Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Spire Global is moving to shore up its financial position with a planned private placement to generate $40 million in extra capital.

NASA scrubbed the planned March 12 launch of the SpaceX Crew-10 Dragon capsule to the ISS due a hydraulic issue with the ground system clamp arm.

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Australia’s McDermott Aviation owns the type certificate to the twin-engine, 8-metric-ton helicopter.

Lessor GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) ordered five new-build H225s on March 12.

Portugal’s Omni Helicopters International is to put the first production 525 through a 500-hr., six-month-long trial.

The DOT Secretary's roadmap for revamping the U.S. air traffic management system did not touch on equipping aircraft to take advantage of the new technology.

While the Space Force invests billions of dollars into modernizing its sites, providers are intrigued by an alternate model: mobile launchpads at sea.

President Trump’s tariff actions are roiling an aerospace labor force that only recently achieved a measure of stability following successive strikes.

Gary Steele is currently an executive at Cisco.

The Guangzhou-based company delivered 78 EH216-S autonomous multicopters in the fourth quarter of 2024.

The House on March 11 approved a CR to keep the government funded through Sept. 30.

Developed with communications specialist Outerlink Global Solutions, the sensor monitors the difference in real time between air temperature and dew point.

European aerospace players are worrying about the gradual transfer of the supply chain's ownership to non-European actors.

Rocket Lab is to pay $75 million in cash or shares, with potential earn-outs of $75 million in cash or shares.

The Embraer spinoff announced its revised timeline on an earnings call March 12 for the 2024 fourth quarter.

Rotortrade, the helicopter distributor business owned by Saudi Arabia’s The Helicopter Company (THC) is entering the rotorcraft leasing business.

Enstrom has been unable to access its home market since the FAA in April 2020 mandated crash-resistant fuel systems for all aircraft built and sold in the U.S.

Isar Aerospace and the Norwegian Space Agency have agreed to work together to launch the Arctic Ocean Surveillance system.

Thales Alenia Space has secured the contract from Telespazio to build the satellites for the European Space Agency’s planned Moonlight lunar navigation system.

SHEREx and PUNCH have lifted off at last, ridesharing on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, for years-long science missions aiming to reveal secrets of space.

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force on March 6 conducted a full-scale qualification static test fire of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile stage-one solid rocket motor.

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Robinson Helicopter CEO and President David Smith says 295 rotorcraft were delivered last year.