Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon's announcement of the $15.5 million contract for two XQ-58 Valkyries for the Marines does not clarify how they will be used.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Commanders of the Nordic air forces—Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden—have committed to closer cooperation so they can operate in a more unified way.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The worst performing acquisition programs in the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) portfolio are not in space.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Belgium has begun the process of procuring 20 new light helicopters for its armed forces and national police.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration says its KF-21 flight-test program has entered the weapon-release phase,
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s disabled Soyuz MS-22 crew transport departed the ISS early March 28 for an uncrewed, parachute-assisted descent to Earth in Kazakhstan.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Thales Alenia Space has won contracts to supply synthetic aperture radar and optical satellites for IRIDE, the hybrid Italian Earth observation constellation.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus believes the technology will pave the way for refueling of the UAS and collaborative combat aircraft being developed for FCAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The purchase aligns with efforts to strengthen the Nigerian Armed Forces to help tackle the threats posed by Islamic insurgents.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
In recent years, the military services have taken steps to increase the use of SAF in its operations, but not always with much success.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The industry team will build and test an airbreathing propulsion subsystem for the proposed DeepStrike-Extended Range concept.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Nearly four-fifths of overall funding for Next Generation Air Dominance is projected to be spent over the next five years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The KM-120 is designed for easy retrofit and factory installation in aircraft powered by small piston aeroengines.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
EHang says that more than 70% of compliance testing required by the CAAC has been or will be completed soon.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The work eventually could lead to the development of a highly modular electronic attack pod for either escort or standoff jamming operations.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Ascendance conducted full-scale ground testing of its hybrid system on an iron bird test bench in 2022 and is entering the prototyping phase.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The Army has a requirement for a new missile with a range over 1,000 km. that can still be fired from existing mobile launchers.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Once deployed, the satellites will boost the OneWeb Gen-1 constellation well past the 588 spacecraft needed for global coverage.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The MMU was originally formed to create a fleet of pooled and shared tankers to boost the number of tanker aircraft available to European air forces.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
China's WS-10 and WS-15 turbofan engines are now in serial production following the finalization of material verifications.
Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Kookiejar is a Swedish startup that plans to build out networks of affordable, small and modular vertiports with minimal infrastructure.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
A Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital booster failed during an uncrewed Sept. 12 launch due to structural fatigue on the engine nozzle.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
Russia plans to launch its first civil radar observation satellite–Kondor-FKA–on May 27.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Dawn Aerospace’s Mk-II Aurora spaceplane has received an aircraft certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The incident is the first publicly disclosed American death connected to loitering munitions.
Budget, Policy & Operations