Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Constructed at Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto site in Brazil, the first Eve prototype was rolled out at a company event in July.

Beta Technologies has received FAA approval to commence dual-seat pilot training in its all-electric Alia vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft.

Near-space tourism provider Halo Space is gearing up for its next test flight over Saudi Arabia using its full-sized capsule designed for passenger flights.

Axiom Space co-founder Mike Suffredini will transition from CEO to long-term member of the company's six-person board of directors and advisor for "personal reasons."

Iraq’s Army Aviation Command has received its first batch of Bell 505 JetRanger X single-engine helicopters to be used on training duties.

Australia and the U.S. have pledged to enhance cooperation on air and missile defense and gave details on initiatives around the Lockheed Martin GMLRS and PrSM.

NASA will postpone the launch of its next crew to the ISS to allow more time to review the ongoing Boeing CST-100 Starliner mission at the orbital outpost.

Outfitted with both ultraviolet and short-wave infrared telescopes, Deep Purple is one of two instruments comprising NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator, targeted to launch mid-August.

Wright Electric has received funding from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx innovation unit to develop high-power rechargeable thermal batteries.

Aevex manufactures loitering munitions and uncrewed surface vessels in Tampa, Florida.

Archer says it is on track to complete construction of its high rate manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia, by year’s end.

In late July, under a temporary military flight release from the Air Force, the companies conducted three test flights of a KC-135.

The Space Systems Command’s System Engineering Review Board recommended the fueling port.

IFPC currently fires the AIM-9X Sidewinder missile for ground-launched air defense.

The Army has been progressing on LRPM with a series of tests using the Rafael-built Spike Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) missile.

Brig. Gen. Frank Lozano, the program executive officer for Missiles and Space, laid out four planned competitions for next year.

Rolls-Royce says it remains on schedule to conduct the critical design review (CDR) of the F130 production configuration for the USAF B-52J reengining program.

That aerospace and defense (A&D) component manufacturer TransDigm did well in the June quarter is no surprise.

A U.S. government document says the anti-submarine warfare aircraft will receive the same payloads that are being deployed on the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton.

The concept of missile defeat involves two elements, according to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command.

Germany acquired the IRIS-T SLM last year as part of a wider push to bolster its air and missile defenses in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

The design builds on experience from the Air One vertiport operational demonstration in Coventry, England, in April 2022.

Bulgaria looks set to join the list of European countries investing in their ground-based air defense.

Investors remain bullish about the aerospace and defense giant RTX despite ongoing travails with Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan engine.

Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) spinoff Aalto has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesian telecommunications company Mitratel.