Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Jens Flottau
Airbus intends to hire another 13,000 new employees in 2023, roughly the same number the company added in 2022.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The potential loss would reflect inflationary pressures and the impact of supply chain disruptions on the first five lots of low-rate production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has decided to ditch Honeywell’s HTS900 turboshaft for Safran’s Arriel 2K turbine for the AW09 single engine light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The funding will be used to build a full-scale prototype of Electra’s hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The test confirmed that a 3D-printed engine could operate for long periods at full throttle with a rotating detonation approach to combustion.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army and Bell parent company Textron on Jan. 25 expressed confidence in the aggressive schedule of the Future Long Range Attack Aircraft program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army in the next two months will award multiple large contracts to replenish its stocks of critical munitions that have been sent to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine, Guy Norris
Boeing has unveiled a redefined scalable configuration for potential development as a tactical airlifter C-130 replacement or a C-17-sized strategic transport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on Jan. 25 issued an updated version of its decade-old guidance governing the development of autonomous systems.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
The pilot shortage that is pinching airline industry growth will not significantly slow the expansion of electric air taxi service, says Archer Aviation's CEO.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Boeing recorded a net loss of more than $5 billion in 2022, at least 17% worse than in 2021, but sales rose 7% year-over-year to $66.6 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
As the world’s second-largest helicopter operator, Bristow Group knows a thing or two about vertical lift.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
All deliveries from the sole-source contract are expected to be completed within two years of the award of an $87 million, sole-source contract.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has delivered the first of 18 skidded-landing variant AW169M intermediate-light twin-engine helicopters to the Guardia di Finanza.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even reports "positive discussions which are creating a level of expectation in 2023 and the years to come."
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
It was Rocket Lab’s first from the Wallops Island facility, opening a new venue for the Electron rocket and marking a new beginning for the Virginia spaceport.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
It is time to complete space programs that have been long-standing thorns in the side of the U.S. military, a U.S. Air Force official says.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Despite technical glitches, Ariane 6’s final test campaign is now well underway.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Col. Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Forces Command, said the type of aircraft likely to be provided has been determined.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Canada’s parliamentary auditing agency has launched an independent review of the government’s decision to acquire 88 F-35As.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Raytheon Technologies will merge its two defense divisions under the Raytheon brand.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
MightyFly has unveiled its second-generation uncrewed cargo aircraft, the Cento.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The technology is intended to reduce the transit time for human expeditions and science missions to Mars and other deep space destinations.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The survey proposes to save the Navy billions of dollars that would be otherwise spent on qualifying a trainer jet to land aboard an aircraft carrier.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
The delayed milestone keeps the program on track for a rescheduled first delivery of the upgraded, single-engine fighter to the Royal Bahrain Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion