Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Irene Klotz
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander, slated to lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, will carry 10 scientific instruments and tech demonstrations to the Moon.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
Founded in 1978, California-based Aero Turbine has a customer portfolio that includes the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The operation is a preview of where Air Mobility Command (AMC) is trying to go as part of a broad situational awareness push.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Guy Norris
U.S. Space Command's Gen. Stephen Whiting supports plans by the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command to increase its space personnel and space control.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
The electronic warfare mission support tasks for the Ukrainian F-16s donated by the Netherlands and Denmark are being “onboarded” as a new FMS case.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Vivienne Machi
While the other eight engines ignited as planned, the fire in the ninth engine was “really difficult to contain.”
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Orbitworks will be the first company in the UAE to manufacture commercial low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellations.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The turboprop Grand Caravan aircraft have a range of about 1,150 mi. with a payload capacity of up to 1,200 lb.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator made a successful second flight from Mojave Air & Space Port, California, on Aug. 26.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
H3 Dynamics will supply fuel cells to a project developing a modular, distributed hybrid hydrogen-electric propulsion system for future regional aircraft
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
State media KCNA released images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un being shown the capabilities of at least two loitering munitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Among the new tech propelled forward by an intense military rivalry with China, one of the latest may come as a surprise: the humble powered paraglider.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau, Irene Klotz
Two NASA astronauts conducting a flight test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth in February aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
Defense

By Vivienne Machi
The trilateral n Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability program involves the standup of a network of ground-based radars by the end of the decade.
Space

By Bill Carey
The FAA said Aug. 23 that it has assessed $341,413 in civil penalties for improper drone operations since late 2022.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
The company has resolved a problem that impaired operation of one of the three parachutes on the last flight of its New Shepard suborbital spacecraft.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NATO looks set to purchase a further three Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft to bolster the alliance’s Multinational MRTT Unit.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The company plans to launch the first of its forestry monitoring spacecraft in 2025 after supplier issues delayed the mission from this year.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The hypersonic aircraft developer has completed low-speed taxi tests of its Quarterhorse Mk. 1 vehicle ahead of flight tests planned for later this year.
Emerging Technologies

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By Tony Osborne
The Global Hawk is the largest UAS to land in the UK.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brandon Patrick
Global events continue to drive military aircraft markets, and the AH-64E’s success is a useful example of the phenomenon.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Irene Klotz
The newcomers join 11 companies selected in 2022 for the VADR program.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA has replaced its longtime Commercial Space Division chief Phil McAlister, who oversaw the agency’s Commercial Crew and other programs.
Space