Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Sean Broderick
Peraton has been chosen as the sole integrator in the ambitious U.S. DOT plan to upgrade the country’s air traffic control infrastructure by 2029.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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PIXXEL, UP42 announce partnership... NORTHROP gets E-2D modification/retrofit award... New interim CFO for AAR CORP...
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By Brandon Patrick
Austria has finally signed a deal with Leonardo for a new fleet of 12 M-346 jet trainers and equipment worth $1.5 billion to replace its Saab 105 trainers.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Brian Everstine
Losses of Boeing F/A-18s from the USS Harry S. Truman were caused or exacerbated by a lack of training and communication, the U.S. Navy found.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Navy's Asia-Pacific potential concept of carrier operations has been turned on its head with a more Europe-focused approach.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Antares has raised a $96 million Series B funding round to develop, build and test microreactors, including for use on U.S. Army and NASA lunar bases.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
EHang delivered 41 EH216-S autonomous eVTOL multicopters in the third quarter, down from 68 aircraft in Q2 of last year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s TCab Technology has joined the select group of startups that have transitioned between thrustborne vertical and wingborne horizontal flight.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
A company successfully demonstrated a distributed passive sensor array that could help to mitigate interference caused by wind turbines on UK defense radars.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
European emergency service aircraft operator Avincis has teamed with De Havilland Aircraft on support initiatives for the CL-215 and CL-415 water bombers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Norway and the UK will work together on tackling Russian underwater warfare threats through a new agreement signed by the two countries.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A job advert posted by Anduril indicates that work is underway on a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) UAS in the Group 5 size category.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Prague-based hybrid-VTOL startup Zuri is planning a major shift from years of subscale demonstrators to a full-envelope tiltrotor prototype flight campaign in 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Denmark’s Defense Ministry will develop its Karup base as a future forward operating location for NATO’s multinational tanker unit.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile onto the CTOL Lockheed Martin F-35 has advanced, with ground-based testing beginning.
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TITOMIC tests thrust chamber for NORTHROP... AIM ROBOTICS introduces new C-UAS system... REIM INSURANCE reveals new policies for space companies...
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By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites on Dec. 3 unveiled Project Talon, the company’s latest design of an uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The National Reconnaissance Office is continuing to build out its proliferated satellite constellation.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is casting a wide net for work under the Golden Dome air and missile defense program.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. is looking at options to increase its supply of tungsten, a mineral crucial to the defense industry, more so after Chinese export restrictions.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman, in a repeat Senate confirmation hearing after having his initial nomination retracted, got bipartisan support.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Advanced air mobility startups are looking to defense for early revenues, so Electra.aero is forming a dedicated defense unit to pursue potential military uses.
Advanced Air Mobility