Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive has signed an agreement with the Osaka Metro Co. to study using air taxis in the area after the 2025 World Expo there.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The funding would help develop Outpost Space’s Carryall reentry capsule.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
The contract is potentially worth €3 billion ($3.3 billion) for an unspecified version of the Rafale.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
The rocket lifted off at 3:48 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral SFS to deliver 21 Starlink satellites into orbit.
Operations & Safety

By Tony Osborne
Poland’s first aircraft, AZ-01, was rolled out in front of Polish politicians and senior air force figures at the company’s Fort Worth facility on Aug. 28.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Qatar and Turkey appear to have formed a joint air force unit, deepening the military ties between the two countries.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
SpaceX suffered a mishap with a Falcon 9 first-stage booster during an attempt to land it on a ship following its use during a Starlink launch mission.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

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By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
The Uruguayan Air Force is reaping the benefits of a rapid increase in defense spending over the past few years, and has10 planned new aircraft purchases.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Brian Everstine
The first EA-37B Compass Call for the U.S. Air Force’s operational unit touched down Aug. 23 at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The Germany-based company has a U.S. subsidiary based in Hawthorne, California.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s plan to build a second mobile launcher for its upgraded Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will cost the agency $1.8 billion.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The agency wants materials that are also resistant to the corrosive LEO environment.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The company also says it has measures underway to prevent a recurrence.
Operations & Safety

By Tony Osborne
Details of the Saab studies have emerged from an event held by the Folk och Försvar–Swedish for People and Defense–association.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's announcement offers the first confirmation that a small batch of F-16s delivered to Ukraine in July are flying combat missions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren, Tony Osborne
The service also highlighted the RTAF’s autonomy in employing the Swedish fighter without the country of origin’s permission.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The new domestically developed weapon is called Palyanytsia, the name of a popular Ukrainian loaf of bread,.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Craig Caffrey
A draft budget suggests the Indonesian Defense Ministry is set to benefit from the stance of president-elect Prabowo Subianto who took office earlier this year.
AWIN Knowledge Center

The new configuration increases first-stage peak thrust levels by more than half compared to Trident C4 version, but the thrust upgrade is a secondary goal.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Dufour Aerospace has conducted the first hover flight of the production-ready prototype for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid eVTOL UAS.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Eanan Al Samma's Rikaz is a multicopter electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle with four three-blade propellers mounted on arms.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
Uruguay has become the latest South American country to sign up to operate the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light-attack aircraft.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX has reset the launch of the privately funded Polaris Dawn mission for Aug. 28 to troubleshoot a helium leak in a quick-disconnect umbilical on the ground side of the Falcon 9 launch system.
Operations & Safety