Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

SIDUS SPACE payload milestone... L3HARRIS gets towed array award... LOITERING MUNITION market seen booming...

The NTSB agreed that the accident was caused by multiple factors, led by the FAA’s placement of a helicopter route in close proximity to a DCA approach path.

NASA is assembling an anomaly review board to investigate its loss of contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft.

NASA is joining a White House initiative to recruit tech-savvy individuals to spend two years as government employees.

NASA says the two-person flight crew of a vintage WB-57F high altitude research aircraft were unharmed after the aircraft made a gear-up landing.

Autonomous cargo aircraft startup Grid Aero closed a $20 million Series A financing round in January.

Boeing on Jan. 27 reported another $565 million charge on its U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker program in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025.

Europe–notoriously slow moving–is feeling the heat on two sides.

Boeing is convincing observers and stakeholders it has turned the corner on its recovery, despite having a financially noisy fourth quarter of 2025

Europe should embrace U.S. government policies around launch to strengthen its own industrial base, executives from leading European space launch companies say.

Raytheon’s production output increased 20% on several critical programs last year; the company expects to significantly boost output again in 2026.

Boeing is reviewing a potential durability issue on the GE Aerospace GE9X engine powering the 777X.

The U.S. Air Force in December 2025 awarded Northrop Grumman contracts for the next production lot of B-21 Raider bombers.

The European Commission will take a few more months to finalize requirements for its future Earth Observation Government Service (EOGS) program.

Oman has become the 61st signatory of the Artemis Accords, a set of nonbinding international space agreements.

Brazilian air accident investigators are exploring how fatigue and overload stresses caused the failure of main rotor components in an Airbus H160.

The Indonesian Air Force has taken delivery of its first three Dassault Rafale B fighters, a key milestone in a long-running combat aircraft recapitalization.

Why are high-profile aerospace and defense companies and investors shelling out billions of dollars for humble aircraft parts makers? Commercial aerospace parts

French startup Alpha Impulsion was awarded a $1.1 million EU prize for its self-consuming propulsion system on future launchers and satellites.

Embraer and Adani Defense and Aerospace have announced their intention to build a final assembly line in India, and they will also collaborate on advancing India’s regional aircraft sector.

Hypersonic vehicle developer Polaris won a German contract to build and flight test a fully reusable system with satellite deployment capability.

Europe needs to increase its level of spending on space to avoid falling further behind rivals, the European Space Agency argues.

The EU defense and space commissioner is pushing for an accelerated fielding of the bloc's secure satellite communication system, due to come online by 2030.

NASA says it is re-targeting the practice launch countdown for its Artemis II lunar flyby mission to no sooner than Jan. 31, two days earlier than planned.

In response to a NASA inspector general’s audit, agency leadership has agreed to accelerate implementation of changes to its mission support services.