Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The minesweeping helicopter will be based on the Marineon marine variant of the Surion, which KAI says will ensure interoperability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
In redesigning the tanker’s Remote Vision System, Boeing aimed to replicate the feeling of looking out a window.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada calls the platform RAPCON-X—for “rapidly configurable,” as the jets are designed to bring on mission equipment and be tasked quickly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Twice postponed, the excursion took the two astronauts to the 4A power channel on the port side of the 360-ft.-long truss.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The long-awaited contract signing pushes back first delivery by four years to 2026, with the program now concluding a year later than scheduled in 2029.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Mark Carreau
NASA and Roscosmos are probing an ammonia coolant leak in the aft instrument compartment of the Soyuz MS-MS-22 crew capsule at the International Space Station.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
A United Airlines senior executive praised the decision by Heart Aerospace to increase its electric airliner from 19 to 30 seats.
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By Brian Everstine
The Senate on Dec. 22 passed the $1.7 billion omnibus spending package.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The RQ-4B introduction comes as the Japanese Defense Ministry published a new national defense strategy, which includes greater investment in uncrewed systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
In a video published on social media Dec. 21, the RACER prototype’s avionics blinked into life.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft has departed Naval Base San Diego for transport via truck to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Austria’s defense ministry is to double its order of Leonardo AW169M Light Utility Helicopters by exercising options for an additional 18 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Israeli startup AIR has completed the first successful transition of its full-scale technology prototype from hover to cruise.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
Avio’s Vega C launch vehicle failed to place Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 satellites into orbit on Dec. 20.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The Canadian-based executive wants the government to keep the Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft program open to competitive bids, including the Global 6500.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Mark Carreau
The end came following a months-long struggle to clear the spacecraft’s power-generating solar arrays of dust storm deposits.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The planned spacewalk will see the installation of a fourth ISS Roll Out Solar Array.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The defense minister's remarks come four days after the Kfir replacement program received an urgent endorsement from President Gustavo Petro.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The latest drawdown package raises the overall assistance to Ukraine from the U.S. government to $21.3 billion since Russia invaded its neighbor.
Missile Defense & Weapons

AW Staff
The Russian spacecraft experienced a leak on the external cooling loop of its instrument compartment on Dec. 14.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Possession of the licenses puts Virgin Orbit back on course to launch in January.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Site approvals and first-article tests will be completed by the end of February 2023.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
The additional money includes $442 million for the U.S. Space Force to buy one Wideband Gapfiller Satellite for high-data rate military communication services.
Space

By Guy Norris
The ground tests are of the hybrid-electric propulsion system that will power the modified De Havilland Dash 8-100 flight demonstrator starting in 2024.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
The war in Ukraine has highlighted shortfalls in the stockpile and industrial base for missiles, with both sides expending thousands of missiles so far.
Missile Defense & Weapons