Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The effort is part of Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1).

Despite the stand down and restrictions, Marine leaders said the “workhorse” of its fleet was a key part of expeditionary options.

Blauser, who currently serves as deputy director of the U.S. Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office, will oversee the space procurement office.

The Andover, Massachusetts-based company posted sales of $223.1 million in its second fiscal quarter of 2025, up 13% year-on-year.

The space patrol Yoda program has been devised for the protection of valuable assets.

The aeroengine manufacturer has been using the metallics powder to print parts for the Orpheus small engine demonstration program.

Until now, the service has been tight-lipped about the role it played in defending Israel on April 14.

The Phoenix 1 capsule is set to be part of the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission due sometime after March.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy says it has deployed a new long-range Qadr 380 anti-ship cruise missile.

SKY Perfect JSAT is looking to get into the low-Earth-orbit remote-sensing business through a $230 million investment and partnership with Planet Labs.

The European Space Agency says the risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid crashing into Earth has gone up since an initial assessment it made late last month.

A joint effort between Lockheed Martin Australia and the University of New South Wales is underway to develop a hypersonic flight testbed.

Saab is in talks with the UK Defense Ministry to potentially upgrade its Giraffe Agile Multibeam Radar system that would boost its operationally utility after more than a decade of service.

Engineers spend only about 50% of their time on engineering work in aerospace and defense, according to a study.

The Block II infrared search and track cleared the initial operational capability milestone three months ago.

ZeroAvia says it has reached Stage 2 of the FAA’s G-1 issue paper process to establish the certification basis for the 600-kW electric propulsion system.

The 656-ft.-long airship will use 32 of the motors, with power supplied by Honeywell 1-megawatt turbogenerators.

The four PUNCH small satellites with their narrow- and wide-field imagers are to be distributed in complementary low-altitude Sun-synchronous polar orbits.

The service on Feb. 4 released a solicitation to identify small UAS that can identify isolated personnel in areas where combat aircraft are denied.

Licenses will now be required by Chinese manufacturers that wish to export 20 products that use tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, indium and molybdenum.

The first flight milestone, announced Feb. 4, keeps the program on track to deliver the first systems near the end of this year.

The December quarter was notable by TransDigm’s standards for not including any new M&A deals.

Multiple NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System reports from the past two decades detail close encounters between commercial aircraft and helicopters near DCA.

The company develops and operates space tugs that carry spacecraft to their final orbits and host payloads, including experiments and demonstrations.

Saab CEO Micael Johannson says the company sees “huge demand” for the 3D surveillance system and needs extra production capacity to keep pace.