Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Guy Norris
The specially configured X-59 has been designed to collect community response data on the public acceptability of reduced sonic booms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
In 2008 Piasecki and Boeing revealed they had worked together on a “minimum” modification of the Chinook, called the Tilt Duct CH-47.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has rolled the second production prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi off its pilot line in Marina, California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Italy has joined the effort to supply long-range air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
John Bailey, a 25-year veteran of NASA Stennis Space Center operations, has been named director of the Bay St. Louis, Mississippi-based rocket engine test facility.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has approved the purchase of Raytheon SM-3 surface-to-air missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese startup has emerged to fly a full-scale electric vertical-takeoff-and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Finnair has halted flights to an Estonian airport due to Russian satellite navigation jamming interfering with the airport’s landing approach.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Hanwha Systems has broken ground on its new Jeju Hanwha Space Center, a purpose-built South Korea facility for the manufacturing and testing of satellites.
Commercial Space

By Craig Caffrey
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plan to raise the UK defense budget to “a new baseline” 2.5% of GDP by 2030 contains a crucial caveat.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Mark Carreau
The Dragon resupply mission undocking on April 28 from the ISS Harmony module's zenith docking port should enable a relocation of the Crew 8 Dragon capsule.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Saab RBS 70s worth AU$50 million will be transferred to Ukraine, as Australia gradually phases out the man-portable air defense system in favor of Nasams.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Piasecki Aircraft has unveiled a small air-launched UAV designed to glide autonomously from altitude and deliver logistics payloads.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Guy Norris
Leonardo diverted the latest new-build TH-73A Thrasher training helicopter for the U.S. Navy for display at the Army Aviation Association of America summit.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Guy Norris
MD Helicopters is expanding the weapons capability of its AH530 Cayuse Warrior light attack scout helicopter to include Lockheed's AGM-112 Hellfire missile.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Guy Norris
Airbus is proposing an uncrewed logistics version of the UH-72B Lakota.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on April 26 announced a major $6 billion list of new-build equipment bound for Ukraine,
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Boeing has bought back the St. Louis defense aircraft factory it once owned but was most recently under the GKN Aerospace brand.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) a $13 billion contract for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
French startup VoltAero has begun bench testing of the integrated parallel hybrid-electric powertrain for its five-seat Cassio 330.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
An updated model of the Bell V-280 shows that the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) design is evolving from the demonstrator that won the competition.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Brian Everstine
The Mojave started with the U.S. Marine Corps as a short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) UAS.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Ben Goldstein
EHang said it plans to initiate the type certification application for its VT-30 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
L3Harris (LHX) posted better-than-expected results in the first quarter.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
The 10-min. laser transmission while the Psyche spacecraft was 140 million mi. (226 million km) from Earth, occurred on April 8.
Space