Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The Senate on May 13 confirmed Troy Meink to be the secretary of the U.S. Air Force.

Saudi Arabia will acquire $142 billion worth of defense equipment from the U.S.

DARPA has kicked off its Exponentiating Mathematics (expMath) program aimed at developing AI systems that can act as co-authors to mathematicians.

The first steps in a Spanish plan to modernize the country’s rotary-wing fleets have been agreed by Airbus Helicopters and the country’s defense ministry.

The UK defense ministry has taken delivery of the first of six new Airbus H145 twin-engine light helicopters to be used in Cyprus and Brunei.

The U.S. State Department approved the potential sale of six Boeing CH-47F Chinooks to the UAE on May 12.

The CFM International RISE engine has completed more than 3,000 cycles of endurance runs at GE Aerospace's Evendale, Ohio, facility.

The ICAO council has ruled that Russia is responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.

Ampaire has reached agreement with the FAA on the type certification basis for its AMP-570 powertrain, the first for a hybrid-electric propulsion system.

Following a pair of unsuccessful attempts to test its upgraded Starship vehicle in space, SpaceX is preparing another ship for launch as early as May 21.

The U.S. Air Force plan to buy 26 Boeing E-7A Wedgetail aircraft faces a cancellation threat.

NASA has named four new inductees into the agency’s Inventors Hall of Fame.

Vertical Aerospace is the latest eVTOL developer to announce plans to develop a hybrid-electric version of its eVTOL aircraft with longer range.

Eve Air Mobility continues to plan for a first flight toward the middle of the year with its engineering prototype.

Official accounts of claimed victories and alleged losses vary wildly in the latest conflict between India and Pakistan.

Russia’s space agency Roscosmos and China National Space Administration have signed a memorandum of cooperation to create a power station on the Moon.

Spanish defense electronics firm Indra has unveiled concepts for a remote carrier uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) designed to carry a range of payloads.

Satellite broadband provider Viasat says its Global Xpress service is now available in arctic regions that are part of its wider expansion plans.

The UK Defense Ministry has lifted the lid on the second ground-based air defense system it has rapidly developed for use in Ukraine referred to as Raven.

The commercial drone industry today faces enormous potential in terms of use case and market size, but realizing those ambitions will require a step-change improvement in endurance and payload.

China said it would crack down on the smuggling of critical minerals in a move aimed at further constraining supply to the United States.

A team led by Spanish/Australian startup Dovetail Electric Aviation has been awarded a grant to retrofit a Cessna Caravan with hydrogen fuel cell propulsion.

A political war of words has erupted in Bulgaria after the country’s first Block 70 F-16 combat aircraft went unserviceable.

The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has started shipboard trials of the ST Engineering Veloce 60 vertical-takeoff-and-landing (UAS).

German startup Atmos Space Cargo has struck a joint venture agreement with uncrewed ground vehicle maker ARX Robotics.