Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has picked CoAspire’s Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile-Extended Range for a new program aimed at quickly delivering low-cost missiles to foreign partners.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The sensor and power providers for the Edgewing GCAP fighter will spend the project phase turning concepts into technology demonstrations to mature capabilities for the detailed design phase.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
Shield AI is progressing on building its initial X-BAT autonomous fighters after it announced that it had fired its thrust-vectoring engine for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has unveiled Brontanax, its eagerly awaited collaborative combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems compressed 18 months of work to develop a low-cost anti-drone capability for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon into just 42 days, the company has revealed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Relativity Space plans to add production and test facilities as well as launch support infrastructure for its Terran R program at Cape Canaveral SFS.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Leonardo plans to hold on to its stake in German defense electronics specialist Hensoldt, according to the CEO of the Italian defense giant, Lorenzo Mariani.
Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
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Pratt & Whitney Unveils ‘Valox’ CCA Engine Family
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By Mark Carreau
Venus Aerospace and Lockheed Martin have entered a collaboration agreement for evaluation of the Houston-based company’s rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
A trio of senior officials is on deck, ready to usher in a new era of U.S. military space.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
Sustaining success in Angola’s counter-insurgency missions will require continued investment in key air power capabilities, and the country’s air force has set several important modernization programs in motion.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Robert Wall
Airbus seeks a major role in Europe's next-generation fighter while exploring new partnerships after FCAS collapsed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Leonardo's CEO pledged to accelerate LEO and missile defense programs, announcing Indonesian M-346F fighter sale.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Canada has formally joined the Global Combat Air Program as an observer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
MBDA is launching low-rate production of the Spear 3 mini cruise missile after a series of successful flight trials.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Bell says MV-75 production is accelerating, meeting performance targets and improving manufacturing efficiency despite earlier cost and weight concerns.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman is spending money to fix software bugs that have plagued the development schedule for two new anti-radiation missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Embraer is considering adding a missile-launch capability to the KC-390 tanker transport and is also set to expand production of Saab Gripens.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
X-Bow unveiled its low-cost Buckler interceptor after successful flight testing, targeting affordable defense against Shahed-type drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
De Havilland Canada has begun a marketing tour of the “Pack Rat,” a modernized version of the Sherpa twin-turboprop cargo aircraft which last produced by the former Short Brothers in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Boeing is considering multiple operational MQ-28 Ghost Bat production sites as it pursues markets for the collaborative combat aircraft (CCA).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The FAA has begun trials on the Bell 525 Relentless Advanced Systems Integration Lab (Rasil) as one of the final steps to secure the type certificate.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney has named its new family of small, scalable collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) engines the Valox.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Israeli defense technology specialist Rafael should be able to scale its Iron Beam laser air defense technology in the coming years to be able to intercept even ballistic missiles, says Chairman Yuval Steinitz.
Missile Defense & Weapons