Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Mark Carreau
S2 is among the payload cargo planned for launch aboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS on Jan. 29.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Paris has ordered 42 Airbus H145 light twin-engine helicopters for use by France's Sécurité Civile and Gendarmerie Nationale air services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Ethiopia has acquired a pair of Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 fourth-generation fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Scolese has led the NRO since Aug. 5, 2019, as its 19th director and served more than 30 years with NASA.
Space

By Brian Everstine
U.S. aircraft early Jan. 24 local time conducted air strikes on locations linked to Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah inside Iraq.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
A program to upgrade the Tiger attack helicopters of the French and Spanish armies has been scaled back.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Startup Albedo has raised a $35 million Series A-1 funding round and plans to use the cash infusion to launch its first operational imagery satellite, Sat-1.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
North Macedonia’s defense ministry has selected Leonardo’s AW169 and AW149 to meet national requirements for a new fleet of multirole helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The multinational group of countries coming to Ukraine’s defense is forging new specific efforts to help Kyiv with drone warfare and the use of armor.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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