Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

K2 Space says it expects to see at least 36 satellites being built in 2028 as the company scales up its production plans.

For any company, standing up on its own is daunting; for Honeywell Aerospace, the bar will be even higher.

In researching aerostructures technologies it could offer on a future narrowbody, Spain's Aernnova is giving precedence to ease the cost of manufacturing.

The Turkish Air Force’s new Hava-SOJ standoff jammer conversion of the Bombardier Global 6000 business jet has finally broken cover.

NASA's Johnson Space Center has chosen seven companies eligible to compete for up to $300 million in construction and upgrade projects at the site.

Romania is set to bolster its tactical air transport fleet with the purchase of two more C-27J Spartan airlifters from Italy’s Leonardo.

China completed the first flight of its Long March 12B launch vehicle, which aims to rival SpaceX’s Falcon 9.

PLD Space will spend €35 million at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, and Venturi Space announced plans to develop more space vehicles.

Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has validated a jointly developed drone visual navigation and positioning system.

Switzerland says a multi-year effort to keep its aging fleet of Boeing F/A-18C/Ds operational a little longer is on track to bridge to the arrival of the Lockheed Martin F-35.

Five people were killed and two others injured following an explosion and fire at a Hanwha Aerospace facility in Daejeon, South Korea, on the morning of June 1.

Draco Aircraft is looking to secure a third investor that should give it sufficient capital to launch a development and certification program of its Wilga PZL-104-based platform.

The U.S. Space Force has tapped Blue Origin to support a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) launch as early as late 2027.

Bellatrix Aerospace plans to demonstrate an air-breathing very low Earth orbit (VLEO) spacecraft in 2028.

The U.S. Air Force’s main jet trainer has returned to flying status after an approximately weeklong pause connected to a crash earlier this month.

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The U.S. Space Force’s plans to procure new commercially derived satellite communications (satcom) spacecraft and services have been extended.

Boeing says the F-47 program is “off to a good start.”

The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to stand up an initial space-based air moving target indication (AMTI) constellation by 2028.

Blue Origin had hoped for a quick turnaround between the problematic third flight of its New Glenn heavy-lift launcher and flight four.

AeroDelft, a student-run foundation at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, has begun taxi tests of a gaseous hydrogen-fueled light aircraft.

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Switzerland says binding bids are in to field an air and missile defense system to gap fill and augment the delayed delivery of U.S. Patriot systems.

Organizers of the canceled Royal International Air Tattoo will run a defense engagement event for industry sponsors and military delegations that were due to attend the airshow.

A Russian one-way attack drone hit a residential building in Romania, injuring two people.