Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Experts spoke at the Aerospace Technology Institute's annual conference in October.

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.

The UK Defense Ministry has awarded a contract to Airbus’s Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for an Earth-observation satellite in a push toward sovereign ISR.

JetZero has marked a key step toward development of its full-scale blended wing body demonstrator.

SK Capital has completed the acquisition of Parker Hannifin’s composites and fuel containment operations in North America, renaming it Axillon Aerospace.

Japan successfully launched an X-band communications satellite using the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3 rocket.

Panelists speaking during the UK ATI annual conference were optimistic that hydrogen fuel cell technology could be scaled up to power regional airliners.

Russia's 2025 budget will take defense spending to around 6.5% of GDP, the country's highest level since the end of the Cold War.

North Korea has announced the successful test-firing of the new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which was launched on the morning of Nov. 1.

Australia has cancelled a program to buy and field a geostationary military satellite program, saying it wants to invest in a multi-orbit constellation.

The image was unveiled this week at the Airlift/Tanker Association conference.

The new constellation will expand cellular service for Apple users, Globalstar disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 1.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall pointed to other budget priorities.

NATO’s Airborne Early Warning and Control Force has taken delivery of its first Boeing E-3 Sentry upgraded to Final Lifetime Extension Program (FLEP) standard.

The head of the U.S. Air Force is raising the possibility of completely taking on the mission of air base protection from the Army.

As it showcased dual-carrier operations for the first time, China released images showing the PLAN J-15B and J-15D now in operation.

SpaceX CRS-31 is scheduled to launch on the Falcon 9 rocket with the Cargo Dragon capsule from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 4 .

L3Harris is hoping to add Morocco to the list of countries operating its advanced, business-jet-based airborne ISR aircraft.

Boeing and the International Association of Machinists (IAM) have reached a new tentative agreement that will be presented for a vote Nov. 4.

News in brief.

The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) made special mention during its fourth-quarter session of how mission management openly addressed safety concerns.

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But the Marine Corps probe, released Oct. 31, found the incident was not a result of a dereliction of duty.

The Nigerian Air Force is modernizing with 10 new AW109 transport helicopters in 2026 and the first of 24 M-346FA light attack aircraft in 2025.

Reaction Engines, the UK-U.S.-based pioneer of hypersonic propulsion and thermal management systems, has been forced into closure.