Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
The global rotorcraft market is in a steady state, but orders and deliveries have still yet to return to pre-COVID-19 levels, Airbus Helicopters CEO says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
RTX closed out 2023 strongly as its fourth-quarter earnings beat Wall Street’s expectations.
Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
General Electric says GE Aerospace is well-positioned for its launch as a separate entity this April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The study finds that main contributors to almost all environmental impact categories are the airframe, battery and emissions in operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) has secured a follow-on contract award from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Edge Group has taken control of 65% of International Golden Group in a significant consolidation of the United Arab Emirates’ defense industry.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
NASA's PACE mission is set to provide higher-resolution insight into complex interactions among the Earth's oceans, atmospheric aerosols and cloud formations.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The 98 deliveries recorded in 2023 are the lowest total since Lockheed handed-over 91 F-35s to customers in 2018.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The Midnight has six of Archer’s proprietary battery packs, each of which contains more than 1,000 cylindrical lithium-ion cells developed by Molicel.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
The Pentagon's top weapons buyer has given Northrop Grumman the go-ahead for low-rate production of the B-21 Raider.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. and UK on Jan. 22 conducted another round of air strikes on Houthi militia targets inside Yemen.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace has announced that its founder and CEO Stephen Fitzpatrick will invest a further $50 million in equity capital.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
An unusual level of suspense comes with Lockheed Martin’s first quarterly status update on the F-35 program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced sanctions against the Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad for providing materiel support to Iranian-backed militias.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Viasat demonstrated its system using Cranfield University’s National Flying Laboratory Center’s Saab 340B twin-turboprop in January.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
JAXA has temporarily powered down its ailing lunar lander so that it has sufficient power to restart the craft once the Sun shines on it at the right angle.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK is set to upgrade the Sea Viper air defense system that equips its Type 45 destroyers to enable improved capabilities against ballistic missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
German lawmakers have approved €1.23 billion ($1.34 billion) in funding for the development of a new mobile short-range air defense system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space has successfully completed an ultimate burst pressure test of a full-size inflatable space station module, rupturing the structure at 77 psi.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The Dragon Freedom capsule made contact with the orbital lab's U.S. segment Harmony module at 5:42 a.m. EST, initiating a 15-min. docking sequence.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Europe’s two fast-rotorcraft demonstrator projects are racing to achieve first flight before the EU’s long-running Clean Sky 2 research program finishes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
During a test run on the ground, the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine ingested a flashlight left inside an inlet during a maintenance inspection.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Japan has become the fifth country to soft-land a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, but engineers are assessing an issue with its power system.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Cellphone-from-space startup AST SpaceMobile on Jan. 19 announced a long-awaited investment round,.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
Kaman, a storied pioneer of helicopters and UAVs and scion of New England aerospace, will be acquired by private-equity firm Arcline Investment Management.
Aircraft & Propulsion