Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Graham Warwick
BAE Systems plans to provide the energy storage system for an Airbus project to demonstrate microhybridization for commercial aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
NEON is to succeed the current Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) programs.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
The details of the European Launcher Challenge are still in the works.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Colorado-based Numerica is known for its air and missile defense capabilities, which it says are “used in critical defense systems worldwide.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo is the subject of a $2.6 billion compensation claim launched Jan. 10 by the family of a Thai billionaire who was killed in an AW169 crash in 2018.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
A firefighting Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper was taken out of service Jan. 9 after it was struck by a drone while battling the Palisades fire in Los Angeles.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Dubbed the Dubai International Vertiport (DVX), the facility is to be the first of a planned network of four vertiports that Skyports will build and operate.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
JPL is within the mandatory evacuation zone for the Eaton Fire, north of Pasadena.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
The contract with D-Orbit includes two launch opportunities and operations, in June and October, on D-Orbit’s Ion spacecraft.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The first application is the Sky One, a modified Robinson R66 light helicopter.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Ben Goldstein
The licensing initiative comes after ARC announced late last year that it plans to sell off the C600 program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
The decrease in funding for the subcontinent’s space startups appears to be part of a natural investment cycle rather than a sign of waning investor interest in the sector.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The Daegu-based company has released video showing an uncrewed tethered hover test of a full-scale prototype of the two-seat HAM-III-2 in December.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
Liftoff of NG-1 from Space Launch Complex-36 remains targeted between 1-4 a.m. EST.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
There will still be billions of unused authority for the incoming Trump administration to decide what to do with, Pentagon officials say.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
GE Aerospace has secured an order for T700 turboshaft engines to power Poland’s new Apache attack helicopter fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The head of the Indian Air Force is calling for more domestic private sector competition to drive greater success in fielding equipment locally.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
ESA has unveiled images the BepiColombo mission collected during its recent flight past Mercury when it skirted only 183 mi. above the planet's surface.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
ESA is assessing what NASA’s plan changes for the Mars Sample Return mission mean and preparing for potential alterations to the Artemis lunar program.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency expects five Ariane 6 launches and four Vega-C liftoffs in 2025 as it heads into a busy year, with the agency's three-year-plan in the balance.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

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By Ben Goldstein
A subsidiary of Chinese automaker XPeng, Aero HT’s Land Aircraft Carrier features a six-propeller electric multicopter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The companies will also work together to develop large-area displays for next-generation cockpits with thinner, higher resolution screens.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Two sizes are being sought for the HADES program’s launched effects.
Aircraft & Propulsion