Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

NASA, SpaceX and Russia’s Roscosmos are preparing for the first seven-person, multiweek crew exchange of 2024 aboard the International Space Station.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A decades-old ambition to make multiday, ultralong-endurance flight a reality is quietly solidifying within the U.S. military after a series of failures and false starts.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A British workers union representing oil workers has reacted angrily to suggestions that Airbus’ H225 could return to North Sea service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
The scale of Singapore's defense spend recovery indicates recognition of an increasingly complex security environment in the Asia-Pacific region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Flight tracking, data recording and connectivity links will come as standard on Leonardo’s AW09 light helicopter when it enters the market in 2025.
Connected Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Airbus believes assembling its H125 single-engine light helicopter in India will open new commercial and parapublic markets for the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Stratolaunch conducted a second captive carry of the company’s Talon TA-1 hypersonic test vehicle on Feb. 24.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The negotiations began after a Feb. 19 demonstration of the turboprop-powered A-29 at Accra Airbase attended by top Ghanaian Armed Forces officials.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
A Boeing F-15 is still quite fast, but not nearly Mach 3, the company’s program manager said on Feb. 23, correcting a previous statement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Flight controllers at Intuitive Machines conducted their first mission on the Moon’s surface Feb. 23.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The tenure of Frank Calvelli as the Department of the U.S. Air Force’s space acquisition boss has been defined by a few key tenets.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon sent Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine last year without a plan for long-term sustainment, a new watchdog report says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
Current ATI President Kimberly Fields will also assume the role of CEO beginning July 1, the aerospace and defense supplier said on Feb. 23.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
AIDC said the ROCAF has six E-2Ks, although one was reportedly written off following a belly landing in 2022. Taiwan is also seeking to acquire six new E-2Ds.
Singapore Airshow

By Tony Osborne
Sweden’s Saab received its first order for the Gripen C/D in 14 years when Hungary decided to expand its air force’s fleet of the combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Rotorcraft lessor LCI has placed a framework order with Leonardo to purchase AW169, AW139 and AW189 helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Norway has joined the growing number of C-130J Hercules operators to begin upgrading its aircraft to the Block 8.1 standard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Even though the current Hawk T2 fleet is not due for retirement until 2040, groundwork planning needs to begin now for a program to replace the Hawk.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Irene Klotz
Flight directors at Intuitive Machines’ mission control center were working to refine the signal from its Nova-C lander, which touched down on the Moon Feb. 22.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) faces long-running challenges in addressing safety concerns for human commercial spaceflight passengers.
Space

By Garrett Reim
After reentering the atmosphere and deploying its parachute, Varda Space Industries’ space capsule touched down at the Utah Test and Training Range on Feb. 21.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
The Indian government on Feb. 21 eased its space sector’s foreign direct investment (FDI) restrictions.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Over the past few months, the service, largely through its newly renamed Airman Development Command (ADC), has released a series of requests for information.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
British defense ministers have outlined plans to accelerate the provision of uncrewed systems across all four branches of the UK’s armed services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force has taken its Victus Nox satellite out of orbit less than five months after it demonstrated the tactically responsive space launch mission.
Space