Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. government has approved a possible foreign military sale to Vietnam covering sustainment support for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Explosion At Hanwha Aerospace Munitions Facility Kills Five
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By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space, developer of the commercial Axiom Station and a new generation of spacesuits, has announced the establishment of Axiom Space Switzerland.
Commercial Space

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COLLINS AEROSPACE expands Polish landing gear facility ... NXGENCOMM unveils “Barn Owl” EW system ... MDA SPACE supporting BAE’s MEO EPOCH 2 ...
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By Robert Wall
NATO is looking to enhance the functionality of the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS) program.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
Congressional Republicans have a self-imposed deadline of late July to finish a new reconciliation bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
NASA is rescinding a proposal to anchor a post-International Space Station commercial platform with a government-owned module.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force says it is preparing for the production and sustainment phase of a program developing a Next Generation Penetrator (NGP) bomb.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
Vast will fly two French astronauts on two separate missions scheduled for 2027, and will establish its European headquarters in Paris, the space technology company announced June 1.
Space Exploration

By Karen Walker
The U.S. must find a way to fast-track mandatory ADS-B technology and compliance for both airliners and military aircraft operating within commercial airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
Saab has rolled out the first of eight two-seat F-39F Gripen fighters ordered by the Brazilian air force at the company’s original final assembly line.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bombardier CRJ program owner MHIRJ Aviation Group (MHIRJ) has opened an advanced design office in Munich headed by the former CTO of Maeve Aerospace.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Impulse Space, an orbital transfer vehicle and rocket motor developer, has raised a $500 million Series D to fund expansion of its manufacturing capacity.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
European countries have begun signing off on major defense equipment spending using Security Action for Europe loans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Avril Silva
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Firefly Aerospace subsidiary SciTec a contract to supply the operational data fusion system for the Cloud-Based Command and Control program.
Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
Despite extensive damage from the the explosion of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on its launchpad, the company is aiming to return to flight before year-end.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Demand for missiles and air defense equipment helped drive a 30% boost in Israeli defense exports to a new record, the country’s defense ministry says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Voyager Technologies disclosed the purchase of Astrobotic Technology to burnish its lunar exploration capabilities.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
GE Aerospace is moving toward flight tests of a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine system on a modified Saab 340B testbed.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Nvidia revealed partnerships for its AI agent infrastructure, which it calls an Agent Toolkit, to support autonomous work in several engineering applications.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, launched to enable interoperability between satellite relay networks, has completed its planned demonstration phase.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
BOEING studying new aerospace vehicle tech... SSC SPACE launches Suborbital Express-5... HONEYWELL board changes...
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The Week Ahead in Aerospace & Defense
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By Graham Warwick
Japanese startup AstroX and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plan to demo an attitude control system for a rocket suspended from a high-altitude balloon.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Initial visual inspections indicate a second booster and upper stage in a processing hangar at SLC-36 were unaffected by the Blue Origin New Glenn explosion.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion