Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even speaks to Aerospace DAILY about France’s key helicopter defense acquisitions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Chachaty
Future versions of France’s Dassault Rafale might operate alongside an uncrewed combat aerial vehicle derived from Dassault Aviation's nEUROn demonstrator.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has secured long-awaited U.S. FAA certification for H160 twin-engine medium helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Israel has decided to purchase a third batch of 25 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, building the Middle Eastern country’s fleet to 75 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The probe will conduct a six-year survey to answer questions about dark matter, dark energy and what the universe is made of.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Infrastructure operator Ferrovial has partnered with real estate developer Milligan to identify and develop sites for vertiports in the UK.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Dubbed the Collaborative Low-Altitude UAS Integration Effort (CLUE), the system was developed by AFRL’s Information Directorate.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is in the middle of reviewing its assumptions of how many munitions it would need in a war and how industry can meet its requirements.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The fund will be used for continued development of the AE200, a piloted four-passenger electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
The interdependence of China’s aviation sector with global suppliers means that they are likely stuck with each other, for better or worse.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
ATP Flight School has signed an agreement with Textron Aviation to purchase 40 Cessna 172 Skyhawk trainers for delivery in 2025.
Maintenance & Training

By Michael Bruno
That is far above the $49 and $51 that were both agreed to until third-parties bidders forced further plus-ups.
Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
This amounts to a high-stakes bet that regulations and public acceptance will come together to enable a successful commercial launch in the future.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The splashdown occurred as planned at 10:30 a.m. EDT off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Aska began ground testing in the first quarter and now has FAA certification and authorization for uncrewed flight testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s major commercial international airshow MAKS will not open its gates in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, on July 25-30 as previously scheduled.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Imagery circulating on Chinese social media appears to show the Chengdu J-20 equipped with WS-15 engines in flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Union workers at the key Tier 1 aerostructures provider will return to work on July 5 after they agreed to an improved four-year labor agreement.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $5.62 billion deal for the Czech Republic to buy 24 F-35As.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
House appropriators are not impressed with how major Pentagon hypersonic programs have performed in recent tests.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The new location will allow the company to consolidate flight test operations closer to its headquarters, as well as hire engineers from Mojave and Los Angeles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Navy announced in February that it was negotiating a sole-source contract with Bell-Boeing to shut down V-22 production.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
The orbit of 40 satellites simultaneously set a record for Russia, the company said.
Space

Apurva Mahajan
Two U.S. senators are pushing for the transfer of two U.S. Iron Dome defense system batteries to Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s 28th SpaceX-contracted Cargo Dragon resupply mission spacecraft departed the International Space Station June 29.
Space