Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Mark Carreau
Jared Isaacman was sworn in Dec. 18 as NASA Administrator.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
Digantara, an Indian space surveillance startup that operates in India, the U.S. and Singapore, raised $50 million in a Series B funding round.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The White House issued a new executive order framing its near-term plans and policy ambitions for the space domain on Dec. 18.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman announced Dec. 18 it had test-fired a prototype of a new solid rocket motor for the U.S. Navy.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy on Dec. 18 announced it had for the first time fired a newly developed one-way attack drone from a ship in the Middle East.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Starfighters Space sold shares Dec. 18, raising $22.1 million that the firm says will support its pursuit of its StarLaunch suborbital space launch programs.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The BAE Systems PHASA-35 will operate monthslong airborne surveillance missions under a new AFRL contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The defense technology sector is riding high heading into 2026, shrugging off concerns of a bubble.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
SpaceX said one of its Starlink satellites failed on orbit, causing some space debris and now tumbling.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
South Korea awarded KAI a KRW 685.9 billion contract to launch testing for the air-to-ground configuration of the KF-21 Boramae fighter on a new timeline.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Four DiskSat spacecraft were successfully launched on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle on Dec. 18.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
MBDA says it has doubled production of the Taurus cruise missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Redwire says it will furnish docking systems to The Exploration Company for use on its Nyx spacecraft under a multimillion contract.
Commercial Space

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. Senate passed the ROTOR Act that would mandate ADS-B In and require ADS-B Out usage for all but the most national security-critical flying in congested airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency by February plans to sort out how to deal with a 20% funding shortfall for Human and Robotic Exploration missions.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Schiebel says it has logged the first flight trials for its S-300 helicopter uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Airbus has secured a blockbuster helicopter order from the Spanish Defense Ministry that has committed to taking 100 rotorcraft of different types.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Rheinmetall says it has received the order to provide synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites to the German Armed Forces a day after funding was approved.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The French Defense Innovation Agency (AID) says startups ThrustMe and ION-X will provide the on-orbit propulsion systems for its Toutatis demo due in 2027.
Operations & Safety

By Chen Chuanren
Washington has green-lit the potential sale of $11.1 billion in military equipment to Taiwan.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Anduril and Boeing are coming together to jointly offer a new interceptor for the U.S. Army.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
Air Forces in Focus analyzes the results so far of the Army Transformation Initiative unveiled in May.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has set domain awareness as its initial—and for now, sole—mission area of focus for its Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve program.
Commercial Space