Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Irene Klotz
Countdown clocks for a second wet dress rehearsal for NASA’s Artemis II mission are expected to begin ticking at 6:40 p.m. EST Feb. 17.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
British startup Orbex has made what seems like a last-minute push to generate appetite in its business as it faces closure, releasing previously unseen images of its Prime rocket.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Safran's diversification in suppliers of titanium billets and forgings is sufficiently well underway for the manufacturer to do without Russian titanium, its CEO says.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Slovakia is considering the purchase four more Block 70-model Lockheed Martin F-16s to add to the 14 it has already acquired.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
BAE Systems will transform the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II with dual-mode seekers to make the 2.75-in.-dia. guided rocket more effective at shooting down volleys of large numbers of one-way attack munitions.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
A Boeing 757 adapted to test sensors for the trinational Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) has completed its first flights equipped with a new fighter nose fairing.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Aalto, the business spun out of Airbus to provide services from the stratosphere with the Zephyr high-altitude pseudo satellite, will establish a second operational base in Australia.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Saudi Arabia will acquire four Leonardo C-27J airlifters for maritime patrol, giving the kingdom a fixed-wing maritime patrol capability for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Space Systems Command is looking for companies that could provide refueling services in geostationary orbit to spacecraft configured for such operations.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman has unveiled a new active electronically scanned array to be produced using additive manufacturing and a more simplistic design.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
The head of the European Space Agency has framed Europe’s need to pursue lunar missions in unusually security-focused terms for the civilian organization.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Crew-12 mission has docked to the U.S. segment of the ISS, returning the orbital lab’s fulltime population to seven for the first time since Jan. 14.
Operations & Safety

By Tony Osborne
General Atomics is hoping to build U.S. Navy interest in its MQ-9B SkyGuardian uncrewed aircraft system through an upcoming leasing program with the service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
High-speed aircraft developer Hermeus has begun taxi tests of its Pratt & Whitney F100-229-powered Quarterhorse Mk. 2.1 supersonic flight demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy is handing over 10 Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopters to the Sri Lanka air force, the service announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s Defense Industries Agency has released imagery of the second prototype of the indigenous Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Kaan fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
India is targeting greater than 50% localization of components for future Dassault Rafale fighters made in-country, Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed that his government spent additional money to reserve slots on more Lockheed Martin F-35As.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jefferson Morris
Axiom Space has announced $350 million in investments to develop a commercial successor to the International Space Station and a new generation of spacesuits.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The procurement of Safran Hammer bomb kits for Ukraine follows on from a broader strategic partnership between Norway and France that was agreed to last summer.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Safran says it has acquired French resilient PNT specialist Syntony as part of a broader move among to deal with the scourge of GPS jamming and spoofing.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
German defense electronics firm Hensoldt has tested a scaled demonstrator of its proposed High Altitude Drop Infiltrating System (HADIS) disposable autonomous supply glider.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Joint venture Quantum Frontline Industries says it has delivered the first Linza 3.0 drones made in Germany to the Ukrainian armed forces.
Supply Chain

By Craig Caffrey
Against the backdrop of rapidly rising global defense expenditure, one trend has gone largely unnoticed: In 2025, the U.S. share of global spending fell to its lowest level for decades.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
European efforts to develop a future medium airlifter are steadily moving toward a concept, an Airbus official says, but he warns that if the program is to move into development, the number of nations and partner industries will need to be narrowed down.
Aircraft & Propulsion