Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The Russian government has canceled MAKS-2024, the country’s major air show.

The investment from MOU Switch, for an undisclosed sum, is Regent’s third major investment from a Japanese entity.

The move is part of preparations for the first flight of the Miura 5 rocket, planned for late 2025.

The Russian government has canceled the country’s major air show MAKS 2024.

The UK’s potential market for urban air mobility and regional air mobility is huge, according to a new analysis.

Boeing started receiving the marketing licenses for the MQ-25 in late 2022 for Australia, France, Japan and the UK, but withheld release of the information.

Leonardo says its AW609 tiltrotor has completed ship trials involving the Italian Navy’s Cavour aircraft carrier.

MTU and Safran have formed the European Military Rotorcraft Engine Alliance to produce a powerplant for the EU Next-Generation Rotorcraft Technologies project.

NATO members have appointed former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the 32-country security organization’s next Secretary General.

Russia’s United Engine Corporation has handed over new VK650V turboshaft engines to be flight-tested on the Ansat light-twin helicopter.

China’s CATL says its power-dense condensed battery technology has flown in an aircraft with a takeoff weight of 4 metric tons.

There is an expectation that the in-development AAM/eVTOL sector will find its earliest adopters among business aviation’s customer base.

Firefly Aerospace plans to use the Virginia-owned launchpad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for East Coast launches of its Alpha small-satellite rocket.

The White House appears set to allow American military contractors to travel and work in Ukraine to keep U.S.-provided weapons in operation.

The U.S. Air Force has relieved the leader of the LGM-35A Sentinel Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program.

The company received a prior delisting warning from the stock exchange in October 2023.

The ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket being prepared to fly a dual-purpose mission this fall arrived at Cape Canaveral on June 24 ahead of a planned September launch.

The Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary’s first full-scale demonstrator is currently being assembled at its facility in Irvine, California.

The five recommendations are among nine identified by the GAO in May 2023 as “priority” that still await full implementation.

The critical design review for the Eurodrone project is now scheduled for May 2025, reflecting delays in completing the program’s preliminary design review.

Ahead of Ariane 6's inaugural mission scheduled for July, its manufacturer ArianeGroup says the demand is there to increase planned production rates.

The Chang’e 6 mission's return module has brought back samples from the far side of the Moon to Earth for the first time in the history of space exploration.

South Korea has awarded initial production contracts for the KF-21 fighter jet to KAI, Hanwha Aerospace and Hanwha Systems.

Airbus is considering major changes to its space operations after a program review identified almost $1 billion in higher costs on critical satellite contracts.

Safran has made an investment in Estuaire, a Paris-based start-up company offering software tools to measure aviation's climate impact.