Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The company aims to mine asteroids for water to be used directly as fuel, or broken down into hydrogen and oxygen, which also could be used as fuel.

Boeing is set to deliver to the U.S. Air Force a new schedule for the long-delayed two-aircraft fleet, with projections now placing delivery as late as 2029.

The fire at SPS Technologies remained active with “hot spots” but was contained as of 9:30 a.m. EST on Feb. 20.

IM’s first Nova-C lander, named Odysseus, touched down near the lunar south pole’s Malapert A crater on Feb. 22, 2024.

The past month has shattered a decade-long era of relative fiscal and strategic certainty inside the Pentagon.

The Italian aerospace and defense company has suffered financially from low production rates on the Boeing 787.

The RFI for Space Weather Geostationary Series (SW GEO) Spacecraft was issued on Feb. 18.

Both aircraft have a similar configuration, with eight propellers on four underwing booms.

Free most recently served as a senior advisor to the administrator.

India has established a $58 million state-backed fund for space startups, the latest sign of its determination to become a major player in commercial space.

PLD Space says it has agreed to use the Etlaq spaceport in Oman for flights of its Miura launch vehicle family.

A system for France and Italy to share information and tasking across militaries regarding their Earth-observation capabilities has entered service.

Pratt has secured another contract worth up to $1.5 billion to sustain the F119 engine over the next three years and keep the F-22 flying.

The Airbus CEO says talks with Leonardo and Thales to fix an overcapacity problem in European satellite development and production could lead to creating a combined entity modeled on missile-maker MBDA.

Former small-satellite launch company ABL Space Systems has rebranded to Long Wall as part of a wider transformation to focus on missile defense.

Edge Group Chairman Faisal Al Bannai says the company’s defense export ambitions could still reach a major milestone this year with more than half of bookings coming from abroad.

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Raytheon and other companies attended an industry day in Huntsville, Alabama, on Feb. 18.

Recent government-wide layoffs have not affected any safety-critical employees in the FAA, Acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau said in an agency-wide email.

The U.S. imported $47 billion in minerals from Canada in 2023.

The company completed the detailed design review (DDR) for the XA102, developed for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program.

Excluding China, the 60 largest eVTOL startups have raked in a combined total of $13 billion since their inception.

The company will use the facility to support the design, development and production of new space superiority solutions and expand its classified operations.

The Air Force is looking for sustainment engineering and logistics services for the QF-16 optionally crewed Viper.