Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Ben Goldstein
The FAA has OK'd a pair of proposals by Reliable Robotics outlining certification requirements for the company’s autonomous navigation and autopilot systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Judges at the Court of Appeal in The Hague sided with anti-war campaign groups in a Feb. 12 ruling.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Former NASA shuttle astronauts Dr. Dave Hilmers and Marsha Ivins have been selected as 2024 inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
Joby has partnered with Skyports Infrastructure and the Dubai government’s Road and Transport Authority to launch air taxi service in the emirate by 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation have each received Part 145 repair station certificates from the FAA.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A cascading loss of propellers resulting from a blade failure caused by an anomalous propeller tilt mechanism was the likely cause of the crash of a Joby S4.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space's new report shows private-sector interest in U.S. National Laboratory ISS assets continues to increase.
Space

By Craig Caffrey
Riyadh announced a 3.9% rise for defense spending in fiscal 2024. Three factors likely dictate whether another sizable boost to spending materializes this year.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
MTU's three-year Herops project under Europe’s Clean Aviation research program aims to demonstrate a 1.2-megawatt propulsion system.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney’s proposed adaptive engine for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance fighter has moved closer to the detailed design review stage.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
DARPA grants under the umbrella of REMA have been awarded to Anduril, RTX, Leidos, Northrop Grumman and SoarTech.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Australian government has allocated A$399 million ($260 million) to build three more Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat uncrewed aircraft systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The FAA has OK'd the certification plan for Joby’s electric propulsion system, marking another step on the startup’s path to type certify its S4 air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
U.S. defense contractor L3Harris and Emirati light attack aircraft developer Calidus have teamed up to develop an exportable version of the Calidus’ B-250.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has become the second European country to opt to perform its own depot-level maintenance, repair and overhaul on the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
USAF has awarded Xwing a military flight release for its autonomous Cessna 208B Caravan and OK'd the aircraft for flying in the National Airspace System.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom capsule carrying four Axiom Space private astronauts splashed down safely in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast on Feb. 9.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Embraer has teamed up with Mahindra in a bid to sell its C-390 Millennium airlifter to the IAF.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Piccard has partnered with Raphael Dinelli, an offshore sailor, test pilot and composites engineer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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