Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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The head of Honeywell Aerospace asserted the Tier 1 aerospace supplier and defense prime will no longer be handcuffed in its investments, supply chain management and acquisitions.

Space Systems Command is now leaning heavily on other transaction authorities to award key contracts, the command’s deputy chief said June 3.

Taiwan Validates GPS-Denied Drone Navigation System

Muon Space has unveiled plans to develop Condor-Ultra, a flat-packing spacecraft sized to fill the payload fairing of SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle.

The Finnish Air Force is set to finalize a decision on a replacement for its long-serving multimission Gates Learjets this month.

NASA's extended Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has come to a close, the agency announced June 3.

The Bashi pilot vehicle interface is at the heart of the U.S. Air Force’s goal to introduce collaborative combat aircraft in operational service by the end of the decade.

The U.S. Navy has dramatically raised the cost ceiling for its next-generation trainer after a request for proposals spurred doubts.

NASA has teased results from 18-month studies by industry and academia to identify technologies and concepts for ultra-efficient commercial aircraft.

A German developer of a military rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system has completed two first flights in just three days.

The DOD is proposing broad cuts to its global cooperation funding in its fiscal 2027 budget request to align with Trump's “America First” focus.

Three UK Royal Navy personnel were killed June 3 in the nighttime crash of a Leonardo AW101 Merlin troop transport helicopter in southwestern England.

Sweden is exploring the potential acquisition of two-seat Gripen Fs the country’s defense minister has suggested.

JPB Systeme is conducting research and technology work for smarter fasteners that could be used on the next generation of narrowbodies.

The U.S. government has approved a possible foreign military sale to Vietnam covering sustainment support for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules.

Explosion At Hanwha Aerospace Munitions Facility Kills Five

Axiom Space, developer of the commercial Axiom Station and a new generation of spacesuits, has announced the establishment of Axiom Space Switzerland.

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NATO is looking to enhance the functionality of the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS) program.

Congressional Republicans have a self-imposed deadline of late July to finish a new reconciliation bill.

NASA is rescinding a proposal to anchor a post-International Space Station commercial platform with a government-owned module.

The U.S. Air Force says it is preparing for the production and sustainment phase of a program developing a Next Generation Penetrator (NGP) bomb.

Vast will fly two French astronauts on two separate missions scheduled for 2027, and will establish its European headquarters in Paris, the space technology company announced June 1.

The U.S. must find a way to fast-track mandatory ADS-B technology and compliance for both airliners and military aircraft operating within commercial airspace.