Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Robert Wall
Blue Origin has delayed the opening of the launch window for its second New Glenn rocket to no earlier than Sept. 29.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

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LOCKHEED gets $720m Hellire/JAGM production award... COHERENT selling off defense laser business... USAF experiments with Korean “super squadron”...
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By Brandon Patrick
Western defense primes continue to play an important role in Turkish modernization plans, but Turkey will increasingly rely on domestic purchases, resulting in a 12% increase in the number of in-service Turkish military aircraft from 1,269 today to around 1,467 in 2035.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Steve Trimble
The architecture would comprise surface batteries in the homeland with launchers positioned inside of standard, 40-ft.-long shipping containers and silos, according to slides presented to industry.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Iceye says its synthetic aperture radar satellites can now capture 60,000 km² in a single scene with its “Scan Wide” mode.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Autonomous flight system developer Merlin is to go public through a merger with a blank-check company that values the Boston-based startup at $800 million.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Ukrainian front-line troops received the first 1,000 first person view drones less than two weeks after a newly launched online weapons marketplace started processing orders.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Poland accounted for more than half of the $11.9 million in export sales in Taiwan’s drone sector recorded in the first half of the year.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
An executive order issued by President Trump seeks to streamline the regulation of U. S. commercial space operations.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
KBR hopes tech and tools developed for its Iron Stallion space domain awareness monitoring platform will enable it to play a key role in Golden Dome.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
Fort Worth-based Trimec won STC approval for the antenna installation on a Gulfstream G200 super-midsize business jet, Gogo said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The Missile Defense Agency is targeting a new launcher for Golden Dome under layer interceptors to be operational within two years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has announced a standardized interface for UAS and launched effects to carry munitions or other attachments.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The country placed the foreign military sales order for 12 aircraft in 2022.
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SPAINSAT NG-1 enters service... TEAL DRONES receives quality certification... RAYTHEON gets SM-2 EMD contract...
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By Tony Osborne
Switzerland’s government has instructed the country’s defense ministry to look at options after failing to find agreement with the U.S. on price.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Space-based data and analytics startup Spire Global said late Aug. 13 it will not be able to file its latest quarterly report with securities regulators.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The Vulcan rocket's national security space launch debut orbited the U.S. military's first on-orbit experiment for position, navigation and timing in nearly five decades.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Interstellar Technologies of Japan says it has signed five customers for its first Zero rocket launch, anticipated in 2027.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA is commissioning 30-day studies to assess using emerging commercial space technology to reboost the decaying orbit of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
Two aspiring Canadian space companies have set a schedule for a first orbital launch attempt in the third quarter of 2028 from a spaceport in Nova Scotia.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Ursa Major and BAE Systems have completed static fires of the extended-range APKWS variant.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
The testing is part of the evaluation of the spacesuit's performance for the Artemis III mission, the first post-Apollo Moon landing with astronauts, currently planned for mid-2027.
Space Exploration