Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has said a contract for a purchase of the French Dassault Rafale could be agreed by the summer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
USAF is planning a round of upgrades to the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk trainer starting as early as 2025 to improve pilot safety and the aircraft’s range.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Trudeau's comments emerge after the AUKUS nations revealed they are considering Japan’s accession as a “potential collaborator” in some elements of Pillar Two.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Network Staff
The flight of a Russian Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket from Vostochny Cosmodrome was automatically aborted 2 min. before the planned 5:00 a.m. EDT April 9 liftoff.
Space Symposium

By Steve Trimble
Boeing has displayed a model of an armed variant of the MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker featuring two Lockheed Martin AGM-158C LRASMs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
As part of a demonstration, Astrobotic will use an AI-enabled software program to control and monitor its CubeRover lunar rover on its upcoming Moon mission.
Space Symposium

By Brian Everstine
Rocket Lab USA will launch a group of experimental payloads to very low earth orbit (VLEO) in April 2026.
Space Symposium

By Garrett Reim
The company to show how technology onboard spacecraft could be used for Joint All-Domain Command-and-Control applications.
Space Symposium

By Steve Trimble
The Navy’s CCA target amounts to roughly half the Air Force’s target unit cost.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
The Navy contract comes as the Defense Department faces a major shortfall in SRM production capacity.
Space Symposium

By Graham Warwick
The idea of a “warehouse in the sky” is not new.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Greek lawmakers approved the purchase on April 3. Four of the 35 helicopters will serve with the country’s special operations forces.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The flight-test campaign marked beginning of an effort to integrate various components of automation into an aircraft to build up to true end-to-end autonomy.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Canada has been one of the NATO alliance members that has been lagging on reaching the alliance defense spending target of 2% of GDP.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Osprey will take over fleet replenishment duties for Naval Air Force Atlantic beginning in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
It will result in a cost-plus incentive fee and cost-plus award fee contracts after a full and open competition, the announcement states.
Space Symposium

By Matthew Fulco
The funding will be used to jointly develop technologies with the U.S. for a fission nuclear system for space power applications.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The 236-ft.-wingspan aircraft flew from Stennis International Airport in Mississippi over the Gulf of Mexico.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
Wakata has logged 505 days in space over five missions on the NASA space shuttle, Russian Soyuz, SpaceX Crew Dragon and International Space Station.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A Falcon 9 rocket has delivered 11 satellites into mid-inclination, low Earth orbit, marking the inaugural run of a new rideshare service called Bandwagon.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space has begun initial drop tests of Ghost, a deployable decelerator designed to protect a pre-staged payload during re-entry within 90 min. of call-up.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Choices by Air Force and Navy leaders highlight an age-old tension: preserve present-day capacity, or trade readiness today for capability tomorrow?
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Touchdown of the descent module on the steppes of Kazakhstan occurred at 3:17 a.m. EDT, or 12:17 p.m. local time, about 90 mi. southeast of Dzhezkazgan.
Space

By Craig Caffrey
Spending on defense has increased at an average rate of 5.4% in real terms in the three years since 2021.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
The award represents a breakthrough into solid rocket propulsion for Ursa Major, and comes as the Pentagon faces a major shortfall in SRM production capacity.
Missile Defense & Weapons