Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The Dhruv NG headed a lineup of indigenous Indian aircraft products at the Aero India air show.

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh says policies adopted by the current Indian government had “galvanized” the entire defense sector.

India defense sector spending will rise by 6.4% compared to the revised estimates for 2024-25.

ESA, in a Feb. 10 announcement, said the study is a precursor to a potential optical time synchronization and ranging (OpSTAR) in-orbit demonstration.

Despite uncertainty about the shape of the defense budget under the Trump administration, overseas markets are expected to outpace the U.S. in the near term.

Thales Alenia Space says it will build the Thor 8 communication satellite for Norway.

L3Harris has unveiled a system ready to enter service that allows one human operator to orchestrate a swarm of thousands of vehicles performing a combat mission with a touch on a tablet.

ESA says a group of astronomers asked for the powerful James Webb telescope to gather more data on the asteroid and that the tasking has been accepted.

Space startup Loft Orbital is deepening links with AI specialist Helsing as part of an effort to deploy a new LEO satellite constellation starting in 2026.

The U.S. Space Force has for the first time deployed a payload on a Japanese satellite.

Nordic Air Defence (NAD) is developing the first in a family of modular interceptors that could engage rapidly proliferating small drone threats.

Airbus has secured the deal to provide the British military with an SAR system as part of the UK’s effort to build up indigenous Earth-observation capacity.

Delair’s DT46 long-range vertical-takeoff-and-landing drone has been equipped with a version of Ascendance’s Sterna hybrid-electric propulsion system.

As the service mulls what will come after the current Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation, it is planning a service life extension program.

The authorization comes two weeks after President Donald Trump lifted a hold by the Biden administration on a batch of Mk 84 bombs to Israel.

The agreement closes an eight-year-old case brought by a former senior staff policy pricing analyst for Lockheed’s training and simulation business.

Released Feb. 6, NASA’s independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) report identified risk, management and budget challenges.

The company instead pivoted to use aluminum for its Haven-1 commercial space station, it said on Feb. 6.

The Across America initiative is planned to begin at the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, in April.

The metals are crucial inputs for a wide variety of defense systems, and the U.S. has limited domestic reserves and stockpiles.

The service will replace its existing fleet of 13 PC-7s with eight PC-7MKXs and four flight simulators.

The alliance’s Allied Command Transformation has asked industry and academia for ideas to counter glide bombs as part of one of its innovation challenges.

The ministry says the Jan. 25 test validated the flight performance of the domestically produced standoff missile, which “performed as planned.”

Saab is ramping up staffing on a Swedish military project to devise future combat aircraft capabilities and expects to fly several UAS in the coming years, CEO Micael Johansson says.

Russia's first space launch in 2025 also marked the final mission of its Soyuz-2.1v light launcher, with the country effectively running out of its supply of motors for the rocket type.