Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
The House of Representatives on May 22 barely passed President Donald Trump’s extensive spending package, which includes a $150 billion plus-up in DOD spending.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Merlin received an experimental airworthiness certificate from New Zealand's CAA, allowing it to begin certification flight testing of its autonomous system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
Iceye is expanding its international partnerships through a deal with IHI Corporation that would lead to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite production in Japan.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Poland plans to buy around 1,400 Boeing GBU-39/B Small-Diameter Bombs (SDB), Warsaw and Washington say.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Qinetiq is looking to parlay its position as a provider of aerostat for border protection into European contracts.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Work has begun on modernizing the Mitsubishi F-15J, the upgraded version of which has been designated as F-15UG by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The European Investment Fund is putting $45 million into a fund run by Keen Venture Partners as part of Europe’s efforts to foster defense and space startups.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Kawasaki Heavy has become the latest Japanese firm to enter the collaborative combat aircraft sector, showcasing its Collaborative Support Aircraft concept.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Tukwilah, Washington-based startup Starfish Space is planning its second satellite docking demonstration mission this summer.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has resolved a 21-year-old glitch with NASA’s most-distant probe.
Space Exploration

By Chen Chuanren
The Japan Air Self Defense Force has received its first set of Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters equipped with Technical Refresh 3 upgrades.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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Matthew Fulco
Japanese technology conglomerate Rakuten has entered into cooperation with a Ukrainian effort to develop a defense technology ecosystem.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
After Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, nations realized that they needed access to commercial space-based data and imagery.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency revealed a key piece of the rapid contracting mechanism for Golden Dome capabilities on May 21.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space is preparing for its fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Urban-Air Port, a UK-based vertiport developer, is expanding into the defense sector with the introduction of its DBx-A1, a military truck.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program may face a funding cut.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
U.S. Space Force and NGA leaders have signed an agreement to define each agency’s role in acquiring space-based TacSRT data.
Satellites

By Ben Goldstein
Electra.aero has validated the blown-lift wing design for its planned hybrid electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
The UK will publish its Strategic Defense Review within two weeks, says former NATO Secretary Gen. George Robertson, who has helped lead the effort.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin will attempt to land an uncrewed prototype of its Human Landing System on the Moon’s south pole this year.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
The Golden Dome air and missile defense system will be fully operational in two and a half to three years and cost about $175 billion, President Donald Trump says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
DARPA is claiming a power-beaming distance record after transmitting energy using a laser over 8.6 km (5.3 mi).
Sensors & Electronic Warfare