Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Aviation Week Network Staff
Air Serbia and Uzbekistan’s Qanot Sharq have limited flights to Russia just two weeks after an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E190 crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Vivienne Machi
Turion is a non-Earth imaging and in-space mobility company headquartered in Irvine, California.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Defense engineering and support company Babcock has acquired 11 Aero Vodochody L-39 jet trainers as part of an effort to grow European training capacity.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Robert Wall
Marshall Aerospace says it has secured a two-year contract extension to support Lockheed Martin C-130Js in the Danish and Norwegian air forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Elbit Systems says it has secured a $60 million contract for counter-uncrewed air system (C-UAS) equipment from an undisclosed buyer.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
An FAA airspace advisory is in effect for New Glenn-1 (NG-1) launch attempts from Jan. 6-12 from Cape Canaveral SFS.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
ULA flew two flights for its Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle in 2024, on Jan. 8 and Oct. 4.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
FAB accident investigation experts are extracting data from the flight recorders recovered from the Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
“The root cause was identified as a software issue within the ground segment,” Eutelsat said on Jan. 2.
Commercial Space

By Kevin Michaels
The aerospace supplier is a shell of its former self after being “cash cowed” by its parent company for several decades.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. Commerce Department is considering imposing a rule that could restrict or ban drones made in China due to the national security risks they pose.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) lists spacecraft as one of 15 priority areas in its Fiscal 2025 Investment Strategy.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. State Department has approved a $3.6 billion AIM-120 Amraam package to Japan, in what will be one of the largest foreign exports of the missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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By Mark Carreau
The telemetry stream received by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab on Jan. 1 was to continue through Jan. 2.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The barge is named Jacklyn after the mother of Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos.
Commercial Space

Swaati Ketkar
The partnership aims to revolutionize air travel in India by introducing seven-seat electric flying taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Kendall took over as the service’s top civilian in 2021 and will leave office in the next few weeks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jens Flottau
The group of investors seeking to take over electric aircraft manufacturer Lilium plans to invest more than €200 million into the insolvent company.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
The Israeli Defense Ministry has set up a new research unit to focus on AI and autonomy while also ramping up production of Arrow-3 missile interceptors.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kim Minseok
Flight testing of LIG Nex1's ESR-500A active electronically scanned array radar with the Netherlands Aerospace Center has now begun.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The announcement indicates either a third African operator for the A-29 or top-up orders by Mauritania or Nigeria.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Garrett Reim
The two agencies are looking for ways to speed up transferring technology developed by federal entities.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The manufacturer said the first flight took place on Dec. 30 from the company’s Ankara campus.
Light Attack and Advanced Training