Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The U.S. Space Force has seen its foreign military sales cases grow exponentially in the past four years.

Ireland has taken delivery of a dedicated transport variant of the Airbus C295 airlifter, giving the country a dedicated tactical airlifter for the first time.

German lawmakers have approved spending on an additional top-up order for Eurofighter combat aircraft and a crucial upgrade path for the fighter.

Hoverfly Technologies, a manufacturer of tethered drone systems for the defense sector, has secured $20 million in a Series B funding round.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded space remote sensing company Muon Space a multi-million-dollar weather monitoring contract.

Every year a consultancy publishes a new 10-year forecast of satellite launches, and the estimate grows to previously unbelievable totals.

Russian uncrewed aircraft maker Geoscan has revealed plans to launch satellite constellations for Earth mapping and communication services.

Liftoff of New Shepard with six international crewmembers took place under a partly cloudy sky at Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 9:40 a.m. EDT.

Lockheed Martin is exploring ways to bring autonomy into the cockpit of its venerable C-130 fleet to reduce pilot workload.

U.S. startup Tidal Flight has been awarded an Air Force AFWERX contract to further develop its hybrid-electric Polaris seaplane.

A new uptick in aircraft activity indicates Boeing may be entering the final stretch of certification tests for the long-delayed pair of MAX family derivatives.

Blue Origin will build a new payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, under a U.S. Space Force contract announced Oct. 7.

Intuitive Machines, Inc. has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration Institute Maturity Level 3 for software development.

The U.S. Department of Defense has invested a total of $79 million in two companies mining critical minerals in Alaska.

ArkEdge Space was contracted by JAXA to study key technologies needed for a dedicated positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) satellite constellation.

Anduril said Oct. 7 that it has tested successfully on the ground a new propellant technology that aims to extend the range of solid rocket motors for air-to-air missiles.

Apex officially opened its new “Factory One” production facility in Los Angeles on Oct. 6.

Sikorsky is considering how to modify U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters to fly VIP transport and continuity-of-government missions.

Faced with a persistent pilot shortage, the U.S. Air Force in 2022 set a demanding goal of training 1,500 pilots per year to chip away at the issue.

Sonaca's takeover of Aciturri has created a third large European aerostructures firm in an industry that has been blamed for contributing to delays in commercial aircraft production.

The chairman of the FCC wants to streamline the licensing process for satellite and Earth station applications to help businesses.

The Planetary Society is opposing significant proposed cuts to NASA’s science budget.

Arrays Labs has won a contract from Office of Naval Research to study the feasibility of using its formation-flying radar satellites to conduct AMTI missions.

The Canadian government now is keeping options open for making a final decision on the fate of completing a plan to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35As.

Firefly Aerospace will pay $855 million to acquire defense technology company SciTec, the Texas-based startup said on Oct 5.