Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The bulletin names the Test Flying Academy of South Africa, Beijing China Aviation Technology Co. and Stratos.

Lockheed Martin signed a deal with Firefly Aerospace for up to 25 Alpha rocket launches through 2029.

Mesa signed the forward purchase agreement for 100 TriFans in February 2022.

Meanwhile, the Spirit board has tapped one of its own, Irene Esteves, to take over while the company tries to sell itself to Airbus and/or Boeing.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has committed to purchasing another 20 Eurofighter combat aircraft to help support the country’s defense industry.

The NATO Innovation Fund has co-led a $22.5 million Series A funding round in the UK’s iCOMAT, an advanced composites manufacturer.

Two NASA astronauts lifted off from Cape Canaveral SFS on June 5 for a shakedown cruise of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

Daher’s board of directors has appointed Didier Kayat as the group’s chairman of the board to succeed Patrick Daher, who is retiring.

Airbus has lifted the veil on its concept for an autonomous collaborative combat aircraft that would accompany current combat aircraft into battle.

Comac has jointly established the Large Aircraft Research Institute with Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian, China.

The Electron's launch was followed 53 min. later by deployment of "Prefire and Ice" into a 326-mi.-high orbit.

Photos from Bombardier Defense and Lufthansa Technik Defense show the modified Global 6000 with large cheek and under-fuselage fairings.

The European Space Agency has set forth a specific launch date for the much delayed Ariane 6 launch vehicle of July 9.

Since the latest malfunction, NASA has decided to transition the Hubble Space Telescope to a single-gyroscope operating mode by mid-June, officials say.

“What we really need to focus on right now with the [Space Development Agency] is that [missile]-tracking layer,” a senior Space Force official says.

The FAA on June 4 cleared SpaceX to proceed with the fourth Integrated Flight Test of a Starship-Super Heavy launch system, with the launch targeted for June 6.

An Air Force F-15 pilot failed to engage the emergency braking/steering system during an emergency landing, causing the Eagle to crash into an irrigation canal.

The House Appropriations Committee plans to allocate billions of dollars to fund missile-warning-and-tracking initiatives in its fiscal 2025 bill.

The letter of agreement signed on June 4 by a procurement delegation sent by the Ministry of Defense Washington moves forward Israel’s third batch of F-35Is.

Development work on the U.S. Air Force’s experimental, hypersonic Mayhem vehicle has been paused following the completion of an early design milestone.

Leonardo Helicopters’ Polish affiliate, PZL-Swidnik, has opened a production line on which AW149 battlefield support rotorcraft will be built for Poland.

The U.S. Air Force conducted the first of two planned intercontinental ballistic missile tests this week—firing a Minuteman III with one reentry vehicle.

Turkish uncrewed air systems developer Baykar Technology has demonstrated its Bayraktar TB3 platform can be operated from a ship fitted with a ski jump.

House appropriators want to cut the administration’s planned military procurement and operations spending, to allow for more R&D and personnel spending.

Taiwan’s new minister of defense says he plans to create a technology development division similar to the U.S, Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit.