Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command outlined its new expectation Nov. 1 during a presentation at the Airlift/Tanker Association conference.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The SETI Institute has announced the selection of astronomer Jill Tarter, an institute co-founder and longtime researcher, as the inaugural recipient of the Tarter Award.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The Denver-based company is perhaps best known as a co-developer of the free-flying Starlab commercial space station for NASA.
Space

By Tony Osborne
SkyAlyne is acquiring 19 H135s to support Canada’s Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) Program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Kymeta has unveiled its second multi-orbit, on-the-move flat-panel antenna, the Goshawk u8.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
Shawn Warren joined GE Aerospace’s team selling F110 engines in 2018 when the engine still had an uncertain future.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Amid an intensifying rivalry with the U.S., China is leveraging its dominance of critical mineral supply chains.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Airbus presented a model of the proposed aircraft at the Euronaval defense exhibition in Paris, held Nov. 4-7.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Angus Batey
Experts spoke at the Aerospace Technology Institute's annual conference in October.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
MBDA has unveiled the latest iteration of its Exocet submarine-launched anti-ship missile that features an engine upgrade to extend range and a seeker upgrade.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The UK Defense Ministry has awarded a contract to Airbus’s Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for an Earth-observation satellite in a push toward sovereign ISR.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
JetZero has marked a key step toward development of its full-scale blended wing body demonstrator.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
SK Capital has completed the acquisition of Parker Hannifin’s composites and fuel containment operations in North America, renaming it Axillon Aerospace.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Japan successfully launched an X-band communications satellite using the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3 rocket.
Operations & Safety

By Angus Batey
Panelists speaking during the UK ATI annual conference were optimistic that hydrogen fuel cell technology could be scaled up to power regional airliners.
Emerging Technologies

By Craig Caffrey
Russia's 2025 budget will take defense spending to around 6.5% of GDP, the country's highest level since the end of the Cold War.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Kim Minseok
North Korea has announced the successful test-firing of the new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which was launched on the morning of Nov. 1.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Australia has cancelled a program to buy and field a geostationary military satellite program, saying it wants to invest in a multi-orbit constellation.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The image was unveiled this week at the Airlift/Tanker Association conference.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The new constellation will expand cellular service for Apple users, Globalstar disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 1.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall pointed to other budget priorities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s Airborne Early Warning and Control Force has taken delivery of its first Boeing E-3 Sentry upgraded to Final Lifetime Extension Program (FLEP) standard.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The head of the U.S. Air Force is raising the possibility of completely taking on the mission of air base protection from the Army.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
As it showcased dual-carrier operations for the first time, China released images showing the PLAN J-15B and J-15D now in operation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX CRS-31 is scheduled to launch on the Falcon 9 rocket with the Cargo Dragon capsule from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 4 .
Operations & Safety