Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Michael Bruno
Boeing has divested Jeppesen, ForeFlight, AerData and OzRunways to software-focused private equity investor Thoma Bravo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX's 32nd Cargo Dragon spacecraft successfully docked autonomously to the seven-person International Space Station early April 22.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
The European Union wants to broaden the scope of some technology research funding efforts as part of its push to bolster the region’s defense industrial base.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman lost an extra $477 million on early B-21 production, raising red ink on the first five annual lots of fixed-price contracts to over $2 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Startup Beehive Industries is on track to start ground tests of its additively manufactured Frenzy engine next month, ahead of planned altitude tests with AFRL.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
DARPA launched a program on April 17 to develop a new solid rocket motor with a burn surface area that can be altered after manufacturing.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office successfully launched the intelligence agency’s NROL-145 mission on April 20.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket early April 21, loaded with extra supplies for the International Space Station crew.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The coming defense earnings season that effectively kicks off April 22 is expected to be somewhat underwhelming.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Lucy, NASA's mission to explore an asteroid family known as Trojans that accompany Jupiter, made its second close approach to a main-belt asteroid.
Space Exploration

By Chen Chuanren
The AVIC AG600 has attained type-certification from the CAAC; at a MTOW of 60 tons, it is the world’s largest commercial amphibian aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Baykar has successfully flown a Bayraktar TB2 uncrewed aircraft system with an internally developed piston engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft departed the ISS for a parachute-assisted landing and recovery in remote Kazakhstan to conclude the latest crew exchange.
Operations & Safety

By Guy Norris
Rotating detonation engines have huge potential for realizing efficient high-speed flight, but they are proving fiendishly difficult to get right.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Scout AI has raised $15 million to further develop its vision-language-action artificial intelligence model.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office is surveying companies for information about geostationary satellite buses.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
A NASA safety panel has raised concerns about the risks involved in the continuing operation of the International Space Station.
Operations & Safety

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By Vivienne Machi
The NRO and the U.S. Space Force successfully launched multiple national security payloads for the intelligence agency’s NROL-174 mission.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A radio frequency directed energy weapon demo has proved it can counter drone swarms, UK trials show.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The release of the Space Warfighting Framework on April 17 sharpens the U.S. Space Force's public focus on its role in counterspace operations.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
The Texas Space Commission has awarded five companies grants totaling $26 million.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin’s move to name a fifth chief financial officer in seven years comes at a bad moment, Wall Street analysts say.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The explosion that destroyed a Northrop Grumman solid rocket motor facility in Utah will not impact the company’s operations related to the Sentinel ICBM.
Missile Defense & Weapons