Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Airbus is to lead the charge in a sales campaign for the Eurofighter in Portugal.

Russia has completed another test of a cruise missile powered by a nuclear propulsion system, but Western experts remain unimpressed.

French personal air mobility startup Zapata announced plans to open its first flight center in Las Vegas early next year, offering paying customers the chance to fly the hybrid VTOL Air Scooter.

Turkey has signed a long-anticipated £8 billion ($11 billion) deal to acquire Eurofighter Typhoons.

Northrop Grumman has secretly built a large new uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), dubbed Project Lotus.

GE points to indications that—if integrated in a specific way—the Open Fan may even have more fuel efficiency benefits than previously thought.

Voyager Technologies has acquired ExoTerra Resources, a Hall-effect propulsion developer, for an undisclosed amount.

China’s regulatory framework for ultralights has long been established under Chapter O of CCAR-91, mirroring FAA Part 103.

Technologies for air mobility and airships are among a new wave of research projects to be funded by the Canadian government under a program to support decarbonization of the aerospace sector.

The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk and a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed on Oct. 26.

An MBDA-led team working on the development of a hypersonic interceptor missile has downselected two of the most promising concepts.

Testing includes DefendTex drone “mother ships” and other swarming technologies.

Kratos Defense will use the Hermeus high-speed Quarterhorse aircraft as part of its support work for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s MACH-TB program.

Supersonic aircraft developer Boom has achieved sustained combustion in a prototype burner component under initial test for the first version of its purpose-designed Symphony engine.

Iridium Communications has launched a microchip that could be embedded in devices to mitigate GPS jamming and spoofing.

JAXA's launch of the new HII Transfer Vehicle-X ends a 5 1/2-year hiatus for its cargo deliveries to the International Space Station.

The escalating use of drones in combat is creating demand for a supply chain for uncrewed aircraft production that can meet security and sovereignty concerns.

When Dronamics was founded 11 years ago, the Bulgarian startup took a contrarian view to the emerging commercial drone market.

SkyGrid has signed anagreement with MIT Lincoln Laboratory to jointly research and develop high-resolution forecast models for low-altitude flying aircraft.

The Pentagon is sending its newest aircraft carrier along with its embarked air wing and a group of support ships to the Caribbean.

Astrobotic is progressing on multiple fronts in preparation for its Griffin-1 commercial lunar lander’s inaugural mission in 2026.

DARPA has launched a prize challenge to demonstrate multicopter uncrewed aircraft that can carry payloads more than four times their weight.

India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has completed the first flight of a production standard HTT-40 turboprop trainer.

Denmark has chosen not to acquire the Israel Aerospace Industries Barak MX surface-to-air missile system after it was shortlisted as an option for medium-range air defense.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is looking to acquire second-hand Eurofighter Typhoons from Oman and Qatar.