Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Chen Chuanren
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) Aerospace Systems Company is hoping to “aggressively” market its self-developed engines overseas.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
An audit of the in-service Airbus H160 twin-engine medium helicopter fleet confirms a lower empty weight and lower-than-anticipated fuel consumption.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The approx. $120 million NASA Earth science campaign aims to bring airborne scientific insight to environmental concerns and is set to unfold over 2026 to 2029.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) is set to be the prime contractor for Japan’s hydrogen project, with an engine demonstrator currently in the assembly phase.
Emerging Technologies

By Craig Caffrey
Labour has now joined the Conservatives in pledging to raise defense spending to 2.5% of GDP, but woolly caveats and an impending election leave doubts.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands and Austria are to cooperate on procurement of the Embraer C-390 airlifter, Austrian defense officials have said.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
AeroHT, a subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng, is to establish an urban air mobility demonstration site in China.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy on April 18 received its first two Textron T-54A Multiengine Training System aircraft.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
The Nigerian Air Force says it is expecting its first batch of M-346 light attack aircraft before year’s end.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters is gearing up to begin final assembly of the first prototypes for the military variant of its twin-engine H160 medium helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A T-45C Goshawk engine malfunction on April 12 has caused the U.S. Navy to pause flight operations of the type—the second mishap for the trainer in less than a month.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Chen Chuanren
The second full flight simulator for the Embraer C-390 military transport aircraft will be located in Portugal.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
ShinMaywa remains optimistic on the export potential of its US-2 seaplane for parapublic purposes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The consortium of six aviation companies aims to accelerate the use of recyclable materials, especially carbon fiber and aluminum, from decommissioned aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Ukrainian forces have claimed the downing a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3, which crashed after a missile strike against the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Aalto HAPS has purchased Ampirus Technologies’ 450 Wh/kg SiMaxx lithium-ion cells for its stratospheric Zephyr UAV.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The potential Foreign Military Sale to the “major non-NATO ally” has entered the Congressional notification process, the State Department added.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Irene Klotz
The second of two Blue Origin BE-4 engines has arrived at United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Decatur, Alabama, factory for installation on a Vulcan rocket.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
Archer Aviation has opened a new regulatory affairs office in Washington as it looks to ramp up lobbying efforts ahead of expected entry-into-service in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Born in Ukraine in April 1952, Kvochur joined the Soviet armed forces in the early 1970s.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Argentine Defense Minister Luis Petri met NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana on April 18 in Brussels to open talks on partnership status.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has finalized a deal to buy six new Airbus H145 twin-engine light helicopters to support military training in Brunei and Cyprus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Volocopter is still awaiting type certification of the VoloCity by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is seeking Poland’s admission into German-led ESSI, to bolster the region’s ground-based air defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Ingenuity received a software update that will prompt it to activate daily, awaken flight computers, test its solar panel, batteries and electronics, and more.
Space