Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Mark Carreau
The Dragon capsule has a return cargo that includes scientific research and equipment.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The Iron Beam could help deal with two critical problems with Israel's Iron Dome: the mental strain on Israelis from constant air raid alarms and risk of debris.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Honeywell International will provide more information about possibly spinning off its aerospace and defense division.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
In a 2024 update to its evolving Moon-to-Mars Architecture Definition Document, NASA lists five new high-priority technology gaps, including lunar-dust-mitigation systems.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The EU and ESA signed a concession contract with a European industry consortium to deploy a roughly 292-satellite secure, sovereign communications system.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
BAE Systems Australia says its vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed combat aircraft system, known as Strix, has made its debut flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Oklahoma and Taiwan have deepened their budding aerospace and defense partnership with two new agreements.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Stratolaunch is recycling for another attempt at the first reusable test flight of the Talon A hypersonic testbed after aborting a mission on Dec. 13.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
South Korean launcher startup Innospace says supply chain and other issues have driven it to delay the launch of its Hanbit-Nano rocket to July 2025.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 technology demonstrator probed deeper into the transonic speed regime during its ninth test flight from Mojave Air & Space Port.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is seeking a special election in Texas to incorporate the private Starbase community that serves as a manufacturing complex, test facility and spaceport.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Airbus Ventures invests in Singapore-based Eureka Robotics.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Langley Research Center has issued a request for information (RFI) supporting a potential Earth aerocapture technology demonstration mission.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Lucy mission spacecraft sped close by the Earth for a second gravity assist to place the probe on a course for the first flybys of five Trojan asteroids.
Space Exploration

By Thierry Dubois
Unseenlabs, boosted by the success of its in-orbit constellation of non-cooperative ship-detection satellites, is preparing its next generation.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army and Navy have conducted a successful, end-to-end test of the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon as they look to field similar versions of the system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Polish Ministry of Defense has signed a contract to upgrade its 16 Airbus C295M transport aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The lead system integrators in the trinational Global Combat Air Program have agreed to form a joint venture that will go on to produce the future fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Two ground-launched ballistic missiles have struck a simulated enemy target with the predicted trajectory.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Indian government has signed a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics for 12 more Su-30MKI combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Hensoldt CEO Oliver Dorre is looking to boost the German defense electronic supplier’s international footprint as part of a new growth plan.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brandon Patrick
Data from Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s Fleet Discovery Military tool indicate that what remained of deposed Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s air force after a decade of civil war may not have posed a modern threat.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Michael Bruno
Boeing has pledged to invest $1 billion in its South Carolina operation as it looks to double 787 widebody production within two years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Astroscale’s Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan approached to within 15 m of an orbiting derelict Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA upper-stage body.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
United Launch Alliance is exploring ways to turn its Centaur upper stage into a rocket that can dynamically move around space.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion