Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Rolls-Royce’s rapid development of its Orpheus demonstrator engine is beginning to pay dividends and even influencing how the UK OEM thinks about its large commercial engine developments.

Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) spinoff Aalto has won design organization approvals (DOA) from the UK Civil Aviation Authority.

Collins Aerospace's Singaporean subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand Pacific Aerospace is being relocated to a new $250 million site at Seletar Aerospace Park.

Japan and the U.S. are exploring co-production opportunities to address production capacity shortfalls on some key munitions.

SpaceX ended a two-week grounding of the world’s busiest rocket fleet with a trio of Falcon 9 launches over the weekend, dispatching Starlink satellites into orbit.

Australian-Spanish startup Dovetail is to provide prototype modules for initial functional and integration testing.

Electric seaglider startup Regent Craft announced the opening of a new government affairs office in Washington, D.C.

Vertical Aerospace has completed initial tethered hover flights with its recently unveiled next-generation VX4 eVTOL prototype.

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This follows the FAA’s decision to permit Falcon 9 launches to resume after a July 11 second-stage launch failure.

The decision follows the recovery of a piece of Dragon debris in Australia in 2022.

Airbus is exploring initiatives to reduce the operation cost of its Airbus A400M airlifter.

Aerojet contributed $581 million in revenue (a 7% sequential increase) for L3Harris in the second quarter.

The new CEO of German defense electronics provider Hensoldt is trying to wean the company from its heavy reliance on domestic sales.

The imminent departure of CAE CFO Sonya Branco follows other recent sub-CEO management changes at the Montreal company, including the appointment of a new COO.

Germany says it now expects its umbrella contract for Boeing CH-47F Chinooks to be signed several months later than planned.

France says it is has started work with Ukraine to help the beleaguered country build up its defense industrial base.

NSPA issued a tender for three contracts with industry to deliver up to six rotorcraft concepts that could meet the current NGRC specifications.

KAI is studying how to modify the design of the KF-21EX, the future Block 3 version of its KF-21 fighter, to ensure the program remains cost-effective.

The FAA on July 25 said there were no public safety issues associated with the failure of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket two weeks ago, clearing the company to resume flights.

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Another round of thruster tests are set for this weekend, and an agency return readiness review is set for late next week.

“This rock could potentially be very important,” says Ken Farley, Perseverance project scientist.