Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Airbus H225Ms and Boeing CH-47F Chinooks have both attained Full Operational Capability (FOC).
Aircraft & Propulsion

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NASA’s DC-8 retires... SPACE ISAC ties up with CNES... FLIGHTSAFETY gets KC-46 training system award...
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By Garrett Reim
The spacecraft, which launched in February, is attempting to demonstrate autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations capabilities.
Commercial Space

By Brandon Patrick
Looming rotary-wing retirements across the Hellenic armed forces have attracted significant investment under the country’s defense recapitalization.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Garrett Reim
The company plans to start launching the spacecraft for customers in 2026, with a prototype of the satellite to launch in 2025.
Space Symposium

By Maksim Pyadushkin
Initially scheduled for April 9, the mission was postponed twice.
Space

By Angus Batey
The Aerospace Technology Institute was set up largely to allocate government money to projects intended to future-proof the UK’s civil aerospace sector.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
An economic impact study a base and growth scenario to study the benefits of the program on the economies of partner countries.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The first agreement focuses on a large radio frequency antenna in Norway’s northern territory.
Space Symposium

By Brian Everstine
There are individual hybrid satcom terminal programs underway across each of the services.
Space Symposium

By Guy Norris
Starlab, which is designed to house a crew of four, is designed to reach initial operational capability with just one launch.
Space Symposium

By Guy Norris
In all, the spacecraft delivered 121.6 grams of material from Bennu.
Space Symposium

By Tony Osborne
Switzerland’s Federal Council has given the green light for the country to join the European Sky Shield Initiative to strengthen ground-based air defenses.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Seven engines will power the first stage of Nova, which is designed to return to the launch site or land downrange.
Space Symposium

By Thierry Dubois
Hapster, a company created by four Safran employees in September 2023, is pitching a digital tool to cut a production worker’s training time four-fold.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
New agreements between the U.S. and Japan are set to expand cooperation in the future human exploration of the Moon.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Spanish near-space tourism company Halo Space has unveiled the design of the balloon capsule it plans to use to take passengers on stratospheric flights.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A series of DARPA programs since 2016 have demonstrated the reliability of the “formal methods” coding approach on quadcopters and other UAS.
MRO Americas

By Brian Everstine
The Space Force is moving more into the mission, which it is calling tactical surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking.
Space Symposium

By Steve Trimble
Embraer confirmed studies of a maritime patrol E190-E2 variant in November, showing a version carrying Exocet or Mansup anti-ship missiles on belly stations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
After the formation of GE Aerospace on April 2, CCO John Slattery—once CEO of GE Aviation—will leave the standalone public company in June.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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ASCENT SOLAR announces public offering... MERCURY SYTEMS wins work on L3HARRIS Tranche 2 team... FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT seen topping $3b by decade’s end...
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By Garrett Reim
Max Space sees its inflatable structures as useful for building orbiting space stations in Earth orbit, but habitats in cislunar space, on the Moon and Mars.
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