Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

It was not immediately clear if the move cuts Ukraine off entirely from the electro-optical satellite imagery feed.

The late-February request from the Air Force reflects a broader strategy to use government funds to seed investments in future commercial products.

The agency is developing a new satellite constellation in low Earth orbit known as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

For Hanwha, the investment in Shield AI signals its growing interest in the unmanned aerial systems segment.

"Suni" Williams has served as commander of ISS Expedition 72 since Sept. 23, 2024.

Launched Feb. 26, Intuitive’s Athena Nova-C lander descended autonomously onto Mons Mouton in the lunar south pole region on March 6 at 12:31 p.m.

The Boeing-made autonomous and maneuverable spaceplane was launched for its seventh mission on Dec. 28, 2023, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

United Airlines has begun installations of Starlink internet on its regional aircraft, expecting to outfit more than 300 by the end of the year.

Venture capital dealmaking in space technology reached $642 million in the first two months of the year, according to PitchBook data.

Singapore-based Transcelestial will place its satellite-to-ground laser communication system on the 6GStarLab satellite, a low-Earth-orbit spacecraft.

The French Navy is working alongside the U.S. Navy to help the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force build expertise and knowledge on aircraft carrier operations.

Boeing Defense Australia has won a contract worth to enhance air and ground capabilities of the RAAF Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft.

At about 8 min. and 30 sec. into flight Starship–in the final 20 or 30 sec. of its ascent burn–lost several engines and attitude control.

By 2035 Argentina’s combined air forces will have increased only marginally in terms of overall size, but Buenos Aires will have fortified and modernized its key fleets to a greater degree than the numbers would suggest.

Planet aims to use Claude’s reasoning and pattern recognition abilities to analyze its daily scan of Earth, the company said on March 6.

The disclosure offers a rare glimpse into the secretive operational plans for the Air Force’s next-generation bomber.

Melrose Industries, parent company of GKN Aerospace, posted 11% annual revenue growth in 2024 on the back ofdemand for its engines and aftermarket businesses.

Intuitive and NASA are awaiting imagery from the agency’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to establish whether Athena is upright, leaning, or tipped over.

The service could readily exchange data with the members of its Commercial Integration Cell (CIC), including Intelsat itself.

The Ariane 6’s second flight, mission VA263, took off at 11:24 a.m. ET March 6 from the European spaceport at French Guiana.

The 52-min. launch window is currently set to open at 9:25 a.m. EST.

The NSM will replace the U.S.-made Boeing Harpoon anti-ship missile that equips the country’s Iver Huitfeldt class frigates.

With the Series D funding, Oklahoma-based Epirus has raised a total of $550 million.

Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, critics of Ireland’s near-passive approach to defense have been urging the government to spend more on security.

Dubbed Paladin, the prototype is the first full-sized example of Regent’s 12-passenger Viceroy, designed to carry two crewmembers and 12 passengers.