Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Mark Carreau
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander remains on course for a planned soft landing no earlier than March 2 at 3:45 a.m. EST on the Moon.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Edge Group’s Powertech engine business is looking to secure the first partnership agreements to underpin its ambition to develop a broad range of engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan has grounded its fleet of AIDC T-5 Brave Eagles after one of the advanced trainers crashed shortly after takeoff on Feb. 15.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Robert Wall
Capella Space plans to start deploying its next-gen satellites late next year as it looks to expand from its traditional X-band SAR collection.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
“I need additional supply chains. I need additional manufacturing sites,” Lockheed Martin's Tim Cahill says here in Abu Dhabi.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The picture shows two LRAMs carried on outboard pylons of a Bell AH-1Z Viper test aircraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Sean Broderick
Investigators have determined parts of two messages from a controller in the DCA tower may not have been heard by pilots in the UH-60H Black Hawk.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
The agency announced Feb. 3 the next in a multistep strategy in which it would provide VIPER to a potential U.S. partner.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The Gulf state, home to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, aims to define aerial corridors and regulations within the next 20 months.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The first of two Army Theater-Level High-Altitude Expeditionary Next Airborne aircraft deployed to South Korea on Feb. 12.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The demonstration, under project HydRON—for High-Throughput Optical Space Network—builds on studies Thales Alenia Space led and completed in 2023.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal New Zealand Navy is waiting for the government in Wellington to select a new fleet of naval helicopters to replace its Kaman SH-2G(I) Seasprites.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German defense electronics company Hensoldt says it has secured a $367 million contract for work on the Eurofighter Mk. 1 radar for use by Germany and Spain.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
K2 Space says it has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round as it looks to scale up production of its satellite system.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
Firefly Aerospace won a launch service contract for the Space Force’s Victus Sol mission, the fifth in a series of orbital projects commissioned under TacRS.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
President Trump revived a long-dormant proposal to sell Lockheed Martin F-35s to India during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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By Garrett Reim
Stoke Space has mounted its Andromeda2 upper stage rocket engine cluster on a test stand at its Moses Lake, Washington, site ahead of ground testing.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The risk of financial losses on a classified aeronautics program is “pretty well contained” after a fourth-quarter charge, says Lockheed Martin's CFO.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
One particularly promising solution to battling wildfires like those in Los Angeles is the use of aerial firefighting with uncrewed helicopters.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A year after launch of the project, Climate Impulse is reporting progress toward its goal of flying around the world nonstop on hydrogen-electric power in 2028.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost is set to undergo installation and testing of valves and hatches, leak checks and integration of external structures.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
A secretive DARPA office has a new project: a large hypersonic bomber prototype. The Aerospace Projects Office keeps a low profile, even by DARPA standards.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman collided with a merchant vessel in the Mediterranean Sea, the latest incident for the carrier in the past three months.
Aircraft & Propulsion