Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Graham Warwick
The Trump administration has approved the first tranche of a $1.67 billion loan guarantee to build a sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) plant in Montana.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
NASA repeatedly delayed the astronauts’ return as it studied issues with the capsule’s propulsion system.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
The Pioneer spacecraft integrates with Varda’s W-Series reentry capsule, which brings back goods made in space.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Seoul sought to export $20 billion in arms last year, but fell well short of that figure at $9.5 billion.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
On Jan. 27, the White House under President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the creation of a missile defense shield.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
A full-scale electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft belonging to Supernal is undergoing ground testing at Mojave Air & Space Port in California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The selection allows CAE to launch Phase 1, the co-development phase, of the Future Fighter Lead-In Training program.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Mark Carreau
The robots assist astronauts with scientific research and technology demonstrations.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) revealed Feb. 12 that it has delivered a new airborne, multi-role radar to an unidentified “strategic” customer.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris
The award follows the completion of tests of the fully integrated VR35K-A propulsion system.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Rheinmetall is due to start delivering to the Netherlands simulators for Embraer C-390 transport aircraft under a recently agreed deal.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The three-year Battage—a moniker combining "battery" and "age"—is led by Italy and involves participants from Belgium, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Spire's effort to improve its balance sheet through the sale of its maritime business to Kpler is in jeopardy as the Belgian buyer is yet to consummate the deal.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
New French and Israeli air-launched weapons could enter the Indian inventory following agreements with state-owned Bharat Dynamics and Bharat Electronics.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
Scheduled for launch in April, the ESA's Biomass mission features a novel a 100-watt, P-band synthetic aperture radar.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian Defense Department has awarded a contract to CEA Technologies to build 14 phased array radars (MMPAR).
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
Propulsion system issues prompted NASA to remove the crew for Starliner’s return to Earth in September 2024.
Operations & Safety

By Ben Goldstein
The vertiports were designed in partnership with LODD, an Abu Dhabi-based specialist of drone technology and autonomous aerial logistics.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The robot would be hosted as a payload aboard Momentus’ Vigoride orbital services vehicle.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The interceptors involved could include the Standard Missile, Patriot and Theater High Altitude Area Defense programs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
DOGE, while not an actual U.S. government department, has already effectively shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
In an earnings call, the company’s management struck an upbeat note on the Iron Dome for America.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The partnership aims to produce an affordable, hypersonic military drone made by Cummings in the near-term.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Constraints on arrival traffic at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) are easing slightly.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
The awards were made under the commission’s Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF) grant program initiative.
Budget, Policy & Regulation