Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

A new low-cost cruise missile designed to be launched by fighters is now also on the U.S. Air Force wish list.

Astroscale U.S. has signed an agreement with NASA to test the on-orbit servicing capabilities of its Refueler spacecraft at Goddard Space Flight Center.

As expected, GE Aerospace reported that its fiscal earnings are so good it can raise near- and long-term forecasts.

L3Harris Technologies unveiled the electronic warfare Green Wolf air vehicle on July 17.

NASA’s upcoming Tracer mission is to provide fly-through data from interactions between the solar wind and Earth’s protective magnetic field.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) is offering a variant of its YFQ-42A collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) for potential European programs.

NASA and Lockheed Martin have begun initial taxi tests of the X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft.

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India is doubling down on efforts to develop an indigenous drone industry after a 100-hr. conflict in May with archrival Pakistan.

BELL lands two 505 orders... UNIVITY signs Zero Debris charter... SES completes INTELSAT acquisition...

Germany and the UK have agreed to deepen their defense ties, including better harmonizing equipment export policy.

Switzerland says its delivery of Patriot air defense equipment will be late because the U.S. Defense Department is prioritizing shipments to Ukraine.

The Israeli government has agreed to seek 42 billion shekels ($12.5 billion) for 2025-26 to cover costs associated with recent rounds of fighting.

ESA is finalizing the test phase of the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer satellite, a joint mission with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin has told Aviation Week what the U.S. Air Force learned from the unprecedented strikes by seven B-2s on Iranian targets in June.

The Israeli government says it is “significantly” expediting purchase of Arrow air and missile defense interceptors after heavily expending such missiles against weapons fired by Iran and the Houthis.

The UK government will lay out plans to slash fielding times for most equipment in a bid to be more responsive, says UK Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard.

BAE Systems says it has fired precision weapons from a large quadcopter UAS to show how the combination can be used against drones and ground targets.

Regent has lifted the veil on a new product line aimed at performing maritime defense missions with its 12-passenger electric seaglider.

The Senate Armed Services Committee wants to fund two versions of a future space-based data connectivity network as the Pentagon weighs the best option.

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BAE has Mk. 41 VLS award... SWIFT ENGINEERING gets NASA Phase II SBIR grant for HAPS demo... MICRO-UAS maker plans U.S. expansion...

The Trump administration has put forth its nominees for the second-highest-ranking officers in the U.S. Air Force and Space Force.

A U.S.-made copy of Iran’s Shahed loitering munition highlighted a display of 18 drones and loitering munitions at the Pentagon.

Solestial plans to demonstrate a two-week production sprint to manufacture 1 kW of spacecraft solar cells and modules.