Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
Proposals to increase the size of the Swedish Air Force come as Sweden has committed to spend 2% of GDP on defense ahead of its entry into NATO.
Farnborough Airshow

By Graham Warwick
Vertical Aerospace and Babcock International are exploring application of the VX4 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi to emergency medical services and cargo transportation.
Farnborough Airshow

By Graham Warwick
Test flights using Vertical's VX4 are planned for spring 2024.
Farnborough Airshow

By Guy Norris
The application will allow Joby’s U.S.-based certification to be concurrently validated by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, accelerating access to the British market.
Farnborough Airshow

By Brian Everstine
Boeing’s model of bidding low and taking on fixed-price contracts has meant cost overruns and schedule delays.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne
The RAF's chief of staff is focused on acquiring a new capability that can be more rapidly fielded.
Farnborough Airshow

By Steve Trimble
A promotional video shows a Lockheed Martin F-16 releasing the new Ice Breaker cruise missile.
Farnborough Airshow

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden explains the company's European strategy.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne
The MBDA-led team has undertaken the first firings of the directed-energy weapon.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne
Ascent is looking to to shorten the training pipeline.
Farnborough Airshow

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX CRS-25 autonomously docked to the International Space Station’s U.S. segment Harmony module on July 16, delivering more than 5,800 lbs. of crew supplies, science investigations, technology development projects and station hardware.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Australia plans to announce which nuclear-powered submarine it will choose in the first quarter of 2023, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Senior Royal Air Force officers say the air arm is now moving forward with procurement of the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft after a series of “distractions” in the program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of Russia’s Roscosmos State Space Corp., was replaced on July 15 by President Vladimir Putin.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has established teaming arrangements with industry partners as it prepares to offer a militarized version of its H175 twin-engine super-medium rotorcraft for the UK’s £1.2 billion ($1.42 billion) New Medium Helicopter requirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Does the luxury lifestyle market have a role to play in advanced air mobility? Perhaps, based on two new agreements, although the companies involved are far from leaders in the nascent industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The House of Representatives passed a defense authorization bill worth $850 billion on July 14 that adds dozens of aircraft to the Defense Department’s requested procurement budget.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Boeing recently demonstrated the manned-unmanned teaming capabilities of the Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, with the fighter controlling up to three unmanned aerial vehicles in “combat representative” scenarios.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The contract for the next lot of Boeing F-15EXs for the U.S. Air Force will come in at less than $80 million, despite ongoing supply chain issues and inflation that is bogging down deliberations on future contracts for other fighters such as the F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The UK Royal Air Force is embedding as many U.S. Air Force personnel as it can to accelerate the American adoption of the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail as the RAF is in the beginning stages of its own program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The UK’s plan to achieve full operational capability with the Boeing P-8 Poseidon rests on its ability to train crews in-country, with the Royal Air Force currently fielding three more aircraft than total aircrews.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s defense procurement agency DAPA has approved a KRW3.94 trillion ($2.97 billion) budget to procure 20 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters under the F-X Phase 2 project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk. 2 active electronically scanned array radar.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said trials had demonstrated “enormous operational potential to confuse and overwhelm and adversary air defenses.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
The launch marks the start of SpaceX's 25th cargo run for NASA.
Space