Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Airbus Helicopters is offering its manned-unmanned teaming kit for international sale as live testing enters its second phase.

The German aerospace center will modify the aircraft by adding a fuel-cell powertrain being developed with MTU Aero Engines.

According to a report, a secretive special operations group called for the bombs using processes for quick self-defense strikes.

The Royal Australian Air Force has closed the curtains on its Boeing F/A-18A/Bs after 36 years of service.

The new Pentagon Global Posture Review did not recommend any changes from previous reviews.

Turkey’s burgeoning UAS industry has won another export with the sale of Anka MALE systems to Kazakhstan.

Nearly five years after a Canadian government vs. Boeing meltdown, the company’s defense business still faces extra scrutiny in Ottawa..

Germany’s new coalition government will proceed with plans to replace Panavia Tornados and to arm unmanned aircraft systems.

NASA-led anomaly investigation found cause of vibration throughout James Webb Space Telescope.

The UK Royal Air Force and the Qatar Emiri Air Force have established a new training unit in the UK, flying the BAE Systems Hawk.

Switzerland has put contracts in place in place for its Lockheed Martin F-35 procurement, but the price tag is almost 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.1 billion) higher than when the type was selected.

Yates Electrospace will develop scaled-down version of its Silent Arrow unmanned cargo glider for deployment from wider range of aircraft

The Y-20U may have conducted air-to-air refueling for its escorts during the show of force.

The Rafales will replace the country’s MiG-21 “Fishbed” fighters which are due to exit service in 2024.

Japan is bolstering its already record-high defense budget, primarily to accelerate and bolster its air-defense systems and maritime patrol and transport fleets.

Prichal provides the Russian segment of the ISS with five new parking spots for space vehicles.

The test center at Pontoise-Cormeilles will be used for real-world trials of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft and the supporting ecosystem.

“This latest round of funding will dramatically accelerate our ability to make on-orbit servicing routine by 2030,” Astroscale founder and CEO Nobu Okada said.

Airbus has dismissed UAS startup Kelley Aerospace’s claims of illegal activity by the OEM’s personnel as “baseless and defamatory.”

The A$60 million agreement with the Australian government to provide heavy maintenance and upgrades for the Royal Australian Air Force’s P-8A Poseidon fleet.

Rolls-Royce has generated more than a megawatt of power in ground runs of a hybrid electric engine on a testbed in Bristol, England, which is designed to pave the way for future hybrid-electric regional propulsion system development.

The Pentagon has created another task force to research unidentified aerial phenomena, following a June report to Congress that outlined UAP encounters which pilots experienced but investigators could not identify.

Japan’s SoftBank is to issue its first sustainability bond to raise funds for its high-altitude platform system business, which plans to operate solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft as airborne base stations for internet connectivity.

Twenty-three years after the launch of the first module for the International Space Station in 1998, Russia is preparing to complete the construction of its segment with the launch of its last element—the Prichal Node Module.

Saab has started the delivery process for the first six Gripen E fighters ordered by the Brazilian and Swedish air forces, the company said on Nov. 24.