Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Robert Wall
OHB is seeing new opportunities in military space and expects sales to rise around 50% by 2027 from last year to hit around €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion).
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
MaiaSpace says it has entered into its first commercial launch service agreement, signing up French space-logistics company Exotrail.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
ESA will issue an invitation to tender for the European Launcher challenge next week, the agency’s director general says.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Edge Group’s new Powertech unit has secured a first engine order weeks after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) defense company set up the propulsion business.
Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Altair’s FlightStream system is being used to perform rapid design iterations using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The recommended rules mark a first for ICAO, which—except for the long-retired Concorde—has not previously set noise standards for supersonic aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
A senior South Korean defense official tells Aviation Week why he is confident of the KF-21's export potential as the fighter enters serial production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Lisi Group CEO Emmanuel Viellard reportedly says his aerospace fastener company is ready and able to backfill supply of the critical parts after the SPS fire.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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By Vivienne Machi
The Trump administration’s Golden Dome initiative seeks to address the new threat posed by hypersonic weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
All further details of the Kratos project—including the design, performance and schedule—cannot yet be released.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Letters of intent to acquire the Ultra Short come from more than 50 companies and Electra.aero values those preorders at nearly $9 billion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
A lawmaker says the White House should more forcefully direct the coordination of defending against drones flying over U.S. military bases.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The European Union has unveiled its first Defense White Paper to strengthen its security and bolster the region’s defense industry.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Anduril Industries has secured the Republic of Singapore Air Force as its first international partner for the Lattice for Mission Autonomy software platform.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
OHB is setting up a subsidiary in the UK as it looks to win a slice of the potentially increasing British defense market.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA says it wants to stick with the Boeing CST-100 Starliner to give the space agency options in case the SpaceX Dragon system were to encounter problems.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Rocket Lab is often considered an also-ran, but since 2018 it has accumulated a track record of nearly 60 successful launches.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The returning astronauts included the Boeing CST-100 Starliner extended Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission’s Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
The DOD is also in the midst of acting on an order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to reallocate 8% in funding among the services to higher priorities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The new facility will support Kratos’ work on the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic Testbed program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
Mach Industries and Heven Drones will produce the first of these platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A new defense posture for Europe, called Readiness 2030, will call on member states to also invest in military mobility.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The comments came as Emmanuel Macron said two Dassault Rafale squadrons will be stood up at the base to replace the Mirage 2000 fighters based there.
Aircraft & Propulsion