Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Bell has secured its first-ever order for its fly-by-wire 525 super-medium helicopter from a Norwegian energy company.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation has signed a lease agreement with NASA’s JSC to become a second tenant of the center’s Exploration Park.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
The environment for mergers and acquisitions in the aerospace and defense sector is improving amid a decrease in the cost of capital, experts say.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
GE’s breakup has been years in the making after the erstwhile conglomerate appeared to expand into too many disparate sectors and built up too much debt.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced Feb. 29 that its XA-67A Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) flew for the first time the day before.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A long-standing provision in the U.S. code to block investments in retiring weapon systems may negatively impact the ground leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin Ventures participated in a $15 million Series A funding round for Elve Inc., a startup developing millimeter wave amplifiers.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s planned Mars Sample Return mission faces significant obstacles, an IG report says.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Erickson has begun producing the first new-build S-64 Aircrane heavy helicopter to be built since the late 1960s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Launched in September 2016 as Osiris-Rex, the mission dropped off samples from the asteroid Bennu during a flyby of Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Norwegian oil companies have halted all flights to offshore platforms following a fatal accident involving a Bristow-operated Sikorsky S-92 on Feb. 28.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
Roscosmos’ Soyuz 2.1b rocket with a Fregat booster orbited a batch of Russian satellites and an Iranian spacecraft on Feb. 29.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Expected poor weather downrange, a concern in case of a launch abort, has delayed SpaceX's Crew-8 launch.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin’s team has passed another milestone in a competitive design process with Northrop Grumman for the MDA's Next Generation Interceptor program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Kim Minseok
Korea Aerospace Industries will be investing KRW 8 trillion ($5.9 billion) by 2040 in its High-Speed eXperimental Utility Helicopter project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Iit had been initially reported that all six crewmembers onboard the helicopter had been rescued following the Feb. 28 accident.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has teamed with Bell to explore cooperation in a bid to bring tiltrotor helicopter technology into the European market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
India named four air force officers to become the founding members of the country’s Gaganyaan astronaut corps.
Space

Financial results for the leading aerospace companies for 2023 place Boeing as the leader in annual operating revenue.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Mark Carreau
A NASA safety panel on Feb. 28 identified two issues that it is watching especially closely as the agency prepares for the Artemis II mission.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Northrop Grumman plans to lay off up to 1,000 employees at its Space Park facilities in Redondo Beach, California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Howmet Aerospace Chairman and CEO John Plant said his company will not invest in significantly expanding titanium supply capacity.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
A Raytheon/Kongsberg team has tested an upgraded Amraam-ER surface-to-air missile featuring a new version of the seeker and booster rocket motor.
Missile Defense & Weapons