Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Chen Chuanren
Known as Joint Sword, this iteration was arguably more low key than the 2022 edition.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
As part of the collaboration, NASA will provide lessons learned from research conducted into urban air mobility at its Langley Research Center.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Belgium has become the first international participant in the General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian operators club established by the UK RAF.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Nordic nation will become the first foreign customer for the David’s Sling ground-based air defense (GBAD) system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Boeing has delivered its third and fourth O3b mPOWER satellites to communications company SES.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
Chinese lessor GDAT will look to place the Airbus H160s with customers in the energy sector.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Red Cat Holdings, an emerging supplier of small drones for the military, has invested in Firestorm, a U.S. startup developing a modular UAS.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Piotr Butowski
An increasing number of signs indicate that work on a new Russian high-performance air-launched missile is nearing completion.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Todd Tuthill
The aerospace and defense (A&D) industry saw billions of dollars being invested across the industry in 2022.
Budget, Policy & Operations

SpaceX says its Starship/Super Heavy space transportation system is ready for its first orbital flight test once the FAA issues a launch license.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The companies are to draw up the operating concept by referring to systems being developed outside Japan, including in the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
Each is to receive up to $600,000 over two years under 2023 Phase II NIAC grants.
Space

By Graham Warwick, Garrett Reim
Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has provided details of its launch platform and product road map for the first time.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A new L3Harris cruise missile is coming to the Bell AH-1Z Viper.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for Defense fired a catapult rocket motor for fighter aircraft ejection seats on April 1.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The Ranger is also designed to deploy Quantum Space’s Scout vehicles, satellites the company wants to distribute throughout cislunar space.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
The financing comes as SkyDrive works to certify its aircraft in time to launch commercial air taxi service for the 2025 World Expo being hosted in Osaka.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
NASA is funding further work on a near-silent propulsion system for urban drones—and potentially air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The awards are part of the FAA’s Aviation Sustainability Center.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Built by Ball Aerospace and integrated with Intelsat’s 40E communications satellite, TEMPO is to provide hourly monitoring of pollutants.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Connecticut lawmakers are frustrated that they still have not received a briefing from the Army that explains their reasoning for selecting Bell's FLRAA bid.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Space transport startup Dawn Aerospace plans to begin gradual envelope expansion flights of its suborbital Mk-2 Aurora spaceplane.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Xwing has started the FAA certification process for its Superpilot autonomous flight control technology.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
True Anomaly has raised a $17 million Series A round of capital for further testing of its Jackal spacecraft, an “autonomous orbital pursuit vehicle.”
Space

By Steve Trimble
The decision by the Government Accountability Office clears Bell to resume development of the V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the FLRAA program.
Aircraft & Propulsion