Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
Most of the underlying issues that drove a one-year production pause for the Boeing/Leonardo MH-139 Gray Wolf helicopter should be resolved within six months, according to the head of Global Strike Command.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force and Navy are not cooperating currently on a future nuclear cruise missile despite active development programs by both services, says Gen. Timothy Ray, the head of Air Force Global Strike Command.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Space situational awareness startup LeoLabs is expected to accelerate the expansion of its ground-based radar sites and subscription services after securing $65 million in Series B funding.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
General Atomics plans to provide a midlife upgrade for Italy’s MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft.
Defense

By Chen Chuanren
Israel Aerospace Industries and the Australia Missile Corp. are discussing collaboration with the aim of meeting Canberra’s requirement for “sovereign” Australian guided weapons.
Defense

A line-by-line breakdown of the Department of the Army's procurement and R&D spending in a single, coherent document organized by program and spending
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
NASA has selected two missions to Venus for its next Discovery-class planetary science expeditions: Davinci+, which will send a probe into the planet’s thick atmosphere, and Veritas, which will map the planet’s surface.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Houston-based Axiom Space has signed an agreement with SpaceX for three more private astronaut missions to the International Space Station—pending NASA approval—aboard Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Converting the rooftops of underused parking garages into vertiports is seen as an early opportunity to expand the ground infrastructure for urban air mobility (UAM) beyond the limited number of heliports now operating.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force is seeking $4.2 billion to pay for unfunded requirements in the fiscal 2022 budget request, including aircraft procurement dollars for 12 F-15EX jets, according to a document obtained by Aerospace DAILY.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Spacewalking cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov continued preparations outside the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) early June 2 for the anticipated arrival of the Nauka Multi-Purpose Laboratory.
Space

By Graham Warwick
A second major report projects a slower near-term growth of urban air mobility (UAM) but forecasts a larger market in the longer term.
Aerospace

The U.S. 2022 proposed Defense Department budget is broken down by service. Separate breakdowns are shown for personnel, operations and maintenance
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Brazilian Air Force says it may reduce the number of KC-390 airlifters it plans to purchase because of the affect of the coronavirus pandemic on the country’s defense budget.
Defense

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea has unveiled and erected its first indigenously assembled Nuri space launch vehicle in preparation for an October liftoff.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

The U.S. Air Force on June 1 ordered the first of six Bombardier Global 6000 business jets to convert into E-11A aircraft to serve as communication relays.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The request includes dollars for two additional KC-130Js and two MQ-9s, according to a document obtained by Aerospace DAILY.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force on June 1 ordered the first of six Bombardier Global 6000 business jets to convert into E-11A aircraft to serve as communication
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Army is seeking $5.5 billion to pay for unfunded requirements in the fiscal 2022 budget request, including advance procurement dollars for five CH-47F Block II aircraft, according to a document obtained by Aerospace DAILY.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
In preparation for a launch this month, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has conducted a free space interconnect demonstration ground test of its Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System spacecraft.
Space

By Lee Hudson
Aircraft top the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2022 $6.3 billion unfunded requirements list as the service looks to position itself to compete with China.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Outsourced air combat training and augmented reality startup Red 6 announced June 1 that it landed $30 million in new venture capital, almost all of it from existing investor Snowpoint Ventures.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy has decided to acquire stealthy cruise missiles instead of developing a powered version of a long-range glide munition, a spokeswoman said on June 1.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Air Force spared the U-2S from a list of hundreds of proposed aircraft divestments next year, but details buried deep within the fiscal 2022 budget request unveiled on May 29 reveal the aircraft’s long-term fate.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Responding to Wisk Aero’s lawsuit alleging the theft of trade secrets, Archer Aviation has described the case as “entirely baseless” and accused its urban air mobility (UAM) rival of “reckless innuendo and rank speculation” in a bid to “weaponize the legal system” to harm the startup.
Advanced Air Mobility