Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The Canadian Space Agency is assessing what cuts in the proposed U.S. fiscal 2026 budget could mean for cooperative endeavors.

First delivery of the Royal Air Force’s new E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft will now take place late this year.

Called launched effects, uncrewed air vehicles (UAV) were first launched from the ground forces at the front.

A new nuclear warhead will equip France's new air-launched missile.

Singapore’s Defense Science and Technology Agency and MBDA have agreed to jointly explore innovative and low-cost solutions for countering UAS.

Northrop Grumman says an advanced inertial navigation device that could pave the way for precise hypersonic flight guidance in GPS-denied environments has flown successfully on Stratolaunch’s recently confirmed Talon-A Mach 5-plus test flights.

U.S. startup Whisper Aero has unveiled plans to develop a family of hybrid-electric autonomous cargo aircraft.

Raytheon flew the PhantomStrike sensor for the first time on a testbed, moving the new fire control radar a step closer to launch customer Poland.

Schiebel completed the initial flight of its S-300 Camcopter 'Iron Bird' demonstrator, the Austrian company has revealed to Aviation Week.

ESA says it is assessing the impact of the Trump administration's proposed cuts to NASA programs that also affect some of its own activities.

Startup Hinetics has demonstrated the first cryogen-free superconducting electric motor.

Eutelsat on May 5 announced that telecommunications veteran Jean-François Fallacher will take over as CEO.

It will enable the startup’s WM2500 2-megawatt-class electric propulsion system to be tested driving the fan module from a Honeywell LF507-1F geared turbofan.

Magna Petra has signed an agreement with NASA to repurpose one of the space agency’s mass spectrometers for prospecting helium-3 on a future lunar rover.

LONG BEACH, California—Blended wing body aircraft startup JetZero recently completed a study on the proper design of a refueling boom for a future KC-Z4 tanker.

JetZero is targeting a critical design review (CDR) of its full-scale multi-role demonstrator late in May.

Ukraine is in talks to establish a second training site for Lockheed Martin F-16 pilots in the Czech Republic, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

Archer’s 20% share price gain in April was the highest among electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) startups.

The DOT is one of only four cabinet-level agencies that would see a top-line funding increase in the Trump administration’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget.

The program is progressing to address issues that have slowed the T-7A trainer's development.

Spirit appears to have finally obtained a goal it once thought would be its financial salvation during the worst days of the combined pandemic/737 MAX crises.

High-speed test company Stratolaunch has officially confirmed that its air-launched Talon TA-2 vehicle successfully exceeded Mach 5.

The New Zealand government has confirmed it will set aside NZ$2 billion ($1.2 billion) to acquire at least five naval helicopters.

Western militaries have watched with a sense of amazement the uncrewed aircraft systems developments on the Ukrainian battlefield.

Gilmour Space says it is targeting a launch for the first-ever Australian-made orbital rocket no earlier than May 15.