Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Graham Warwick
The pre-Series A funding round was led by Grand Flight Investment, a Shanghai-based industrial investment fund.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Daher unveiled a new five-year "Take off 2027” strategic plan to "become a large, profitable international company” with four complementary businesses.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Chen Chuanren
The news comes after Seoul scrapped plans for an F-35B-equipped light carrier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Spacetug developer Exotrail of France has raised a $58 million Series B round.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. government has approved a Foreign Military Sale package for Iraq to buy 15 407M and 16 412M attack helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The International Space Station is nearing a challenging stretch.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
Boeing is forging ahead with the company’s long-standing bid to sell Block III Super Hornet fighters to the Indian Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
The Indian government has announced that defense spending will increase by 12.5% for fiscal 2023-24.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The partners will develop a concept of operations for hydrogen in airports and plan the demonstration flights.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The 1-megawatt powertrain demonstrator is installed in a modified nacelle with large air inlets on either side to cool the fuel cells.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The structure forms the lower half of the Airbus-led Multi-Functional Fuselage Demonstrator (MFFD).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Proposals for the Ground Organic Loitering Aerial Munition-Echelon II (GOLAM-II) are due on Feb. 24.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Thierry Dubois
The project has been devised as a flying testbed for distributed electric propulsion technologies that could be used on future commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Tests were carried out by the naval version of the indigenous HAL Light Combat Aircraft Tejas (N-LCA) and a Mikoyan MiG-29K.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Skydweller aircraft demonstrated remotely piloted three-dimensional guidance from the ground.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The FAA is focusing on enabling UAM “at scale” at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
Modi touted the milestone as another step toward his long-held goal of building India’s defense industry.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
The Acting FAA Administrator paid a visit to Archer Aviation headquarters on Jan. 31.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
Starship is a two-stage, Mars-class transport system in development.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The company is developing Starlab, a privately run space station in low Earth orbit, planned for launch in 2028.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The concept design appeared in a video released Jan. 31 on AVIC’s WeChat channel.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Pentagon and White House officials are sharing more details about the balloon as an effort continues to collect debris.
Missile Defense & Weapons

The 109-ft.-tall Vulcan booster and 38 1/2-ft. Centaur V upper stage arrived in Florida on Jan. 21.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Roscosmos said the DM-03 booster separated from the Proton’s third stage about 9 min. after launch.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
China aims to set up an International Lunar Research Station on the Moon’s south pole sometime around 2028.
Space