Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Austria has signed a contract to buy 12 Sikorsky Black Hawk utility helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Piasecki Aircraft has inducted the first four CH-46 helicopters to be upgraded under a joint program with commercial operator Columbia Helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
American Airlines has signed a conditional purchase agreement with ZeroAvia for 100 hydrogen-electric engines to power regional jets.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
The Indian government has agreed with local entities to set up test facilities for UAS and electronic warfare, as well as to assess electro-optical systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
North Korea says it has developed and test-fired a new short-range ballistic missile designed Hwasong-11Da-4.5, capable of carrying a 4.5-ton payload.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
GE Aerospace said on July 1 that it had extended Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp’s contract through the end of 2027.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
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By Ben Goldstein
Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility has secured a further $94 million in equity financing from multiple investors.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
It is not clear how Japan would collaborate with AUKUS, but not be part of the alliance.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
The designation enables Space Florida to tap the Florida Department of Transportation’s Spaceport Improvement Program.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
Under this next tranche, the agency plans to procure around 54 satellites with infrared sensors from one or more vendors.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Spirit AeroSystems is known mainly as a major supplier to the commercial aircraft assembly lines of Boeing and Airbus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing on June 28 delivered the first CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopter to the U.S. Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The next 18 months will be busy for United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) newest rocket, and no one is more aware of that fact than Tory Bruno.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Europe’s Eumetsat agency is turning to SpaceX to deliver its Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) weather satellite into orbit in 2025.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
The existing constellation consists of 26 spacecraft.
Space

By Tony Osborne
British aviation engineering firm 2Excel Aviation has stood up an Irish business to support a new search-and-rescue contract.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
NASA is delaying plans for multiple spacewalks to assess the cause of a leak from a water coolant system umbilical that supports spacesuit thermal control.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Equinor’s investigation is independent of one currently underway by the state’s safety body, the Norwegian Safety Investigation Agency.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
IT services and products will operate under the brand Minsait, with the Spanish company’s defense and air traffic products remaining under the Indra umbrella.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Armasuisse has given initial approval for an offset program that would see four of Switzerland's future F-35 JSF combat aircraft partially assembled in-country.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Al Yah Satellite Communications says it has selected SpaceX and the Falcon 9 to launch the Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 satellites it recently ordered from Airbus.
Commercial Space

By Craig Caffrey
Security concerns, not least apprehension over China's intentions, are driving new defense spending dynamics in the Asia-Pacific region.
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