Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The latest delays in NASA’s Artemis lunar program signal deep-seated cost and technical issues as well as a lack of sufficient oversight that must be addressed.

Long-awaited strategies outlining how the Pentagon and the U.S. Space Force want to work with industry are finally set to be released.

The Pentagon recently outlined a new focus on reducing the classification of space programs.

FBO Atlantic Aviation has signed agreements with Archer and Joby Aviation to install electric aircraft charging sites at a handful of its airport terminals.

France will provide additional Scalp air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron has declared.

Engineers from BAE Systems and Leonardo have installed the prototype Radar 2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar onto a Eurofighter Typhoon.

Emirati defense contractor Edge Group has secured agreements with Turkish UAS manufacturer Baykar to integrate Edge-developed munitions onto Baykar’s UAS.

A 1.2 MW fuel cell has successfully powered electric motors as part of Airbus’ ZEROe hydrogen propulsion research and technology program.

Space tech companies largely shrugged off 2023’s broad slowdown in VC investment given their strategic importance, according to the latest Seraphim Space Index.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has appointed Kurt “Spuds” Vogel to serve as the agency’s associate administrator in charge of the STMD, effective Jan. 16.

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic is preparing to send its Peregrine lunar lander toward a destructive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere on Jan. 18.

The Swan Atlantic was the first in a monthlong string of Houthi attacks using a recently acquired arsenal of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM).

Houthi forces continue to launch ballistic missiles targeting commercial vessels in the Red Sea despite ongoing airstrikes by U.S. forces to degrade the Iranian-backed militia.

The USAF and Northrop Grumman recently conducted a live, static-fire test of the second-stage SRM for the LGM-35A Sentinel ground-based strategic deterrent.

Lockheed Martin has revealed that production of Bulgaria’s new F-16 Block 70 aircraft is well underway.

North Korea has claimed a successful test firing of a new, solid-fueled, intermediate-range ballistic missile carrying a maneuverable warhead on Jan. 14.

The Australian government has confirmed it will acquire an unspecified number of Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missiles.

Germany’s navy is to perform a series of flight trials this year with the General Atomics MQ-9 SeaGuardian uncrewed aircraft system.

Canadian advanced air mobility startup Horizon Aircraft has gone public through a merger with a blank check company.

A European research project to evaluate distributed electric propulsion using a subscale flight demonstrator is back up and running.

Skyports Drone Services has completed a series of test flights aimed at inspecting and monitoring the quality of river and coastal waterways in the UK.

The Hawai’i Seaglider Initiative has been launched to advocate for the adoption of electric wing-in-ground-effect vehicles.

Hydrogen-electric propulsion startup ZeroAvia has signed an MOU with Verne to evaluate the use of cryo-compressed hydrogen storage on aircraft.

The seven-year REMIS-2 agreement runs to Sept. 30, 2030, with an option to extend it through Sept. 30, 2032, according to a Jan. 12 NASA award announcement.

Dassault Aviation Group delivered 26 new Falcon jets in 2023, compared to 32 in 2022, according to Dassault.