Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Vivienne Machi
The service has supported a steady growth in its launch cadence and does not see it slowing down in the near future.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Bethesda, Maryland-based company reported a $1.3 billion reach-forward loss on a classified program within the Missiles & Fire Control (M&FC) business.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
“This is not going to be a major restructuring of the Boeing Company,” Ortberg said Jan. 28 while discussing fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 financial results.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
A date for a second launch attempt was not set as the scrub was called at 12:54 a.m. EST.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
The supersonic flight of Boom's XB-1 demonstrator, the first independently developed faster-than-sound aircraft, was successful.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The company has not set a timeline for the operational rollout of deliveries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
Warsaw said it expects deliveries in 2029-35.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Denmark’s political parties have agreed to spend $2 billion on strengthening defense capabilities in the Arctic and North Atlantic region, including Greenland.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Test flights of the tiltwing aircraft from Zurich have included transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Though the order is entitled “The Iron Dome for America,” the details of the concept extend far beyond Israel’s Iron Dome system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Albatroz UAS is a 500-kg, fixed-wing, twin-boom UAS that the company hopes to embark on the ship for trials as soon as June.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The 2,000-kg (4,400-lb.) gross weight electric aircraft received its Chinese type certificate in March 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
ESA has signed a deal with Thales Alenia Space to build the EnVision spacecraft to explore Venus from its inner core to upper atmosphere, the company said.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Shifting geopolitical realities are driving European space leaders to push defense and security up the space agenda.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Airbus and Spanish shipbuilder Navantia have agreed to explore the navalization of the Sirtap UAS, potentially enabling it to operate from Juan Carlos I.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Europe aims to resume flying the Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket on Feb. 26, with the launch set to be the first managed by Arianespace.
Operations & Safety

By Ben Goldstein
The 255,000-ft.2 Seaglider Manufacturing Facility is located in Quonset Industrial Park in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The Torrance, California-based company specializes in robotic arms for in-space servicing and lunar rovers.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Located at the agency’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) is available to industry and academia.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at addressing the key challenges of charging infrastructure and pilot training.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on “Iron Dome for America.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
President Donald Trump’s State Department has announced that the U.S. export control system authorized a whopping $318 billion in foreign arms sales in 2024.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation received its first international sale of seven Beechcraft King Air 260 military multi-engine training aircraft from SkyAlyne and KF Aerospace.
Maintenance & Training

By Tony Osborne
Even said a strategic review of the program concluded that battery technology had not yet evolved to meet the minimum level of performance.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The company is providing no time frame for this planned expansion of its reach.
Advanced Air Mobility