Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Graham Warwick
Switzerland’s Dufour Aerospace is unusual among electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing startups in targeting the established helicopter market, and in particular emergency medical services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Pakistan and Turkey look set to cooperate on the development of the Anka unmanned air system after agreements were inked by industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maksim Pyadushkin
Il-112 manufacturer United Aircraft Corporation has announced the suspension of flight trials of the Ilyushin Il-114 prototype after the crash of an Il-112 which has similar engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Chinese state media reported on the launch of the weapon without specifying the designation, but the images suggest the system strongly resembles the Dong Feng-15B class of missile with a new series of warhead.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Collins Aerospace is to develop an environmental control and life-support system (ECLSS) for a privately owned and operated outpost in low Earth orbit for an unidentified customer.
Space

By Guy Norris
Millennium Space Systems says last month’s early re-entry of an experimental spacecraft successfully demonstrated the ability of deployable tape technology to significantly accelerate de-orbiting a satellite.
Space Symposium

By Steve Trimble
The baseline Product 305 missile will equip the Russian military’s Mil Mi-28NM and Kamov Ka-52M helicopters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The third CRAF call-up in 41 years will include three aircraft each from American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines and Omni Air; two from Hawaiian Airlines and four from United Airlines.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Maksim Pyadushkin
The latest deployment increased the OneWeb low-Earth constellation to 288 spacecraft.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A Coalition aircraft shot down an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with an air-to-air missile near a U.S. military base in eastern Syria on Aug. 21, U.S. Central Command told Aviation Week.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
The rise of launch companies like SpaceX and Rocket Lab have shown the U.S. government how it can leverage the investment of private companies to reduce its costs and improve its technologies.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has set up a joint research framework with domestic manufacturers and Boeing with the objective of commercializing noise reduction technology demonstrated under its Fquroh research program.
Space

By Steve Trimble
An EC-130SJ and a C-17A have airdropped pallets containing simulated cruise missiles during demonstrations at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the U.S. Air Force said on Aug. 20.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Low-Earth-orbit launch upstart Rocket Lab will become a publicly traded company Aug. 25 after shareholders approved a reverse merger with Vector Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company, grossing three-quarters of a billion dollars for the 15-year-old rocket company.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Transportation Command has asked launch companies and academics to provide cost estimates for delivering military cargo via space over the next 20 years.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Unlike some planetary destinations, the asteroid Psyche was never the target of a spacecraft flyby before becoming an orbital destination for a $1 billion NASA probe, which is adding to the challenge as the Psyche mission team prepares for a planned launch one year from now.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A request for information for a new aerial target to replicate the latest Russian and Chinese fighters restarts a dialogue that has been dormant since 2019.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
Disruptive innovation by startups could play a key role in enabling a sustainable future for aviation, but the sector is barely being considered by investors, the Hamburg-based Sustainable Aero Lab says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
In the last 20 years, the Missile Defense Agency has seen a shift in focus, from spending time defeating missiles that are deploying countermeasures to defending against coordinated attacks with maneuver and speed, MDA director Vice Adm. Jon Hill says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A single U.S. Air Force C-17 evacuated 823 people from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 15, the service has confirmed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
Increased flight activity during the last quarter boosted TransDigm’s aftermarket sales both sequentially and year-over-year (YOY), yet another positive sign that the sector is in recovery mode.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A new process for producing jet fuel from ethanol with less energy and smaller facilities creates the potential for a distributed processing system located close to biomass sources, according to its developers.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
One of the James Webb Space Telescope’s early science tasks, called COSMOS-Webb, will be a wide and deep mapping of the 13.7 billion-year-old universe.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The Indonesian research and technology agency BPPT plans to develop a floatplane variant of the PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) N219 Nurtanio turboprop aircraft to foster domestic aerospace research and manufacturing capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
A sea-based Aegis missile defense system could be the next program to be abandoned by Tokyo.
Missile Defense & Weapons