Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
U.S. military space operational commands got new leaders this week, as two recently confirmed generals took over Spacecom and the U.S. Space Force’s SpOC.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
Lilium has announced a partnership with airport operator Fraport aimed at defining requirements for a network of vertiports across Germany and nearby countries.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
The first Angara A5 heavy launch vehicle to operate from Vostochny commercial spaceport in Russia’s Far East has been delivered to the pad.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Qatari Eurofighter Typhoons are operating with Pakistani Chengdu J-10Cs in the first military drills bringing the two canard fighter types together.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Yemen’s Houthi movement could face military action after ignoring warnings from international governments over ongoing drone and missile attacks.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
California-based advanced air mobility startup Pivotal has begun selling its single-seat Helix personal eVTOL vehicle to U.S. customers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA is delaying its initial human lunar Artemis program missions, Artemis II and III, due to technical challenges related to crew safety.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is looking for a company able to integrate the upcoming nuclear Long-Range Stand Off cruise missile on the B-52.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Future European launchers will need engines in the 2,000-2,500 kn thrust range and preliminary studies have started.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
China appears to be changing its aerial operations tactics around the Taiwanese air defense identification zone, ramping up its sending of balloons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s AIDC says it has completed the first stage design of a basic trainer aircraft which could replace 40 Beechcraft T-34Cs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Ampaire CEO Kevin Noertker says a half-size version of its flagship product—the AMP-H270—is poised to hike performance of smaller general aviation aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Rocket Lab has been awarded a $489 million contract to design, build and operate 18 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta Data Transport Satellites for the SDA.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Indonesia’s government has contracted the third and final batch of its planned acquisition of 42 Dassault Rafales, the manufacturer has confirmed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Business aviation operator and maintenance outfit Gama Aviation is in talks to buy helo emergency medical services provider Specialist Aviation Services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
“I recognize I could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. I commit to doing better,” Austin said in a Jan. 6 statement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Private equity firm Liberty Hall Capital Partners announced on Jan. 8 the merger of software providers Comply365 and Vistair Limited. sectors.
Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
A propulsion issue, which initially prevented the spacecraft from properly orienting toward the Sun, could thwart its planned touchdown on the Moon.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Key figures in Germany’s government have signaled that Berlin will no longer oppose a British sale of Eurofighters to Saudi Arabia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The transformation of a former Delta Air Lines MD-90 into the NASA X-66A has begun at Boeing's Palmdale facility ahead of flight tests planned for 2028.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
This marks the second extension of the Air Combat and Electronic Attack Sustainment contract, which initially came into effect in July 2016.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The UAE's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center will provide the airlock for the NASA-led, lunar-orbiting Gateway space base, under an agreement announced on Jan. 7.
Space

By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance’s first Vulcan rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral SFS on Jan. 8.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The agency has a third contract with Axiom Space under a $140 million agreement reached in February 2020 to assemble an initial commercial ISS successor.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The Indian Space Research Organization says it has conducted an initial in-space test of a 100-watt-class polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell.
Space