassing industry about potential counter-drone electronic warfare (EW) systems it could provide to Ukraine.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the Trump administration agreed to sell RTX Tomahawk cruise missiles after weeks of uncertainty over the potential deal.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Sweden and Germany are exploring cooperation in CCA and a range of other activities spanning from electronic warfare to space.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Australian Air Force received its first Boeing P-8A Poseidon upgraded to the Increment 3 Blk. 2 configuration.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German legislators have signed off on a highly anticipated CCA procurement, rapid space launch demo and plans to introduce a high-energy laser counter-drone capability.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK's aerospace sector may be booming, but it is also being throttled by geopolitical uncertainty, rising costs and supply-chain pressures, trade association ADS says.
Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
Philippines Eyes Military Satellite, Space Center By 2028
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By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Development Agency's proliferated satellite architecture may be evolving into a blueprint for organizing NATO space power in the decade ahead.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
SASC schedules CSO confirmation hearing... LOCKHEED gets $500m award for Apache MTADS... New CTO/COO for NEO SPACE GROUP...
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By Garrett Reim
BlackSky Technology says the U.S. government has awarded it a series of contracts to develop further AI-enabled “real-time” analysis of satellite images.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s new VC-25B “Bridge” aircraft made its international debut on July 8, flying President Donald Trump abroad, but for only part of the trip.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has awakened from a 321-day hibernation period and begun transmitting data gathered during the interim.
Space Exploration

By Tony Osborne
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ordered a new fleet of H125 single-engine light helicopters from Airbus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
MagniX expands beyond aerospace, targeting defense, space, mobility and data centers with its electric powertrain technology.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will lift sanctions on Turkey that could potentially pave the way for that country’s re-entry back into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
An MIT-led simulation and modeling effort offers a potential space-based method for detecting nuclear weapons in Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
Venus Aerospace says a newly raised $91 million will advance its rotating detonation rocket engine technology toward full-scale deployment.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon has opened a solicitation that would replace the MQ-9A Reaper fleet with a cheaper type of UAS that could be produced in mass quantities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Japan’s Ispace says it has secured capacity on a SpaceX Starship launch to expand its lunar transportation ambitions.
Operations & Safety