Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Turkish Aerospace Industries has begun taxi trials of the first fully representative prototype of the Kaan combat aircraft, imagery released by the airframer reveals.

GKN Aerospace has restarted some activities at its Garden Grove, California, industrial site after an industrial mishap, but parent company Melrose is not sure when the site will be fully operational again.

In the midst of NATO’s Ankara summit in July, the alliance released its latest set of data on the defense budgets of its member states, showing further significant increases in military spending.

The Philippine Air Force is looking beyond the acquisition of a new multi-role fighter as it transitions from counterinsurgency operations to territorial defense.

Starfighters Space, an aerospace company with a fleet of Mach 2-capable Lockheed F-104s, expects to start flight tests before year-end of a purpose-built adapter capable of evaluating multiple high-speed designs and experiments.

High-speed aircraft developer Hermeus has successfully deployed an inert weapon from its Quarterhorse Mk. 2.1 unpiloted vehicle over New Mexico.

Japan has conducted its first live-fire test of the RTX BGM-109 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile.

SpaceX released images taken by Starlink Version 3 (V3) satellites that conducted 20-min. inflight demonstrations as part of the July 24 Starship-Super Heavy flight test.

Bombardier is searching for a site in Canada where it can perform defense-related modifications to its business jets, including to the Global 6500 long-range business jet used as a GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, and other aircraft.

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NASA plans an Aug. 6 spacewalk to prepare for the installation of power-augmenting Roll Out Solar Arrays on the International Space Station.

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A newly obtained document reveals the full scope of the U.S. Navy’s preliminary plans for replacing all members of the venerable, RTX-made Standard Missile.

The U.S. Air Force is moving ahead on its plan to have the Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II take on the continuity-of-government and VIP transport role in the Washington area

The Defense Innovation Unit has launched a new $100 million competition to use uncrewed surface vessels to launch UAS to hunt low-cost threats.

Leonardo DRS of Arlington, Virginia, will acquire eight-year-old Raft of nearby McLean for $450 million in cash.

U.S. Special Operations Command wants its unique gunships to serve as mother ships for small drones.

The Irish government has approved the acquisition of a military radar network to protect the country’s airspace.

Edgewing, the trinational joint venture serving as prime contractor for the GCAP's next-generation fighter, is considering a different approach to flight testing.

The European Union has unlocked an additional €3.47 billion ($4 billion) for Ukraine to pay for a range of military hardware including Saab Gripen fighters.

Rolls-Royce is developing a scalable engine concept for Germany’s collaborative combat aircraft while expanding autonomous propulsion.

Airbus has begun deliveries of a new version of the NH90 battlefield transport helicopter to the French military.

GKN Aerospace supplied composite flight structures for BAE’s Brontanax CCA ahead of planned 2027 flight testing.

K2 Space is looking to develop a more than 100 kW-class spacecraft as part of expansion plans underpinned by a fresh funding round.

SES has begun taking steps to ensure its satellites meet a U.S. requirement for operators to free up 160 MHz of upper C-band spectrum in time for a 2030-31 deadline.