Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit’s Drone Dominance program has scored top-five performers for its Gauntlet II one-way attack drone mission areas.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Synspective Plans Additional SAR Constellation Through Shared Model
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By Steve Trimble
The proposed interceptor adds to a wide-ranging push by the U.S. Navy and other services to find ranging answers to the threat of Shahed-class drones and low-flying cruise missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command is now looking into how it can better improve readiness while remaining heavily deployed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of up to 48 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters to Saudi Arabia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is expected to tell lawmakers in the next few months how many Northrop Grumman B-21s it hopes to procure.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Pentagon and Lockheed Martin agree on a framework to boost AIM-260 missile production, pending congressional approval for multiyear funding.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
A NASA inspector general’s evaluation of the agency’s information security program for fiscal 2026 rated it unchanged over the last five years and one level below what the Office of Management and Budget considers effective.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Aspiring direct-to-device market players are gathering radio-frequency spectrum and laying out strategies, but they have yet to solve regulatory, technical and pricing problems.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
Chinese air exercises test PLAAF composite-force operations, overseas command structures and tactical decision-making across diverse environments.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected teams led by Leonardo and Iceye to conduct separate architecture studies for a planned sovereign Earth-observation constellation.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
Helogen has partnered with University College London and opened a California facility to scale orbital biomaterial manufacturing missions.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
The British Defense Ministry has formalized its plans to acquired Tekever AR5 tactical intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance drones, while also moving forward with buying small drones for the army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Indra joins the push to field low-cost cruise missiles, unveiling its Squall concept as European militaries look to augment high-end-weapons affordability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Peruvian government is looking to acquire an initial set of new space systems, a further sign that developing such capabilities has become a global focus.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Synthetic aperture radar satellite manufacturer Umbra is preparing a new generation of spacecraft for deployment starting in 2028.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Vantor says it has selected EnduroSat and CACI to develop and build the spacecraft for a new 40 cm-class Earth-imaging constellation.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
Boeing is developing a 737 MAX wing manufacturing improvement plan to relieve a choke point that is holding back the company’s plan to accelerate to higher production rates.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
BAE to demonstrate space rad-hardening tech... Leadership changes at SAAB... NORTHROP gets H-1 kit award...
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MBDA Projects First Teseo MK2/E Delivery In 2028
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By Guy Norris
Boeing says FAA approval to begin ETOPS flight tests on the 777-9 is on hold pending resolution of the mid-seal issue on the aircraft’s GE9X engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has established its first operational unit dedicated to space-based moving target indication.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin is pitching an upgraded variant of the F-16, called the F-16G, to the U.S. Air Force to fill Fighting Falcon units that will age out of their existing fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The announced competitors for the U.S. Air Force’s Massed Modular Aircraft so far have one major thing in common—they use Honeywell Aerospace’s TPE331 engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
U.S. startup Astro Mechanica has unveiled a concept for a large new uncrewed aircraft system to host a high-energy laser and other nonkinetic effects.
Aircraft & Propulsion