Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
Boeing executives revealed on June 26 that construction had started on a highly secure Advanced Combat Aircraft Facility in St. Louis.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The overall 160-page CJS legislation was absent details on specific NASA projects.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Ansys’ semiconductor simulation tools will be optimized to meet the requirements of Intel Foundry’s process design kits.
Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
The Russian government has canceled MAKS-2024, the country’s major air show.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The investment from MOU Switch, for an undisclosed sum, is Regent’s third major investment from a Japanese entity.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The move is part of preparations for the first flight of the Miura 5 rocket, planned for late 2025.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
The Russian government has canceled the country’s major air show MAKS 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
The UK’s potential market for urban air mobility and regional air mobility is huge, according to a new analysis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Boeing started receiving the marketing licenses for the MQ-25 in late 2022 for Australia, France, Japan and the UK, but withheld release of the information.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Leonardo says its AW609 tiltrotor has completed ship trials involving the Italian Navy’s Cavour aircraft carrier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
MTU and Safran have formed the European Military Rotorcraft Engine Alliance to produce a powerplant for the EU Next-Generation Rotorcraft Technologies project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
NATO members have appointed former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the 32-country security organization’s next Secretary General.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s United Engine Corporation has handed over new VK650V turboshaft engines to be flight-tested on the Ansat light-twin helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
China’s CATL says its power-dense condensed battery technology has flown in an aircraft with a takeoff weight of 4 metric tons.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
There is an expectation that the in-development AAM/eVTOL sector will find its earliest adopters among business aviation’s customer base.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
Firefly Aerospace plans to use the Virginia-owned launchpad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for East Coast launches of its Alpha small-satellite rocket.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The White House appears set to allow American military contractors to travel and work in Ukraine to keep U.S.-provided weapons in operation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has relieved the leader of the LGM-35A Sentinel Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The company received a prior delisting warning from the stock exchange in October 2023.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket being prepared to fly a dual-purpose mission this fall arrived at Cape Canaveral on June 24 ahead of a planned September launch.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
The Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary’s first full-scale demonstrator is currently being assembled at its facility in Irvine, California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The five recommendations are among nine identified by the GAO in May 2023 as “priority” that still await full implementation.
Space

By Robert Wall
The critical design review for the Eurodrone project is now scheduled for May 2025, reflecting delays in completing the program’s preliminary design review.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Ahead of Ariane 6's inaugural mission scheduled for July, its manufacturer ArianeGroup says the demand is there to increase planned production rates.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
The Chang’e 6 mission's return module has brought back samples from the far side of the Moon to Earth for the first time in the history of space exploration.
Space