Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on June 10 offered a few more details on the proposed Golden Dome for America missile defense architecture, as Congress is debating how to kick-start funding for the proposal.

The NTSB is setting aside three full days for an investigative hearing into the Jan. 29 mid-air collision of a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near DCA.

Denmark is urgently acquiring a trio of ground-based air defense systems worth nearly $1 billion to defend its cities and critical infrastructure.

The Pentagon is requesting $3.5 billion for its F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance program.

A joint venture between Italy’s Leonardo and Turkish UAS manufacturer Baykar will be called LBA Systems, it has emerged ahead of the Paris Air Show.

Raytheon would offer a new guided rocket in the 2.75-in.-dia. class if USAF moves forward with a proposal to acquire a low-cost, high-speed air-to-air missile.

The UK Royal Air Force has agreed to a support and sustainment contract for its fleet of new General Atomics Protector MQ-9B uncrewed aircraft systems.

BAE Systems and South Korea’s Hanwha Systems will work together to develop a multi-sensor satellite system as both companies bolster their space portfolios.

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.

Better known for its defense services, Metrea is now taking its first forays into aerial firefighting.

Poland has canceled a plan to acquire Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk utility helicopters, citing a change in priorities.

Highly engineered aerospace products provider Crane announced June 9 that it will buy Precision Sensors & Instrumentation.

Arkadia Space of Spain says its in-space demonstration of its hydrogen peroxide green monopropellant has been successful.

The U.S. Navy’s new multi-engine trainer reached initial operational capability (IOC) in May, the service announced June 9.

The House Appropriations Committee is offering the U.S. Space Force $19.1 billion in fiscal 2026 to support research-and-development programs.

GOP House appropriators are seeking to increase spending for sixth-generation fighters.

The F-35 Joint Program Office is still months away from finalizing details of the aircraft's new upgrade road map.

The Canadian government on June 9 committed to pouring another C$9.3 billion ($6.8 billion) into defense spending this year.

Leonardo Helicopters is offering to provide anti-submarine warfare mission-configured AW101 helicopters to the Norwegian military.

The launch of Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station has been delayed until no earlier than June 11.

News in brief.

SwRI receives CAStLE program extension... BOEING has Super Hornet/Growler stabilizer repair order... AURORA working on fuselage structures for launched effects...

In the U.S., politically there’s never been a better time since the 1960s to develop a civil supersonic aircraft.

Dutch startup Maeve Aerospace has redesigned its planned hybrid-electric regional aircraft to target the replacement of today’s regional jets beginning around the middle of the next decade.

U.S. President Donald Trump issued executive orders directing FAA to take immediate action to expand drone operations and strengthen counter-drone capabilities.