Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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.

The company’s Hibiscus thermal infrared camera has a 3-m resolution, SuperSharp said.

Copenhagen will create an Acceleration Fund to enable faster procurements to support the country’s defense and security.

A date for the launch of the reusable New Shepard with its crew capsule from the company’s West Texas launch site will be announced soon.

In its annual report, published Feb. 19, Pilatus says the situation with suppliers post-COVID “remains challenging.”

BAE Systems’ acquisition of Ball Aerospace will help position the company for a potential role on the proposed Iron Dome for America missile defense project.