Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Aviation Week Staff
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By Garrett Reim
The pod uses solar panels to generate electricity that is used to pull water from the atmosphere and split that using electrolysis into hydrogen and oxygen.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Wilsbach will replace Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, who announced in September he would retire just two years into a typical four-year term.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
SpaceX has yet to demonstrate critical pieces of its Starship HLS architecture, including in-space refueling in low Earth orbit.
Space Exploration

By Matthew Fulco
CEO's dismissal contrasts with the aggressive action taken by Howmet in the first quarter in reaction to President Donald Trump’s threatened levies.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The focus is broadening its multirole capability, expanding its ability to carry larger munitions and asymmetric loads, and speeding up weapon integration.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
L3Harris is looking for some quick DOD program decisions once the shutdown ends, with CEO Christopher Kubasik projecting an end to the situation in November.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The program—first launched in 2023—provides an alternative route to the traditional rotary-wing training system.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
The County of Los Angeles Fire Department is acquiring an additional two Sikorsky S-70 Firehawk helicopters to bolster its existing fleet of five aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
Since Kyiv's plan to purchase up to 150 Gripen fighters was announced, a key question has been how the program would be funded.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing has inducted the Royal Australian Air Force’s first P-8A Poseidon for the Increment 3 Blk. 2 upgrade, enhancing anti-submarine warfare capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Europe is gearing up for the launch of its next C-band environmental monitoring satellite with a growing sense of urgency to get Sentinel-1D operational.
Satellites

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By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
Taiwan has long sought to incorporate a fifth-generation capability into its fighter fleet, but the efforts have thus far been unsuccessful.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is only set, for now, to pair Collaborative Combat Aircraft with the Lockheed Martin F-22.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
An official new report lays out the U.S. Air Force plan to comply with minimum fighter force levels set by Congress fiscal 2030.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket has reached its Cape Canaveral SFS launchpad in preparation for a static hot-fire ahead of the company's second orbital launch.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force plans to phase out older F-35s instead of upgrading them to the Block 4 standard.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
CEO: Airbus is committed to supporting Germany and Spain on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program even if France drops out.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Key Republican lawmakers are criticizing a Pentagon move to substantially reduce the American troop presence in Eastern Europe.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The UK Space Agency is building out its satellite tracking capabilities.
Satellites

By Ben Goldstein
After more than a decade without a clean-sheet aircraft, many observers believe the legacy aerospace industry has entered a period of stagnation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Boeing says it is keeping pace on key defense programs amid an ongoing strike, but machinists counter that there are ongoing impacts to key fighter programs.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
DARPA has kicked off an effort to detect and track faint objects hundreds of thousands of miles away in cislunar space.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
Australia-based Hypersonix raised A$46 million ($30million) in a Series A round for various activities.
Aircraft & Propulsion