Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
A program to develop, field and sustain 300 ballistic missiles with maneuverable reentry vehicles over a 20-year period would cost $13.4 million, CBO says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
France and Italy are jointly purchasing nearly 700 Aster surface-to-air missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield completed an internal critical design review, the company announced on Jan. 30.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
Retired NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are to receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Space

By Tony Osborne
NATO has added three more European flight training schools to its Flight Training Europe project.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
A center for hydrogen-fueled aviation is to be established at Stuttgart Airport in Germany.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
China has flown a verification scale model of the BWB-330 blended wing body concept, a future civil airliner design that would carry 300-330 passengers.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Defense against both North Korean and potentially Chinese ballistic missiles are among Seoul and Tokyo’s top defense priorities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
With a 1-kilovolt, 2.5-megawatt electrical system, the Lilium Jet needs new wiring interconnection systems, which will be developed by GKN Aerospace.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea is developing its own satellite-based geo-positioning network covering the Korean Peninsula for use in the event of a GPS-denied environment.
Space

By Steve Trimble
U.S. President Joe Biden appeared to dismiss the possibility of directly providing Lockheed Martin F-16s to Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Pyka is conducting flight tests of its Pelican Cargo heavy-payload electric uncrewed logistics aircraft in California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The KC-46’s developmental history is a story of U.S. Air Force work-arounds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
If you can afford a supercar, why not buy One, a vehicle that can fly–truly fly?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Two major fast rotorcraft flight demonstrator programs are running against the clock.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The program should be considered the “most successful hypersonic air breathing flight test program in U.S. history,” DARPA says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
As it currently stands today, all future F-15EXs delivered to the Air Force will look noticeably different than the first two prototypes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bye Aerospace has received FAA approval for the means of compliance for Part 23 certification of its two-seat eFlyer 2 trainer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has completed the caching of 10 samples of rock cores gathered from its Jezero Crater landing site.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The Stratospheric Platforms antenna, developed by Cambridge Consultants, is capable of delivering 4G and 5G communications from the air.
Connected Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
The flights over water pave the way for the first landings of the VSR700 onto a French Navy frigate, currently planned for the end of Q1 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
A decade since first flight in January, 2013, China's AVIC is looking at more missions for the Xian Y-20 strategic airlifter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested an undisclosed amount in Machina Labs, a robotic sheet metal forming startup.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Dealmakers in mergers and acquisitions who focus on the aerospace and defense industries are expecting a healthy year ahead for what they do.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Although any losses remain theoretical, some market analysts no longer expect Northrop to make any profit on early B-21 production lots.
Aircraft & Propulsion