Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Russia’s Progress MS-33 resupply capsule encountered an issue with its communications system after launch to the International Space Station.

At a White House meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the two countries agreed to strengthen defense ties.

Blue Origin is asking the FCC to launch and operate a 51,600-member sat network for space-based data centers and AI computing services.

The U.S. Space Force is shifting a GPS III launch from United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rockets to the SpaceX Falcon fleet for the fourth time.

Syos Aerospace says it has completed the five-year development of its SA200 rotary-wing UAS following a series of autonomous mission trials.

The fully stacked Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule were back on the launchpad March 20.

NASA finished a 23-day servicing of the SLS rocket in the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building and returned the rocket to Launch Complex 39B March 20.

Airbus Helicopters and Spanish telecoms provider Telefonica will jointly demonstrate the potential use of 5G communications in military helicopters and UAS.

Hypersonix Launch Systems and the UK business of European missile manufacturer MBDA will collaborate on a series of hypersonic weapon development efforts.

NASA aeronautics enterprise awaits the 2027 presidential budget request with hopes for more stability and a renewed focus on flight research.

The UK Defense Ministry is exploring a rapid acquisition of uncrewed aircraft system radars for naval applications, aimed at detecting cruie missiles and other aircraft.

The company, which has 33 satellites in space, aims to deploy 107 more through this year and next.

The French government has named Emmanuel Chiva chairman and CEO of aerospace research and technology center Onera.

Kuwait, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates have asked to buy more than $16 billion worth of U.S. defense equipment.

News in brief.

GD gets $15b Columbia sub award... CSIS appoints former USMC commandant as next CEO... MDA raises ceiling for RAYTHEON’s SM-3 contract...

Aviation Week has identified $23.1 billion in open opportunities to supply CCAs between 2026 and 2035 that have officially been announced by operators.

Northrop Grumman completed a new right of passage for aspiring Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) producers.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded a follow-on contract to Kratos to provide ground management and integration services for its forthcoming MEO missile warning and tracking satellite program.

The Defense Department has tapped Rocket Lab to launch its Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) rocket 20 times in four years.

An unidentified flying-wing uncrewed aircraft system was photographed and videoed at low altitude near Larissa Air Base, Greece, on March 18.

Intuitive Machines CEO says the company’s deal to supply satellites for L3Harris’s work on the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer.

Two space startups want to make on-orbit debris removal as seamless as street sweeping.

China is intensifying efforts to build reusable rockets it sees as integral to achieving its space power ambitions.

France and Germany are poised to make a decision on whether they can repair the fractured defense industrial relationship for the Future Combat Air System.