Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Vivienne Machi
DIU is interested in partnerships with companies building radiation-tolerant and radiation-hardened microelectronics.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The life expectancy of a future Collaborative Combat Aircraft is not a trivial question.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Open Cosmos to build seven satellites for the Greek government for €60 million ($65.4 million).
Space

By Brian Everstine
DIU announced June 3 that it has awarded contracts to Anduril, Integrated Solutions for Systems Inc., Leidos Dynetics and Zone 5 Technologies.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
The launch of NASA’s second Prefire Earth science mission small satellite has been rescheduled due to an off-nominal liquid oxygen propellant detection.
Space

By Tony Osborne
A Japanese consortium has committed to invest $100 million in Aalto, the Airbus-owned spinoff company flying the Zephyr high-altitude, pseudo-satellite UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
ULA has resolved a ground support system problem that scotched a June 1 launch attempt of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket.
Space

China's Chang’e 6 lunar lander landed on the far side of the Moon at 6:23 a.m. Beijing time on June 2.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A second attempt to launch two astronauts on a shakedown cruise of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was called off 3 min. 50 sec. before liftoff on June 1.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Boeing says it disagrees with the verdict and will challenge the judgment.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Terran Orbital has replaced its chief operating officer (COO) and acting chief financial officer (CFO) with executives from outside the aerospace industry.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Boeing on May 31 resumed delivering KC-46 tankers to the U.S. Air Force following an almost three-month pause.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Starliner is due to spend at least eight days at the International Space Station for a shakedown .
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
The aid includes “a high number of” IRIS-T SLM surface-to-air interceptors, German defense minister Boris Pistorius says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Japan’s defense acquisition agency ATLA says it has struck an agreement with authorities in France and Germany to explore railgun technology.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has declared its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet ready to take on the dual-capable aircraft (DCA) nuclear mission from the F-16.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Sean Broderick
The FAA’s increased inspections, audits and production limit put in place at Boeing following January’s 737-9 door plug panel blowout will remain in place.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
The A-4 AAF configuration includes an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and a tactical data link.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Garrett Reim
Amazon has gained FAA approval for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights of its cargo drones to expand its delivery area in College Station, Texas.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
In a new report, Crunchbase says that defense startups raised just $228 million through mid-May, a 62% decline.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
China’s Ministry of Commerce will start restricting the export of numerous aerospace components and parts that might support their manufacture.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
MDA Space and Telesat representatives will join a new Canadian Commercial Integration Cell inside the 7 Space Wing, the Royal Canadian Air Force said.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Textron eAviation has mated the fuselage halves of its Nexus electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The Time list falls into five categories: leaders, disrupters, innovators, titans and pioneers.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Laflamme Aero has started responding to commercial requests for the tandem-rotor LX300 uncrewed helicopter, a company official says.
Aircraft & Propulsion