Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Chen Chuanren
Collins Aerospace's Singaporean subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand Pacific Aerospace is being relocated to a new $250 million site at Seletar Aerospace Park.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Japan and the U.S. are exploring co-production opportunities to address production capacity shortfalls on some key munitions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX ended a two-week grounding of the world’s busiest rocket fleet with a trio of Falcon 9 launches over the weekend, dispatching Starlink satellites into orbit.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Australian-Spanish startup Dovetail is to provide prototype modules for initial functional and integration testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Electric seaglider startup Regent Craft announced the opening of a new government affairs office in Washington, D.C.
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Vertical Aerospace has completed initial tethered hover flights with its recently unveiled next-generation VX4 eVTOL prototype.
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By Mark Carreau, Vivienne Machi
This follows the FAA’s decision to permit Falcon 9 launches to resume after a July 11 second-stage launch failure.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The decision follows the recovery of a piece of Dragon debris in Australia in 2022.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is exploring initiatives to reduce the operation cost of its Airbus A400M airlifter.
Farnborough Airshow

By Matthew Fulco
Aerojet contributed $581 million in revenue (a 7% sequential increase) for L3Harris in the second quarter.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The new CEO of German defense electronics provider Hensoldt is trying to wean the company from its heavy reliance on domestic sales.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
The imminent departure of CAE CFO Sonya Branco follows other recent sub-CEO management changes at the Montreal company, including the appointment of a new COO.
Maintenance & Training

By Robert Wall
Germany says it now expects its umbrella contract for Boeing CH-47F Chinooks to be signed several months later than planned.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France says it is has started work with Ukraine to help the beleaguered country build up its defense industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
NSPA issued a tender for three contracts with industry to deliver up to six rotorcraft concepts that could meet the current NGRC specifications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
KAI is studying how to modify the design of the KF-21EX, the future Block 3 version of its KF-21 fighter, to ensure the program remains cost-effective.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The FAA on July 25 said there were no public safety issues associated with the failure of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket two weeks ago, clearing the company to resume flights.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
The DSMP satellite fleet has been in service since the early 1960s.
Space

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By Mark Carreau
Another round of thruster tests are set for this weekend, and an agency return readiness review is set for late next week.
Space

By Irene Klotz
“This rock could potentially be very important,” says Ken Farley, Perseverance project scientist.
Space

By Graham Warwick
A UK team has begun flight tests of an airborne 5G connectivity system.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Sales rose 8% annually to $19.7 billion and earnings per share increased 9% to $1.41, coming in ahead of Wall Street’s expectations.
Supply Chain