Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is developing four new competitions in its fires portfolio, and while they are addressing separate needs all of them are prioritizing key features.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Ahead of its planned acquisition by Amazon, Globalstar is preparing for the launch of the first batch of replacement satellites for its mobile voice and data communications network in low Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
For Rocket Lab, defense is now most definitely not a side quest.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin is turning to outside expertise to jump-start a ground communications and operations network, named Quartz.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
As space domain awareness grows in importance, Astranis has introduced a new spacecraft to detect and assess objects in higher orbits.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
A year into the formation of the Golden Dome for America (GDA) effort to build a broad protection of the U.S. homeland, the agency charged with leading the mission has seen a shift in its focus.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
CesiumAstro, a provider of advanced connectivity solutions for space and defense, has purchased Jariet Technologies, a fabless semiconductor provider for satellite communications
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Intuitive Machines projects the launch of its first lunar communications relay satellite in the first quarter of next year, having previously forecast a 2026 mission.
Space Exploration

By Tony Osborne
Australia and the UK have inked agreements to deepen cooperation on the development of advanced radars developed by Australian firm CEA Technologies.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea's Hyundai Rotem and Korea Aerospace Industries have announced a partnership to jointly develop and integrate long-range air-to-air missiles for the KF-21 fighter.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Pentagon is looking for more compact directed-energy systems to apply the technology more widely, including in airborne applications.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
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General Atomics Offers Enhanced Do228 NXT Surveillance Package
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By Guy Norris
Space company Virgin Galactic powered up systems on the initial Delta-class SpaceShip for the first time on Aug. 12.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Boeing this week unveiled its design for the U.S. Army’s competition to build a second interceptor for the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
Blue Origin’s revamp of Launch Complex-36 at Cape Canaveral SFS will turn the site into a dual-pad design that can support the company’s two planned New Glenn heavy-lift vehicle variants.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is taking steps to better protect the air defense soldiers and systems that have come under attack in the Middle East.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin and Verizon have demonstrated the ability to detect small drones using signals from existing cellular networks.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Boeing will start integration work on a major self-defense upgrade for the U.S. and Australian P-8A Poseidon aircraft against missile attacks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Sean Broderick
StandardAero reports strong commercial and business aviation demand and expects a military maintenance uptick as deployed assets return.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin announced Aug. 12 that it had conducted the first live-fire test of its new containerized Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) launcher.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
NASA and Katalyst Space report the LINK mission spacecraft has re-established attitude control following a software update.
Space Exploration

By Guy Norris
The goal of the test campaign was to see if a duct lined with a new Boeing acoustic treatment could maintain noise parity with the current 787 design while achieving up to 0.5% better fuel efficiency.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Archer CEO says the Wisk, Insitu and SkyGrid acquisitions transform the air taxi developer into a diversified A&D company.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Vivienne Machi
Departing Spacecom chief Gen. Stephen Whiting calls for space fires and counter p-LEO systems as top priorities.
Budget, Policy & Regulation