Aerospace

The 236-ft.-wingspan aircraft flew from Stennis International Airport in Mississippi over the Gulf of Mexico.

Wakata has logged 505 days in space over five missions on the NASA space shuttle, Russian Soyuz, SpaceX Crew Dragon and International Space Station.

A Falcon 9 rocket has delivered 11 satellites into mid-inclination, low Earth orbit, marking the inaugural run of a new rideshare service called Bandwagon.

The Army’s desire to repurpose FARA resources perfectly positions SNC to harness its open systems architecture innovations for the Army’s future mission needs.

Sierra Space has begun initial drop tests of Ghost, a deployable decelerator designed to protect a pre-staged payload during re-entry within 90 min. of call-up.

California-based NovaDev is aiming its planned EcoFlight EF-5C at replacing aging Boeing 757/767 freighters.

On April 2nd, GE Aerospace celebrated becoming an independent publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.

Startups Isar Aerospace, PLD Space and Rocket Factory Augsburg already have agreed to use the refurbished ELM-Diamant launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana.

Guy Norris talks with CEO Tom Vice about the spinoff-turned-prime’s growth plans as its space defense business surges and its spaceplane prepares for flight.

China’s AVIC is preparing to fly the HH-100, an uncrewed cargo aircraft developed by the civil aircraft division of Xi’an Aircraft.

Satellite service provider Intelsat is looking to meet increased demand from airlines for inflight connectivity onboard their regional aircraft.

The U.S. military wants terminals to connect with multiple satellite constellations.

A new Royal Air Force strategy lays out plans for the introduction of larger systems after having developed small, swarming platforms.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Dr. Gert Pfeifer to General Manager Europe of Jettainer, Raunheim, Germany.

Kristina Snow to Strategic Inventory Sales Manager, focusing on consignment deal with AVIAN, of C&L Aerospace, Bangor, ME.

AAR secured exclusive, multi-year distribution agreement with TRIUMPH's Actuation Products & Services unit for >100 top-level assemblies and subcomponents for Airbus/Boeing aircraft; deal commences in Jan 2026.

Metal components supplier Mecachrome may have an edge in manufacturing processes, but sometimes being ahead of one’s time is a challenging position.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the "Big 4" U.S. operators—feeder network is not included in this analysis—with the MRO Americas event fast approaching.

The commission and major sustainable aviation fuel producer send reassurance on mandate volumes.

Sweden is beginning to ponder what follows the Gripen as it looks to preserve its national combat aircraft development capability.

Boeing’s new leadership in Commercial Airplanes and at the top are likely just the beginning of major changes at the manufacturing giant.

The company is confident a spate of hardware issues and oversights are behind it.