Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Giriprakash Krishnamoorthy
The Indian Finance Minister last week unveiled the nation’s budget,earmarking a 44% hike in non-salary revenue outlays for defense operations and sustainment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Giriprakash Krishnamoorthy
India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. could eventually be awarded the project to manufacture Naval Utility Helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Changes in radar restrictions in the wake of the Chinese balloon may be causing the surge in detections of unidentified objects in recent days, officials say.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup H3X is beginning deliveries of a high power-density electric motor to customers for testing in aerospace and defense applications.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Asked whether the objects shot down on Feb. 10 and Feb. 11 were balloons, Schumer replied, “They believe they were, yes."
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered the strike on the “unidentified object” in Canadian airspace after speaking to U.S. President Joe Biden.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The leak aboard Progress MS-21, dubbed Progress 82 by NASA, follows a similar coolant leak detected late Dec. 14 aboard the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft.
Space

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Air Force F-22 shot down an unidentified flying object off the coast of Alaska on Feb. 10.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
A pair of 6U science sats, originally slated to piggyback a ride to Mars with NASA’s Psyche asteroid probe, will instead launch aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
LCI has placed conditional orders with Beta Technologies for up to 125 of its eVTOL utility aircraft, and with Elroy Air for up 40 of its cargo drones.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Several key U.S. Air Force aircraft saw their mission-capable rates drop in fiscal 2022 compared to the prior year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Airbus and Air New Zealand have formed a consortium to evaluate ways to deploy hydrogen hubs at airports, starting with a case study at Christchurch.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
“Let’s Get Flying: Our Plan For Action” has been compiled by the Future Aviation Industry Working Group on Airspace Integration (FAIWG:AI).
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The program is part of PTDI’s CN235NG upgrade program for the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin's supplemental protest entered the protest docket on Feb. 6, or 40 days after the Sikorsky parent filed the first complaint against the Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
“As far as the readiness level of the infrastructure, we are at near-zero right now,” Skyway CEO Clifford Cruz told Aviation Week.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology have flown a tailless uncrewed aircraft system using active flow control for maneuvering.
Advanced Air Mobility

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 1,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition bomb kits and 250 Paveway II guided bombs kits to Singapore.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is part of the Foreign Commercial Imagery Program.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX fired up 32 of the 33 Raptor engines on its first Starship/Super Heavy booster for a static hot-fire on Feb. 9.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Key lawmakers are already calling for improvements to air surveillance to better detect high-altitude intrusions over the U.S.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
Lunar Flashlight has experienced a succession of green propellant thruster issues.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The goals of the effort suggest a future battlefield in which robotic air/ground teams are able to perform missions with little risk to human operators.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Progress MS-22 cargo mission was on a course to dock autonomously with the International Space Station following a successful liftoff Feb. 9.
Space

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A bizarre, five-day saga revealed a new Chinese spy program, possible advances in light-than-air technology and new high-altitude skills for the F-22.
Missile Defense & Weapons