Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s inspector general is concerned about the agency's ability to address risks to its infrastructure from climate- and weather-related events.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Several NATO countries have become the first to contribute to the new PURL initiative to arm Ukraine with U.S.-made defense equipment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK is proceeding with a program to replace its Grob G115 Tutor elementary training aircraft and plans to launch a formal tender next October.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Eutelsat is looking to grow its OneWeb operations to sustain its top line, bolstered by higher Ukrainian and French military-related sales.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
L3Harris Technologies is ready to start manufacturing new missile defense satellites for the SDA after completing key milestones, the company said Aug. 5.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
The People’s Liberation Army Navy has dropped its strongest hint yet that flight operations have commenced onboard its newest aircraft carrier Fujian.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Electro Optic Systems says it has secured a deal to provide a counter-drone laser system to an undisclosed European buyer.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
The UK Civil Aviation Authority says Skyrora's license represents the first time it has authorized a British-based company for a vertical launch.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Efforts to expand U.S. commercial space have just touched down in a new destination—big box stores.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
Iran's foreign minister is being sued by Bell Textron over a little-known dispute over helicopter storage fees dating back to the Iranian Revolution of the late 1970s.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Interstellar Technologies is teaming with Toyota to use automotive business assets for manufacturing rocket engines and propellant tanks.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force and its intel partners are deploying the first satellites meant to perform ground moving target indication, a senior service official says.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has flown the second prototype of its new H140 twin-engine light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) has begun testing the Schiebel S-100 rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system as a potential complement to its crewed helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The Austrian military is looking to scale up its involvement in space projects.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
Boeing machinists at the company’s defense and space facilities in Missouri and Illinois voted Aug. 3 to strike.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
China demonstrated the datalink handoff feature of air-to-air missiles between multiple Chengdu J-10C fighters during a recent training exercise.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Pakistan has formally inducted the Chinese-built Changhe Z-10ME attack helicopter, marking the first known export of the type.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
KAI has revealed that a future variant of the KF-21 fighter will feature an internal weapons bay capable of housing a 2,000-lb. guided bomb.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Crew-11's three astronauts and a cosmonaut were welcomed aboard the ISS by the Expedition 73 crew. NASA budget cuts could shorten their planned six-month mission.
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By Vivienne Machi
The Senate late July 31 confirmed Adm. Daryl Caudle to be chief of naval operations and Lt. Gen. Sean Bratton as vice chief of space operations.
Budget, Policy & Operations