Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Thales’ Talios targeting pod is a “very good candidate” to receive a new sensor window.

It seems that a value can now be placed on the importance and capability of the growing fleet of C-390 Millenniums to European air arms.

The European Space Agency is getting ready for the launch of an atomic clock system to the International Space Station.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has provided new evidence for the at least intermittent presence of large quantities of surface water on Mars about 4 billion years ago.

Taiwan’s state-backed drone industry alliance is expeditiously decoupling from China-based supply chains, Chairman Hu Kai-Hung tells Aviation Week.

News in brief.

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Astranis will provide connectivity from its microGEO communications satellite to Taiwan starting in 2026.

U.S. Army officials are beginning to grasp the challenges of President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome initiative.

The Ad Astra Rocket Co. is continuing to advance a concept for NASA with the potential to reach Mars within an estimated 45 days using a nuclear power source.

During a press conference with Netanyahu last week, Trump announced that the U.S. would soon reveal its first $1 trillion defense budget.

Italy’s ELT Group has unveiled a new modular electromagnetically silent anti-drone system.

The Trump administration’s draft budget plan for fiscal 2026 includes deep cuts to NASA’s science programs.

The UK defense ministry has launched a search to find a replacement for the British army’s Thales Watchkeeper uncrewed aircraft system.

China’s Comac is studying a potential low-boom supersonic airliner for possible mid-century market entry; a study published in China details the design.

China has deployed an airborne early warning aircraft to Egypt for exercises.

The air forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and South Korea will cooperate on the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 fighter program.

A notice to industry calls for new technologies to integrate on USAF's upcoming Boeing E-7A Wedgetail fleet, while allowing for the possibility that the service could field another platform to serve the role.

Taiwanese drone manufacturer Thunder Tiger braced itself for a painful impact when Trump imposed a 32% tariff on most imports from the island.

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of an unspecified number of Leonardo TH-73A helicopters to the Philippines.

News in brief.

MERCURY SYSTEMS transitions Swiss facility to CICOR GROUP... FAA, ASSURE conducting UAS detection tests in New Jersey... CPI delivers ALMDS pod structure for Korean helicopter program...

India’s defense development agency demonstrated an indigenous, land-based, high-energy laser in a live shoot-down event of a fixed-wing drone on April 13.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled the second version of the XQ-58A Valkyrie.

U.S. President Donald Trump has laid claim to Canada and Greenland, but when will he lay claim to the Moon?