Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

NASA's contract with the Southwest Research Institute includes the development and operation of two magnetometers as part of NOAA's Space Weather Next program.

The House Armed Services and Senate Armed Services committees are providing one of the U.S. Space Force’s procurement offices with a boost in resources.

U.S. operators paused most Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey operations after a material failure caused one of the tiltrotor aircraft to make a precautionary landing.

Blue Origin reiterated its plan to launch the first New Glenn orbital rocket this month, with a key static hot-fire of the reusable first stage still pending.

Pixxel, an Indian startup developing hyperspectral satellites, has raised $24 million as part of a Series B extension round.

Iran’s space agency has for the first time launched the Simorgh rocket equipped with a space tug as an upper stage.

For years, mention of counterspace capabilities was taboo. but U.S. Space Force formation and on-orbit activity has led to more calls for investment and focus.

KAI and South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration have signed the first KF-21 performance-based logistics contract.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has rolled out the latest large tranche of aid for Ukraine as he faced up to an uncertain future for supplying Kyiv and his own department’s legacy on the issue.

The U.S. Air Force and Navy should more closely collaborate on variants of their next-generation fighters instead of further splitting apart as development continues, an influential senator argues.

The top U.S. officer in the Pacific says Russia has reached an agreement with North Korea to send MiG-29 and Su-27 fighter aircraft to Pyongyang.

The House and Senate Armed Services Committees have released the compromise fiscal 2025 defense policy bill, which remains under a required spending cap despite efforts from some key lawmakers to raise the spending ceiling.

The U.S. Defense Department is funding an uncrewed air vehicle (UAV) laser power-beaming development project.

Scaled Composites brings back its “Old School” test platform seven years after its last flight.

Stratolaunch says it is receiving its final rounds of approvals to conduct its first reusable test flight of the Talon A hypersonic testbed by Dec. 31.

The Ukrainian government has revealed production plans for two long-range drone missiles, highlighting a campaign to strengthen the national defense industry.

Anduril Industries and OpenAI have formed a “strategic partnership” to develop artificial intelligence systems for national security missions.

Portugal’s EEA Aircraft and Maintenance is selecting suppliers for the country’s first indigenously produced aircraft, naming Akaer as structures supplier.

Australia has shortlisted the Lockheed Martin PrSM and the Kongsberg NSM to form the country’s second long-range fires regiment.

The test firing of the MBDA Meteor took place in Lossiemouth, Scotland, to take advantage of the available airspace over the Atlantic, the Luftwaffe said.

Arianespace on Dec. 4 returned the Vega-C rocket to flight after a more than two-year hiatus following a mission failure in 2022.

The agency suspects maneuvering spacecraft could open the door to other science missions, including ones linked to Mars sample return missions.

NASA again has pushed back anticipated launch dates for the Artemis II and Artemis III crewed lunar missions in light of Orion crew capsule heat-shield damage.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has signed a classified strategy document designed to unify the military’s efforts to counter uncrewed systems.

Bell has completed wind-tunnel testing of its proposed X-plane for a DARPA project to demonstrate a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.