Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Five people were killed and one was seriously injured after a HondaJet HA-420 light business jet crashed during an aborted takeoff Nov. 5 in Mesa, Arizona.

MERCURY SYSTEMS repored first quarter fiscal 2025 (ended Sept. 27) revenues of $204.4m, compared to $181m in the prior-year period. Total bookings were $247.7m, for a book-to-bill ratio of 1.21 for the quarter.

Total investment in the five projects amounts is C$101 million ($72.5 million).

DG Fuels plans to build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility Moorhead, Minnesota, with production anticipated to begin in 2030.

Volocopter retained the top slot in the latest edition of the AAM Reality Index.

Rolled out on Jan. 12, the X-59 previously used external sources for power.

The seven-member review team selected in mid-October is currently assessing a dozen MSR concepts.

Saab plans to fly an artificial intelligence aid developed by Helsing on the Gripen E combat aircraft.

The agency, in a Nov. 5 solicitation, said the work will relate mainly to an X-ray mirror assembly for AXIS.

Howmet Aerospace’s revenue and net income both grew at a steady clip in the third quarter thanks to strong demand for engines and within the aftermarket.

The program is currently in the assessment and risk reduction phase.

SpaceX said it would try to launch another Starship-Super Heavy vehicle as early as 5 p.m. EST Nov. 18.

The milestone clears the upgrade for the carrier-based airborne early warning aircraft to move toward a critical design review in 2025.

The J-35A is set to make its debut appearance at this year’s Zhuhai Airshow.

The fuselage work will be conducted in-house at a facility located at Beech Field on Textron Aviation’s East Campus.

Germany Defense Minister Boris Pistorius waited less than 24 hr. to travel to Paris to meet his French counterpart, Sebastien Lecornu.

Military spending rose 14% over President Biden’s four-year term to $841.4 billion in the fiscal 2024 appropriations bill signed into law last December.

The new contract will replace the current Typhoon Total Availability eNterprise (TyTAN) arrangement in 2026.

Hensoldt, with partners Lufthansa Technik and Bombardier, recently celebrated the first flight of the heavily modified Global 6000.

The efforts come at a time that Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and elsewhere have demonstrated the risk to UAS attacks at sea.

United Aircraft Corp. announced that Vadim Badekha, who previously led UAC propulsion supplier United Engine Corporation (UEC), will now lead UAC.

South Korea has selected Konan Technology to develop artificial intelligence (AI) software for the country’s future uncrewed air vehicles (UAV).

Amid the fallout from Lilium’s filing for insolvency, attention is turning to a comparatively little-noticed aspect of the advanced air mobility industry.

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