Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first phase of flight testing a major upgrade to the KC-46’s remote vision system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Final assembly of Airbus’ Super Puma in Romania looks set to be revived.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
European space startup The Exploration Company says it has completed a critical drop test of its Nyx spacecraft as it works toward getting the system into flight in 2028.
Space Exploration

By Guy Norris, Michael Bruno
Spurred by unprecedented U.S. and international demand for missiles, Honeywell Aerospace is “aggressively expanding capacity” to boost supply of key components.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
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Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
The head of Honeywell Aerospace asserted the Tier 1 aerospace supplier and defense prime will no longer be handcuffed in its investments, supply chain management and acquisitions.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
Space Systems Command is now leaning heavily on other transaction authorities to award key contracts, the command’s deputy chief said June 3.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
Taiwan Validates GPS-Denied Drone Navigation System
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Garrett Reim
Muon Space has unveiled plans to develop Condor-Ultra, a flat-packing spacecraft sized to fill the payload fairing of SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
The Finnish Air Force is set to finalize a decision on a replacement for its long-serving multimission Gates Learjets this month.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA's extended Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has come to a close, the agency announced June 3.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
The Bashi pilot vehicle interface is at the heart of the U.S. Air Force’s goal to introduce collaborative combat aircraft in operational service by the end of the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has dramatically raised the cost ceiling for its next-generation trainer after a request for proposals spurred doubts.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
NASA has teased results from 18-month studies by industry and academia to identify technologies and concepts for ultra-efficient commercial aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
A German developer of a military rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system has completed two first flights in just three days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The DOD is proposing broad cuts to its global cooperation funding in its fiscal 2027 budget request to align with Trump's “America First” focus.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Three UK Royal Navy personnel were killed June 3 in the nighttime crash of a Leonardo AW101 Merlin troop transport helicopter in southwestern England.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sweden is exploring the potential acquisition of two-seat Gripen Fs the country’s defense minister has suggested.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
JPB Systeme is conducting research and technology work for smarter fasteners that could be used on the next generation of narrowbodies.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. government has approved a possible foreign military sale to Vietnam covering sustainment support for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Explosion At Hanwha Aerospace Munitions Facility Kills Five
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space, developer of the commercial Axiom Station and a new generation of spacesuits, has announced the establishment of Axiom Space Switzerland.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
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Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Robert Wall
NATO is looking to enhance the functionality of the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS) program.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
Congressional Republicans have a self-imposed deadline of late July to finish a new reconciliation bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations