Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Guy Norris
Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch plans to develop an air-breathing variant of its rocket-powered Mach 5-plus Talon vehicle.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
NASA has rescheduled the rollout for the Artemis II flight test to March 19.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
Special tactics units within the USAF Special Operations Command are researching options for buying short-range, first-person-view, one-way attack drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. homeland will face a dramatic rise in long-range missile threats over the next 10 years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s initiative to replace its long-serving Boeing E-3A Sentry airborne early warning aircraft fleet has now moved into the “realization stage.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK government says it is progressing with the development of a new family of long-range, conventionally armed missiles with Germany.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
OHB has booked a €248 million ($285 million) contract for 20 Eumetsat Polar System-Sterna (EPS-Sterna) microsatellites.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has revealed more details about its new, rapidly developed anti-drone defense software system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Differences between the Royal Australian Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail and the variant being acquired by the UK have led to “significant delays” in the program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Beyond European exasperation with the Trump administration, there are market realities causing a rupture in Europe’s missile buying habit.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Hensoldt agreed a deal to assure critical radar component supply through 2030—a signal European defense suppliers are bullish about long-term demand.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The Defense Department and its partner agencies are crafting a new national defense strategy dedicated to space security.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is weeks away from fielding its first Long Range Hypersonic Weapon battery.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is finally taking on the procurement in addition to the operational responsibility of the THAAD system from the Missile Defense Agency.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) flew a mission autonomy system derived from the Shield AI Hivemind in two UAVs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Telesat plans to add 500 MHz of military Ka-band spectrum to its initial Lightspeed satellite constellation.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace Industries’ (TAI) T625 Gokbey twin-engine helicopter has secured domestic civil certification from the country’s aviation regulator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
NASA was aiming to return its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B on March 20.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has laid out how it plans to divide most of its mission areas under the Pentagon’s new portfolio acquisition executive (PAE) system.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing are in a strong place to turn around the VC-25B future “Air Force One” program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
SpaceX has bought Maryland-based Hexagon Masterworks Inc.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The director of Golden Dome argues that cost estimates predicting huge increases to the program's price tag are fundamentally flawed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
Thermoplastic composites require further development before aircraft manufacturers can rely on them for large aircraft components, the CEO of Hexcel Global says
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
Innospace says a gas leak led to a combustion chamber rupture that caused the first flight of the Hanbit-Nano rocket to fail.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Nvidia is deepening its efforts to secure a share of the space economy, with the launch of a new GPU to deliver more edge computing horsepower on spacecraft.
Satellites