Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Aviation Week Staff
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By Tony Osborne
Airbus is proposing the development of the System and Teaming Advanced Research (STAR) demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
This year, that operational requirement comes as the U.S. Air Force also undergoes a large-scale overhaul of its force structure.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Contract negotiations with Spain for a second batch of 25 aircraft, called Halcon II, have concluded.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The service is preparing for a major overhaul of its military-grade satellite communications architecture over the next decade.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
A quantum gravity gradiometer measures variations in gravitational acceleration.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The Soyuz-2.1b medium-lift vehicle with a Fregat upper stage took off Nov. 4 at 6:18 p.m. EST from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The $1.6 billion mission was launched Aug. 12, 2018, on a seven-year primary mission to gather firsthand data on the solar corona, or the Sun’s atmosphere.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft docked to the U.S. segment of the ISS on Nov. 5 to deliver 6,000 lb. of supplies, station hardware and research material.
Operations & Safety

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has signed a contract for 12 Airbus H225M Caracal helicopters to support Dutch special operations forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Italy has exercised an option to study the integration of the Naval Cruise Missile system on its FREMM frigates, the European defense materiel agency says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Spire Global has disclosed new talks with lender Blue Torch Capital to get relief on some loan terms as it tries to complete a full review of its financials.
Satellites

By Sean Broderick
Front-line workers represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) voted Nov. 4 to accept Boeing's latest contract proposal
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A followed a Falcon 9 scrub Nov. 3 at the neighboring Cape Canaveral SFS Space Launch Complex 40.
Operations & Safety

By Ben Goldstein
The first stage of the type certification process, the certification basis spells out the environmental and airworthiness requirements for new aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command outlined its new expectation Nov. 1 during a presentation at the Airlift/Tanker Association conference.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The SETI Institute has announced the selection of astronomer Jill Tarter, an institute co-founder and longtime researcher, as the inaugural recipient of the Tarter Award.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The Denver-based company is perhaps best known as a co-developer of the free-flying Starlab commercial space station for NASA.
Space

By Tony Osborne
SkyAlyne is acquiring 19 H135s to support Canada’s Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) Program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Kymeta has unveiled its second multi-orbit, on-the-move flat-panel antenna, the Goshawk u8.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
Shawn Warren joined GE Aerospace’s team selling F110 engines in 2018 when the engine still had an uncertain future.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Amid an intensifying rivalry with the U.S., China is leveraging its dominance of critical mineral supply chains.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Airbus presented a model of the proposed aircraft at the Euronaval defense exhibition in Paris, held Nov. 4-7.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Angus Batey
Experts spoke at the Aerospace Technology Institute's annual conference in October.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
MBDA has unveiled the latest iteration of its Exocet submarine-launched anti-ship missile that features an engine upgrade to extend range and a seeker upgrade.
Missile Defense & Weapons