Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Ben Goldstein
The commercial drone industry today faces enormous potential in terms of use case and market size, but realizing those ambitions will require a step-change improvement in endurance and payload.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
China said it would crack down on the smuggling of critical minerals in a move aimed at further constraining supply to the United States.
Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
A team led by Spanish/Australian startup Dovetail Electric Aviation has been awarded a grant to retrofit a Cessna Caravan with hydrogen fuel cell propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A political war of words has erupted in Bulgaria after the country’s first Block 70 F-16 combat aircraft went unserviceable.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has started shipboard trials of the ST Engineering Veloce 60 vertical-takeoff-and-landing (UAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German startup Atmos Space Cargo has struck a joint venture agreement with uncrewed ground vehicle maker ARX Robotics.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Germany could decide before year-end on what platform to use to meet an emerging requirement to field a standoff jammer, with the Airbus A400M a candidate.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
Pakistan used Chinese-built Chengdu J-10C fighters during an aerial confrontation with India, in what could be the first combat use of the type, a report says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. materials developer Lyten has launched an initiative to scale up production of lithium-sulfur batteries for drones used in defense applications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Rocket Lab says it plans to fly its Neutron launcher in a U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) mission rocket cargo experiment.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Runway independence is back in discussion as a possible requirement for future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Much of the planned science return from NASA’s Artemis III Moon landing mission with astronauts will be contained in a look at the solar system’s earliest era.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Staff
SCOUT SPACE to build Owl GEO flight unit... AIR SPACE INTELLIGENCE taps Van Ovost as advisor... RAYTHEON gets Amraam award...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army will cancel a nascent program to field surveillance uncrewed aerial systems (UAS).
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s Military Aviation Authority has issued a military type certificate (MTC) for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) new General Atomics Protector UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
In addition to provisions affecting aerospace, the deal also grants relief to UK sectors that had been facing steeper rates—aluminum, steel, and cars.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army will cancel a 19-year-old program to develop an improved common engine for its helicopter fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
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Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. Navy flight test announcement revealed work is underway to revive a decades-old concept combining an air-breathing ramjet with a solid fuel rocket.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
The UK Royal Air Force will take delivery of its first E-7 Wedgetail by year's end after a series of integration and conversion challenges as well as supply chain issues.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Space Force has said it will fund CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat for further work into space laser communications terminal work.
Satellites

By Michael Bruno
Commercial quantum computing and networking company IonQ said it will buy the space company later this year.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Startup Radia is to collaborate with U.S. Transportation Command to assess the potential of using its planned WindRunner oversize-cargo aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Turkey embarked on the program in 2018 to field the advanced airborne electronic attack system called Hava SOJ.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Ben Goldstein
Joby has rolled out the fifth S4 eVTOL air taxi from its pilot production line.
Aircraft & Propulsion