Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Boeing has $213m U.S. Navy contract modification for nonrecurring engineering to support reconfiguration of four P-8As purchased by foreign military sales customer.

Rocket Lab plans suborbital launches from Alaska under a new Space Force missile defense contract through 2028.

Rocket Factory Augsburg faces further delays in preparing for its first orbital launch.

SpaceX has begun recovering its first flown Starship V3 after a successful suborbital test and splashdown.

True Anomaly completed the first spacecraft pursuit phase of the U.S. Space Force's Victus Haze demonstration mission.

The Air Force Plans a dedicated CCA test & training unit at Creech AFB, Nevada.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said he was upbeat about the outlook for the A400M airlifter.

Spirit Defense says it has maintained customer trust and is pursuing growth despite Boeing ownership concerns.

AeroVironment partnered with Applied Intuition to integrate autonomy software into its Mayhem-10 launched effects system.

The U.S. Marine Corps accepted its final MV-22 as the Navy completed its transition to the CMV-22.

De Havilland Canada is assembling its first four DHC-515 amphibians ahead of first flight in 2027-28.

Thales Alenia Space will build Italy's next-generation Prisma hyperspectral Earth observation satellite for launch in 2031.

Positive Aviation advances its ATR 72 amphibian project with the first float delivery, aiming to rival Canadair for aerial firefighting in Europe.

BAE Systems aims to power on its FCAD demonstrator in 2027 ahead of flight testing in 2028.

Ispace selected Japan's H3 rocket to launch its Mission 3 Ultra lunar lander in 2028.

The Chinese military has confirmed that its Yingji-20 (YJ-20) hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile is compatible with the Type 052D guided-missile destroyer.

The UK government's recently released Defense Investment Plan lays out where investment will be funneled and how much it will spend on different aircraft programs.

Leonardo's Excalibur 757 will flight test advanced sensors for GCAP and future multiplatform combat aircraft.

Rheinmetall says Q2 sales grew 69% and operating profit is ahead of analyst expectations, with the business delivering better performance across the board.

The solar-powered X721 Heliblade high-altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) has completed its first flight in France.

The European Defense Agency has selected five vendors to advance in its Sentinel Strike Challenge to assess emerging loitering munition capabilities in Europe.

The USAF is set to kick off an analysis of alternatives for a future airlifter to replace the Boeing C-17 and Lockheed Martin C-5, but the familiar study will be conducted completely differently.

USAF officials and Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg on July 28 hailed progress made on addressing a long list of costly problems hanging over the KC-46 tanker program.

IBM will acquire HRL Laboratories to expand its quantum computing capabilities and long-term advanced technology research.

Katalyst's LINK servicing spacecraft suffered attitude-control problems, delaying NASA's planned Swift Observatory reboost mission.