Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army is overhauling its aviation modernization plans, canceling the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brandon Patrick
The contracted MQ-9 orderbook stands at 54 today but could balloon to as many as 124 in the coming decade.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Matthew Fulco
TransDigm Group’s (TDG) sales and net income both rose briskly in the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
A NASA environmental sat designed to help scientists probe the relationships between Earth’s oceans, atmospheric aerosols and cloud formations reached orbit.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Small satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital has settled its dispute with the “Concerned Investor Group” that included several prominent former employees.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Bell has completed sled tests of the stop/fold rotor concept for a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing X-plane being designed under a DARPA competition.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Bahrain has formally inducted its new fleet of Bell AH-1Z helicopters into service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The handover will take place Jan. 9, 2025.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
NASA intends to lead an internationally and commercially partnered effort to establish a sustainable human presence at the Moon and keep on going.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A promotional video released a few days before the Air Warfare Symposium shows off the XQ-67 Off-board Sensing Station (OBSS) in motion for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The partnership will see LuftCar manufacture the air module and hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system for its flying cars in the Philippines.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
Bombardier struck an upbeat note in a Feb. 8 earnings call given strong demand for its business jets and aftermarket services.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Tony Osborne
The Nigerian Air Force is due to take delivery of some 46 new aircraft over the next 18 months, the service’s chief has announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan's Lockheed Martin F-16 upgrade, known as the Peace Phoenix Rising Program, is moving into the next phase of weapons integration.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Ihssane Mounir, Boeing senior VP for global supply chain and fabrication, told a key supplier conference that suppliers and the OEM owe each other transparency.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
A targeted U.S. drone strike on a vehicle in Baghdad killed a reported commander of the Iranian-backed militia tied to attacks on American forces in the region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The potential export comes less than a year after Poland acquired two Saab 340 airborne early warning and control aircraft from Sweden.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The foreign carmaker is not identified, but Volkswagen Group China in 2022 built and flew a full-scale demo for an autonomous four-passenger eVTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Rescue crews were searching for five missing U.S. Marines after locating the wreckage of a downed Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on Feb. 7.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Triumph management remains bullish about expected benefits from the sale of its Product Support group.
Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Archer Aviation has announced that construction of its first three type-conforming Midnight air taxis is “well underway.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
MRCY’s revenue fell to $197.5 million from $229.6 million a year earlier, while earnings per share were -$0.42, well below a consensus estimate of $0.07.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
Ax-3's splashdown and the start of SpaceX-led recovery operations are planned for Feb. 9 at 8:30 a.m. EST off the coast of Daytona Beach, Florida.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Daher says the hybrid-electric Ecopulse demonstrator has now logged 1.5 hr. of flight testing in full electric mode.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
The ADF will be leasing five H135 T3s from its U.K. counterpart for a period of five years to expedite the training of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter pilots.
Aircraft & Propulsion