Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The U.S. Air Force has proposed a high-altitude balloon program as an option for the broader Replicator initiative to accelerate new autonomous systems.

The Indonesian Air Force is set to buy a fleet of Bayraktar TB2 uncrewed aerial systems to bolster its surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.

The Royal Jordanian Air Force spent the latter half of the 2010s working to divest itself of aircraft programs in an effort to slow an oncoming budgetary crisis in the country. But notwithstanding constrained funding, the need for a strong regional bloc to counterbalance growing instability in the region remains strong.

The Crew Flight Test of the Boeing-built CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has marked its eighth week docked at the International Space Station.

“This model ... did what it was meant to do, which is it proved the aerodynamics of the nose activating take-off gear,” says JetZero CEO Tom O’Leary.

Senate appropriators are seeking to reverse some of the Pentagon’s proposed development cutbacks as part of an $852.2 billion fiscal 2025 defense spending bill.

The dual-thrust solid rocket motor for BlueHalo’s Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1) completed several rounds of testing since being selected by the Army,

Vast has allotted its first two payload lockers on its in-development private space station to Redwire and Yuri, which have run ISS microgravity experiments.

The U.S. Air Force is placing more precautions on its CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor fleet after investigators found a catastrophic failure of the aircraft’s gearbox.

The F-16 training school set up in Romania has graduated its first students but has yet to train Ukrainian pilots.

NASA must document efforts to address the greater-than-planned mass of the first two modules for its lunar-orbiting human-tended Gateway, says GAO auditors.

MD Helicopters (MDH) has made new appointments at the top of its management chain following the promotion of Ryan Weeks to president.

Leonardo Helicopters has begun ground runs of its Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Technology Demonstrator ahead of its first flight, planned before year-end,

BAE Systems will keep an eye on possible defense consolidation in Europe, company CEO Charles Woodburn says.

MTU Aero Engines reports that the time in shop to overhaul some PW1000G geared-turbofan engines has fallen below 100 days.

Korea Aerospace Industries has shrunk its loyal wingman concept to quell concerns about how much it might cost.

Boeing is anticipating certification of all three in-development aircraft by the end of 2025 and expressing confidence in near-term production-ramp estimates.

A new U.S. defense project is devoted to converting two General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-20s into air-to-air adversaries for training fighter pilots.

The Aerospace Corp. plans to expand its TRL Bootcamp, a technology-accelerator program initially funded by the U.S. Space Force to include NASA.

Boeing CFO Brian West indicated that the troubled airframer and large defense prime will see another year full of red ink when 2024 results are reported.

A “Next Generation Airlift — Last Tactical Leg” (NGAL-LTL) program appeared on a list of upcoming contract opportunities on a recorded briefing on July 29.

Northrop Grumman’s 21st NASA contracted International Space Station (ISS) Cygnus resupply mission is planned for an Aug. 3 launch.

A strategy used from 2011 to 2018 to win five fixed-price development programs with low-priced bids continues to haunt Boeing’s defense and space business.

Northrop has completed the preliminary design review for over 70 data-transport spacecraft built for Tranche 2 of the SDA proliferated satellite constellation.

The Parsons Corp. has acquired BlackSignal Technologies for $200 million a deal expected to enhance its technological capabilities and expand its customer base.