Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded three companies contracts totaling a potential $1.065 billion to establish commercial global Ka-band communications assets.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon issues a $150 million conditional loan to space tracker LeoLabs to expand its global radar network and accelerate mobile Scout unit deployment.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The Eurofighter consortium believes there are sales prospects for more than 250 Typhoons, as the aircraft competes in a growing number of international campaigns.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has opened a search for a low-cost, 500-lb.-class unpowered glide bomb under its ERAM Glide program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
After Airbus announced it would delay plans to field a hydrogen-powered airliner, researchers on the topic are challenging conventional thinking.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
Starfish Space's NASA-backed Otter spacecraft has suffered an unrecoverable communications loss during its SSPICY orbital debris inspection mission.
Satellites

By Ben Goldstein
Bulgarian cargo drone developer and operator Dronamics plans to go public on the Nasdaq through a merger with special purpose acquisition company GP-Act III Acquisition Corp.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
OHB has landed a €554 million ($622 million) contract for the Sentinel-3 Next-Generation Topography Satellite with an option for a second.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
RIAT will leave its longtime home and move to Boscombe Down in 2027 after this year’s show was canceled due to the presence of USAF bombers at RAF Fairford.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has received additional U.S. Air Force funding to accelerate development and operational testing of its autonomous flight platform.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
The German Defense Ministry says it has taken delivery of Helsing's source code for MissionOSBw to power a software system that will integrate uncrewed aircraft and sensors.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
A joint team of Babcock, SDTS and Top Aces has secured a contract to provide red air services to the French armed forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Chinese business aviation startup Beijing Airlink Aircraft (Bairac) has unveiled two hybrid-powered business jet concepts as it secures its first investment round.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France has used the second flight of ArianeGroup’s SyLEx sounding rocket to validate technology for its nuclear deterrent, French defense armament agency DGA said.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
SNC has dropped out of the competition to build the U.S. Navy’s next jet trainer, leaving the team of Textron Aviation and Leonardo as the only known remaining competitors.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

Aviation Week Staff
SPACE SOCOM stood up... PHOENIX DEFENSE VENTURES gets HH-60W training order... ELBIT establishing IDF artillery training/sim center...
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Hypersonica To Accelerate Testing Pace With Funding Boost
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By Tony Osborne
Airbus is considering a more-sophisticated, mission-specific Collaborative Combat Aircraft as it looks to expand its portfolio of uncrewed combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is preparing to flight test a tablet-based interface that could allow Eurofighter pilots to control Collaborative Combat Aircraft without modifying their fighters’ avionics.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Pratt & Whitney’s Asheville, N.C., plant is expected to cast its first certified high-pressure aeroengine blades and vanes by early 2028, with regular airfoil production ramping up by mid-28.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne, Steve Trimble
Shield AI has shown off the first prototype of its X-Bat tail-sitting, vertical-takeoff-and-landing autonomous combat aircraft and plans a first flight before year’s end.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The F-35 Joint Program Office announced Nov. 3 that it has started the process of replacing the aircraft’s legacy logistics system with a modernized version.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
On Oct. 15, DARPA tested the ability of a single human, wielding a laptop, to command a small group of lethal robots.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon is “notionally” interested in acquiring a handful of new satellites within the next three years to inform a future cislunar space constellation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A Pakistan air force fighter launched a locally developed air-to-air missile for the first time, the Pakistani military announced on Nov. 3.
Missile Defense & Weapons