Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Leonardo has established a new aeronautics division, consolidating the company’s fixed-wing crewed aircraft, aerostructures and UAS work under one roof.

India has carried out missile strikes on nine “terrorist infrastructure” sites in Pakistan in response to the April 24 terrorist attack in Kashmir.

The U.S. Space Force says it has completed a critical propulsion test of the Oracle-M space situational awareness system.

Humanity has entered a second space age, NASA’s now-retired first chief economist says.

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the space layer of the proposed Golden Dome will cost $160 billion to $542 billion to field and operate.

TransDigm reported mostly brisk second-quarter fiscal year sales on May 6.

BlackSky Technology says it has successfully completed commissioning of its first Gen-3 satellite capable of capturing 35-cm resolution imagery.

The top U.S. Air Force officer says delivery is now expected in late 2026 of an overhauled remote vision system for the KC-46.

AeroVironment has unveiled the Red Dragon, a second-generation loitering munition with a more than 400 km (249 mi.) one-way range.

The Canadian Space Agency is assessing what cuts in the proposed U.S. fiscal 2026 budget could mean for cooperative endeavors.

First delivery of the Royal Air Force’s new E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft will now take place late this year.

Called launched effects, uncrewed air vehicles (UAV) were first launched from the ground forces at the front.

A new nuclear warhead will equip France's new air-launched missile.

Singapore’s Defense Science and Technology Agency and MBDA have agreed to jointly explore innovative and low-cost solutions for countering UAS.

Northrop Grumman says an advanced inertial navigation device that could pave the way for precise hypersonic flight guidance in GPS-denied environments has flown successfully on Stratolaunch’s recently confirmed Talon-A Mach 5-plus test flights.

U.S. startup Whisper Aero has unveiled plans to develop a family of hybrid-electric autonomous cargo aircraft.

Raytheon flew the PhantomStrike sensor for the first time on a testbed, moving the new fire control radar a step closer to launch customer Poland.

Schiebel completed the initial flight of its S-300 Camcopter 'Iron Bird' demonstrator, the Austrian company has revealed to Aviation Week.

ESA says it is assessing the impact of the Trump administration's proposed cuts to NASA programs that also affect some of its own activities.

Startup Hinetics has demonstrated the first cryogen-free superconducting electric motor.

Eutelsat on May 5 announced that telecommunications veteran Jean-François Fallacher will take over as CEO.

It will enable the startup’s WM2500 2-megawatt-class electric propulsion system to be tested driving the fan module from a Honeywell LF507-1F geared turbofan.

Magna Petra has signed an agreement with NASA to repurpose one of the space agency’s mass spectrometers for prospecting helium-3 on a future lunar rover.

LONG BEACH, California—Blended wing body aircraft startup JetZero recently completed a study on the proper design of a refueling boom for a future KC-Z4 tanker.

JetZero is targeting a critical design review (CDR) of its full-scale multi-role demonstrator late in May.