Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
The downselect will reduce the five bidders for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft to two or three, depending on funding.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Matthew Fulco
Howmet Aerospace beat Wall Street’s revenue and profit expectations in the fourth quarter of 2023 on the back of robust demand for its commercial products.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Mark Carreau
NASA and SpaceX are retargeting the launch of the four-person Dragon Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station from Feb. 22 to no earlier than Feb. 28.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The aircraft has been delivered to New Braunfels National Airport, Texas.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The Indonesian Defense Ministry has chosen to walk away from its contract to acquire 12 ex-Qatari Mirage 2000-5 citing costs.
Singapore Airshow

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force will stand up a new command focused on creating requirements for future systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
NATO is looking to adopt near-term, cheaper options to protect against one-way attack drones.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A future without a new attack reconnaissance aircraft won’t just cause changes for the U.S. Army’s conventional aviation forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s Alia electric aircraft has participated in a U.S. Air National Guard exercise.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The FAA has OK'd a pair of proposals by Reliable Robotics outlining certification requirements for the company’s autonomous navigation and autopilot systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Judges at the Court of Appeal in The Hague sided with anti-war campaign groups in a Feb. 12 ruling.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Former NASA shuttle astronauts Dr. Dave Hilmers and Marsha Ivins have been selected as 2024 inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
Joby has partnered with Skyports Infrastructure and the Dubai government’s Road and Transport Authority to launch air taxi service in the emirate by 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation have each received Part 145 repair station certificates from the FAA.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A cascading loss of propellers resulting from a blade failure caused by an anomalous propeller tilt mechanism was the likely cause of the crash of a Joby S4.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space's new report shows private-sector interest in U.S. National Laboratory ISS assets continues to increase.
Space

By Craig Caffrey
Riyadh announced a 3.9% rise for defense spending in fiscal 2024. Three factors likely dictate whether another sizable boost to spending materializes this year.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
MTU's three-year Herops project under Europe’s Clean Aviation research program aims to demonstrate a 1.2-megawatt propulsion system.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney’s proposed adaptive engine for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance fighter has moved closer to the detailed design review stage.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
DARPA grants under the umbrella of REMA have been awarded to Anduril, RTX, Leidos, Northrop Grumman and SoarTech.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Australian government has allocated A$399 million ($260 million) to build three more Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat uncrewed aircraft systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The FAA has OK'd the certification plan for Joby’s electric propulsion system, marking another step on the startup’s path to type certify its S4 air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
U.S. defense contractor L3Harris and Emirati light attack aircraft developer Calidus have teamed up to develop an exportable version of the Calidus’ B-250.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has become the second European country to opt to perform its own depot-level maintenance, repair and overhaul on the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
USAF has awarded Xwing a military flight release for its autonomous Cessna 208B Caravan and OK'd the aircraft for flying in the National Airspace System.
Aircraft & Propulsion