Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Guy Norris
Exosonic is promoting its recently flown EX-3M Trident subscale uncrewed aircraft system as it seeks additional funding to develop a full-scale version.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. government pressure campaign has yet to produce visible results for Russia to drop alleged plans to eventually launch a co-orbital space weapon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
China’s AVIC is preparing to fly the HH-100, an uncrewed cargo aircraft developed by the civil aircraft division of Xi’an Aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Italy has retired the long-serving AMX light combat aircraft after 35 years of operations, leaving Brazil as the last operator of the type.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. and Chinese militaries on April 4 concluded two days of talks concerning interactions in the air and sea.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Space Development Agency is considering a change to its requirements for optical communications terminal for its data transport satellite constellation.
Space

By Guy Norris
Spanish tier-one propulsion industry provider ITP Aero says it expects significant growth in revenue and production through 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The final, 500-sec. hot fire of the EO525 development engine was carried out April 3rd at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Norway is to spend an extra 600 billion krone ($56 billion) on defense over the next 12 years, building up a stronger navy and ground-based air defenses.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Satellite service provider Intelsat is looking to meet increased demand from airlines for inflight connectivity onboard their regional aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Steve Trimble
The Integrated Test Event 12 (ITE-12) evaluated the full weapons release process for the captive-carry, free flight evaluation missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Opposition groups in Myanmar have conducted strikes on the country’s capital Naypyidaw, using self-developed attack uncrewed aerial systems (UAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA is continuing its efforts to partner with the U.S. commercial space sector while striving to establish a human presence at the Moon.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy will buy Group 2 solar-electric uncrewed aerial systems from Kraus Hamdani Aerospace to be used by U.S. Marine Corps units.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy in March received the first of 22 former Swiss Air Force Northrop F-5s that will be converted to adversary aircraft for Navy and Marines training.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
Germany is establishing a fourth armed service amidst a major restructuring of the country’s national defense.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to modify 326 of its Boeing C/KC-135 aircraft to have commercial access to both secure and nonsecure satellite communications.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
A Spanish company will produce active and passive inceptor controls for Turkish Aerospace’s (TAI) Hurjet advanced jet trainer.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
Safran Helicopter Engines has won a £241 million ($305.2 million) contract to support the RTM322 engines used on the UK Royal Navy’s Merlin helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Greek lawmakers have OK’d the country’s military to purchase 35 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to modernize the army’s rotary-wing fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s drastic cut to its next-generation fighter was a conscious decision to deal with congressionally imposed budget cuts.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
The multiyear Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract agreements have a combined maximum potential value of $4.6 billion over 15 years.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The MoU is intended to enable collaboration to identify research, development, demonstration, and deployment opportunities for sustainable aviation technologies
Emerging Technologies