Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

A Spanish company will produce active and passive inceptor controls for Turkish Aerospace’s (TAI) Hurjet advanced jet trainer.

Safran Helicopter Engines has won a £241 million ($305.2 million) contract to support the RTM322 engines used on the UK Royal Navy’s Merlin helicopters.

Greek lawmakers have OK’d the country’s military to purchase 35 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to modernize the army’s rotary-wing fleet.

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RAYHEON gets P-8A radar assembly award... AIRBUS invests in thermal systems startup... SAIC to study directed energy effects on people...

The U.S. Navy’s drastic cut to its next-generation fighter was a conscious decision to deal with congressionally imposed budget cuts.

The multiyear Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract agreements have a combined maximum potential value of $4.6 billion over 15 years.

The MoU is intended to enable collaboration to identify research, development, demonstration, and deployment opportunities for sustainable aviation technologies

AST SpaceMobile’s first batch of direct-to-cellular satellites will not be launched in the second quarter of this year as planned,

Northrop Grumman announced an agreement to apply EpiSci’s Tactical AI software in the architecture for “advanced autonomous solutions.”

The project involves Thales, TXT and the Universite Laval.

NATO has marked 20 years since establishing its Baltic Air Policing mission.

France will send newly developed loitering munitions to Ukraine for its war with Russia, Minister of Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu has announced.

Russia has restored its capability for high-resolution Earth mapping with the recent launch of the new Resurs-P observation satellite.

Thales has completed the acquisition of Cobham Aerospace Communications, thus obtaining crucial technology in secure broadband data links.

NASA and Boeing have retargeted the planned launch date for the Starliner's crew flight test from May 1 to no earlier than May 6.

North Korea says it successfully test fired a new solid-fueled, intermediate-range hypersonic missile, designated as the Hwasong-16B, on April 2.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has linked up with Aerotor to propose a large, VTOL uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) to perform a range of military roles.

Flight tests of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine for the ultra-long-range Dassault Falcon 10X business jet have begun following delivery of the company’s Boeing 747-200 flying testbed fitted with the test engine to its Tucson facility in Arizona.

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HELICITY SPACE attracts LOCKHEED investment... RESILIENT ENERGY acquires autonomous systems company CADI... LOCKHEED gets H-60 sustainment award...

ULA plans to try again as early as April 9 to launch the last Delta IV Heavy rocket on a mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

The Ecuadorean Air Force FAE’s strategic decisions reflect a pragmatic approach to security needs, emphasizing adaptability and efficiency in the face of evolving challenges.

The solicitations are largely controlled unclassified information or secret, so most details are not publicly available.

Terran Orbital has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange that it is no longer at risk of being delisted.