Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Graham Warwick
The French aerospace company anticipates European certification in the first quarter of 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has announced a $100 million equity sale to existing investor SK Telecom.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
The Virgin Galactic space company conducted its inaugural commercial flight on June 29.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
The French Air and Space Force has kicked off Pégase 2023, an annual military exercise, to demonstrate its capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force confirms that it has integrated the Rafael Python-5 short-range air-to-air missiles as part of its F-16 mid-life upgrade.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
The Midland, Texas, company said it will use net proceeds for general corporate purposes.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The companies will produce initial conceptual designs for operational and demonstration systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan will deliver a record high of more than 1,000 indigenous missiles next year amid rising tensions with China.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The company has spent the last three years investing in in-space servicing, propulsion and robotic technology to develop a prototype AMU.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The iROSAs, the seventh and eighth overall, will be used to upgrade solar power generation aboard the ISS.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The first EMD aircraft for the service took off from Boeing’s St. Louis facility.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Mark Carreau
Euclid, planned for an early July launch, will be joined by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by May 2027.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Chinese carmaker Guangzhou Automobile Group has unveiled a concept for a future drive/fly electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The Irish government ordered two C295Ws in a maritime surveillance configuration as part of a €230 million contract to replace CN235 Persuader aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The $5.9 billion package suggests that Canada has requested a P-8 capability like that already flying with the U.S. Navy and other Poseidon customer nations.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
The aircraft has received FAA special airworthiness certification for flight testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s defense ministry has closed a contract with Diehl Defense to acquire IRIS-T SLM ground-based air defense systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
The certificate will allow the company to demonstrate the prototype in public, a milestone planned for this year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The White House is surging another $500 million in military equipment to Ukraine amid its ongoing counteroffensive.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
More U.S. Air Force installations are getting new aircraft as Congress appears poised to allow the service to continue retiring the aging A-10 fleet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
This includes both rapid launch to reconstitute satellite architectures and on-orbit servicing.
Space

By Jeremy Kariuki
Donecle says the AirScan service was made possible by its collaboration with Dassault.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Italy has signed a letter of intent with France and the UK to join the development of the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Union leaders say the agreement offers substantial wage increases, maintains healthcare plan benefits the membership insisted on, and no mandatory overtime.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Element 1 granted the new joint venture a worldwide exclusive license to its hydrogen generation technology for all aerospace applications.
Advanced Air Mobility