Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

AVIC has unveiled a new class of large uncrewed combat aerial system designed to deliver both strike munitions and miniature drone swarms.

Israel’s F-15 acquisition aligns closely with the Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s (AWIN) 2025 Military Aircraft Market Forecast’s conclusions regarding acquisitions across the Middle East and North Africa region in the coming decade.

Joby’s 523-mi. (841-km) flight in a hydrogen-powered S4 air taxi over the summer was groundbreaking for two major reasons.

The BlackBird demonstrator is planned to fly in early 2025.

Switzerland’s Smartflyer rolled out is SFX1 prototype electric aircraft at Grenchen Airport on Nov. 6.

Chinese electric air taxi startups Vertaxi and Volant Aerotech have announced a slew of preorders.

The aircraft will use a hybrid-electric range extender that XPeng has introduced for its electric vehicles.

Boeing is reportedly considering potential asset sales as it struggles to improve its finances.

Leonardo expects the industrial agreement on the trinational Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) to be finalized before year’s end.

The company provided a static version of the two-person vehicle to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in September.

The U.S. military’s aeromedical evacuation (AE) personnel have become very specialized and good at what they do.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship delivered a cold welding experiment to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 5.

America’s defense industrial base is straining to meet rising demand for weapons systems driven by a worsening threat environment from Europe to the Indo-Pacific.

The ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield system passed a safety of flight check, clearing the system for flight tests to begin “soon” and deliveries to start in late 2025.

The UMCS is initially developed to operate the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray on board Navy carriers.

The first conforming subassembly, an S4 tail, has been completed and is now undergoing conformity inspection by the FAA.

A prototype, registered D-HECA, flew for the first time on Nov. 6, Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even revealed on social media.

The M-LRPSM launcher must be integrated on a vehicle used by an Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

Poland has agreed to buy 32 F-35s and the Czech Republic says it will take 24 of the stealth fighters.

The orders were announced during the European Rotors helicopter exposition in Amsterdam Nov. 5.

Archer has agreed to a conditional, deposit-backed deal to sell up to 100 Midnight air taxis to Soracle.

The Israeli Ministry of Defense signed the $5.2 billion order for 25 F-15IA fighters, with deliveries beginning in 2031.

Total investment in the five projects amounts is C$101 million ($72.5 million).

DG Fuels plans to build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility Moorhead, Minnesota, with production anticipated to begin in 2030.

Volocopter retained the top slot in the latest edition of the AAM Reality Index.