Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Starliner is due to spend at least eight days at the International Space Station for a shakedown .

The aid includes “a high number of” IRIS-T SLM surface-to-air interceptors, German defense minister Boris Pistorius says.

Japan’s defense acquisition agency ATLA says it has struck an agreement with authorities in France and Germany to explore railgun technology.

The Netherlands has declared its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet ready to take on the dual-capable aircraft (DCA) nuclear mission from the F-16.

The FAA’s increased inspections, audits and production limit put in place at Boeing following January’s 737-9 door plug panel blowout will remain in place.

The A-4 AAF configuration includes an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and a tactical data link.

Amazon has gained FAA approval for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights of its cargo drones to expand its delivery area in College Station, Texas.

In a new report, Crunchbase says that defense startups raised just $228 million through mid-May, a 62% decline.

China’s Ministry of Commerce will start restricting the export of numerous aerospace components and parts that might support their manufacture.

MDA Space and Telesat representatives will join a new Canadian Commercial Integration Cell inside the 7 Space Wing, the Royal Canadian Air Force said.

Textron eAviation has mated the fuselage halves of its Nexus electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology demonstrator.

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Laflamme Aero has started responding to commercial requests for the tandem-rotor LX300 uncrewed helicopter, a company official says.

Combined German 2023 defense industry sales have advanced 19% year-on-year to €10 billion ($11 billion), ahead of the 18% growth recorded by the civil sector.

Virgin Galactic could see its shares booted off the New York Stock Exchange because the stock price fell below $1 for too long, exchange managers say.

Russia's Progress MS-27 resupply capsule is on track to dock to the ISS Poisk module following a successful liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Archer Aviation plans to demonstrate its Midnight electric air taxi in South Korea late this year.

The 4,000-lb.-thrust Draper has now amassed more than 50 hot fire tests.

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Lloyd’s Register will also advise Regent on the maritime certification process of the 12-passenger Viceroy with the U.S. Coast Guard.

The satellite will be equipped with upgrades including a coronagraph to more closely monitor solar activity like the ramp-up in flares experienced in May.

AST SpaceMobile has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Verizon to provide direct-to-cellular service from its satellites.

The U.S. State Department has approved a Swedish top-up purchase of Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters.

The Space Force says Boeing and Northrop Grumman are the only bidders qualified to build the next-generation jam-resistant satcom payloads.