Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior has become the first export operator of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KUH-1 Surion twin-engine medium helicopter.

Cryogenics specialist Fabrum has demonstrated filling of lightweight composite tanks with liquid hydrogen.

Hill Helicopters has further delayed a planned first engine run of its independently developed GT50 turbine powerplant.

The ERS initiative to build up the region’s autonomy in key security-related areas could see its first space launches take place in 2028.

Paris has given Thales the nod to provide the next-generation, ground-based Aurore space surveillance radar to track spacecraft and debris in low Earth orbit.

Luminary Cloud partnered with Northrop Grumman to accelerate the design and development of rocket nozzles and thrusters for spacecraft from years to months.

The French government has declared the latest iteration of its M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile is ready for operational service.

Polish defense company PGZ has teamed up with Anduril to potentially produce the latter’s Barracuda low-cost cruise missile in Poland.

Castelion announced Oct. 24 it has received multiple contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon system onto existing U.S. Army and Navy platforms.

Airbus is to lead the charge in a sales campaign for the Eurofighter in Portugal.

Russia has completed another test of a cruise missile powered by a nuclear propulsion system, but Western experts remain unimpressed.

French personal air mobility startup Zapata announced plans to open its first flight center in Las Vegas early next year, offering paying customers the chance to fly the hybrid VTOL Air Scooter.

Turkey has signed a long-anticipated £8 billion ($11 billion) deal to acquire Eurofighter Typhoons.

Northrop Grumman has secretly built a large new uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), dubbed Project Lotus.

GE points to indications that—if integrated in a specific way—the Open Fan may even have more fuel efficiency benefits than previously thought.

Voyager Technologies has acquired ExoTerra Resources, a Hall-effect propulsion developer, for an undisclosed amount.

China’s regulatory framework for ultralights has long been established under Chapter O of CCAR-91, mirroring FAA Part 103.

Technologies for air mobility and airships are among a new wave of research projects to be funded by the Canadian government under a program to support decarbonization of the aerospace sector.

The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk and a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed on Oct. 26.

An MBDA-led team working on the development of a hypersonic interceptor missile has downselected two of the most promising concepts.

Testing includes DefendTex drone “mother ships” and other swarming technologies.

Kratos Defense will use the Hermeus high-speed Quarterhorse aircraft as part of its support work for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s MACH-TB program.

Supersonic aircraft developer Boom has achieved sustained combustion in a prototype burner component under initial test for the first version of its purpose-designed Symphony engine.

Iridium Communications has launched a microchip that could be embedded in devices to mitigate GPS jamming and spoofing.

JAXA's launch of the new HII Transfer Vehicle-X ends a 5 1/2-year hiatus for its cargo deliveries to the International Space Station.