Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
The Space Development Agency on March 26 released its final solicitation for the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer-Gamma constellation of secretive space vehicles.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Venus Aerospace’s team intentionally throttled the hydrogen peroxide monopropellant engine at 80% thrust to prevent the drone from reaching supersonic speed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Honeywell is buying Italian supplier Civitanavi Systems in a bid to strengthen its foothold in autonomous aerospace operations and expand in Europe.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
After observing the battlefield effectiveness of UAS in Ukraine and Gaza, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry has shared plans to improve its uncrewed capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Leading British aerospace research center Cranfield University is set to establish the UK’s first airport-based, large-scale hydrogen research hub.
Sustainability

By Mark Carreau
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced appointments to a pair of space committees.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Its plan differs from some prior programs, such as the venerable MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen signed a letter of intent to finalize the deal later this year in Denmark.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Kymeta has delivered its first multi-orbit, flat-panel satellite antennas to an undisclosed branch of the U.S. military.
Space

By Brian Everstine
A new U.S. Army effort is focused on its emerging role of deep sensing for long-range fires.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Japanese cabinet has relaxed the country’s arms export restrictions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Industry has welcomed the FAA’s revisions to the airworthiness criteria for Joby Aviation’s S4 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
A Turkish indigenous active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has taken to the air for the first time in an F-16, local defense officials announced.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Saab will supply its Arexis sensor suite to equip a fleet of German Air Force Eurofighters for the suppression and destruction of enemy air defense mission.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat final assembly facility will open in 2027 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Blended wing body developer JetZero has received an FAA airworthiness certificate for its 12.5% scaled demo, clearing the uncrewed twin-engine aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Surf Air Mobility has signed am MOU with Tanzanian regional carrier Auric Air Services to upgrade 12 of its Cessna Caravans with its electric powertrains.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Development Agency is interested in hiring companies to deorbit its satellites at the end of their service lives.
Space

By Irene Klotz
ILC Dover is being sold again, this time to the global industrial-machinery company Ingersoll Rand.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Planet Labs has expanded its partnership with satellite image analytics firm SynMax to sell AI-powered vessel monitoring and classification software.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Armor Harris, the newly hired vice president of Aircraft Engineering for San Diego-based Shield AI, wants to lead a new revolution in aircraft design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Croatia and Greece have signed contracts to purchase de Havilland Canada DHC-515 amphibious aircraft to modernize their aerial firefighting fleets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
AeroHT is developing the Land-based Aircraft Carrier, an all-electric, five-passenger off-road SUV that carries a two-passenger multirotor eVTOL in its trunk.
Advanced Air Mobility

Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 crew transport successfully docked with the International Space Station on March 25.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The British Army Air Corps has marked the impending retirement of its locally assembled Apache attack helicopters with a flypast around the UK.
Aircraft & Propulsion