Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters claims to have secured a 50% share of the medium twin-engine segment that has largely been dominated for years by Leonardo’s AW139.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. reportedly may gain at least discrete areas of sovereign Greenland territory above or below the ice. But don’t send the surveyor teams out yet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Shift5, a data and cybersecurity company, has replaced its co-founding CEO immediately.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Portugal has taken delivery of its fourth Embraer KC-390 airlifter and its first to be equipped for aerial refueling.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Ground tests of a modified Passport business jet engine in hybrid-electric mode mark a key step toward development of a future single-aisle propulsion system.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali says he wants to make the country’s air force a “fifth-generation” service in the 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has created a program office charged with developing Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for the service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA's Artemis II astronauts entered medical quarantine at the Johnson Space Center Jan. 23 ahead of a potential Feb. 6 launch.
Operations & Safety

By Tony Osborne
The UK has shortlisted seven bidders in its hunt to find an ACP that could operate as a loyal wingman to its Boeing Apache attack helicopters in the 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Australian Air Force has taken delivery of its first MC-55A Peregrine intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
The UK Defense Ministry is opening a competition for a low-cost interceptor, echoing wider efforts among militaries to field ways to more cheaply defeat the threat from drones and loitering munitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is moving quickly to field a new constellation of commercially derived spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit.
Commercial Space

By Aaron Karp
The FAA has made permanent its ban on all but essential helicopter flights operating in the vicinity of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The DOD is following a strict schedule to deploy an initial Golden Dome for America capability in just more than two years and an expanded architecture by 2035.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
David Lockwood, who has been Babcock CEO since September 2020, will be replaced at year's end by the head of the company’s nuclear business, Harry Holt.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The first flight for the next prototype of the Turkish indigenous fighter aircraft Kaan has pushed back toward the summer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
An RS-25 engine has passed a follow-up hot fire test, clearing it for installation on the NASA Artemis IV mission’s Space Launch System (SLS).
Space Exploration

By Matthew Fulco
Honeywell on Jan. 22 announced four key leadership roles for Honeywell Aerospace.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Controlling access to sensitive information in military programs has always been a driver of bureaucracy and inefficiency in defense procurement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is looking to possibly double its Doomsday aircraft fleet as it brings on the replacement for the E-4B Nightwatch.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Stratolaunch and Varda Space Industries will provide reusable systems capable of supporting dozens of flight tests annually at hypersonic speed, the DOD says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Norwegian government plan to take over search-and-rescue provision in Tromso looks set to result in additional orders for Leonardo’s AW101 heavy helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
NASA has named eight U.S. companies that are eligible to bid for the development of the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter.
Space Exploration

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