Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
The Army’s construction branch is gearing up to support a $245 million to $385 million project to establish a maintenance and operations complex for the first operational squadron.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Helicopter operations have managed to resist the affects of the coronavirus pandemic, but customers are delaying investment decisions for new rotorcraft, according to Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Newly emerged from bankruptcy, under new ownership and with a new CEO, OneWeb’s goal is to resume launches for its global, high-speed internet-via-satellite service on Dec. 17, the company said on Nov. 20.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Defragmented and diverse types of equipment in European inventories are holding up cooperation for modernization, the European Defense Agency has reported.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
A Rocket Lab Electron booster has lifted off from New Zealand, sending 30 small satellites on their way to orbit. It then turned around and parachuted into the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The long-awaited contract signature for the development of the European Medium Altitude, Long-Endurance Remotely Piloted Air System, or EuroDrone, should come in early 2021 after the program passed a key negotiation hurdle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
New-space investment group Voyager Space Holdings is buying the Launch Co., a launch support startup based near Anchorage, Alaska, that has been partnering with other marquee space startups and increasingly the U.S. military.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. start-ups VerdeGo Aero and XTI Aircraft have partnered to develop a hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Germany has approved the acquisition of new shipborne helicopters to replace the Lynx in the latest multibillion euro purchase announced by Berlin this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force has selected six candidate locations for U.S. Space Command (Spacecom) headquarters, including the command’s temporary site at Peterson AFB in Colorado.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters says it is ready to partner and cooperate in the development of a new rotorcraft for NATO allies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, five hurricanes and some minor technical issues, the first core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is now scheduled for an 8-min. static test-fire during the week of Dec. 21.
Space

By Lee Hudson
Three months after awarding National Security Space LaunchPhase 2 contracts, the U.S. Space Force is beginning to determine what the third phase of the competition will look like.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters hopes to launch development of a midlife upgrade for the Tiger attack helicopter by year's end.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The renowned Arecibo Observatory, once the world’s largest radio telescope, will be decommissioned due to safety issues following two cable failures, the National Science Foundation said on Nov. 19.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
Rolls-Royce is proposing that Britain and Japan jointly develop an engine for their separate fighter programs, while the defense ministry in Tokyo reportedly reckons its combat aircraft project will cost at least $12 billion.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A request for information published on Oct. 30 by the U.S. Navy’s program executive office for submarine combat and weapons control revealed that the Naval Sea Systems Command is in the market research phase for a new SLUAS capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The French Ministry of Armed Forces is ordering seven modified Falcon 2000 LXS twinjets from Dassault Aviation that will be used for maritime patrol missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
It has been a joy to experience a leap from three to seven in the number of astronauts living aboard the International Space Station, veteran NASA astronaut Kate Rubins says.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is proposing final assembly of the Eurofighter Typhoon in Switzerland as part of its bid in the country’s Air2030 fighter contest.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin's offer for Switzerland's fighter contract includes the first time the company has offered a tailored local assembly option for the F-35 that stops short of a long-term final assembly and checkout facility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK is to develop a Space Command and continue to pursue the development of a Future Combat Air System called Tempest as part of a dramatic uptick in defense spending.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is to use artificial intelligence in the design of an air taxi under a four-year, $7.2 million DARPA contract.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. Navy has approached industry to look at options for a surrogate training aircraft that could eventually double as an adversary platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The FAA next year will begin using live telemetry data from commercial space vehicles to determine the extent of airspace it needs to protect during launch and re-entry operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation