Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
Gen. Thomas Bussiere is expected to be nominated as the U.S. Air Force's No. 2, Aviation Week has learned.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Parker Solar Probe mission has been named the recipient of the 2024 Robert J. Collier Trophy.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, its strike aircraft and support ships are conducting an exercise off the coast of North Carolina.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kim Minseok
As KAI's production facilities are operating at full capacity to deliver South Korea's latest programs, the KT-1 basic trainer line could be offshored.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Australian drone company Innovaero, which sports BAE Systems as a shareholder, has kicked off flight testing its OWL-X counter-uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The new product effectively allows users to fuse drone full-motion video with Maxar’s precision, three-dimensional digital globe product.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Boeing plans to fire an air-to-air missile from its MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed combat aircraft demonstrator late this year or early next, a company official says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Australia is starting the process of transitioning its attack helicopter fleet to the Boeing AH-64E Apache as it looks to reach IOC in 2028, an official says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has found the largest collection of organic samples to date on the red planet.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The Australian army is phasing out its Airbus Tiger attack helicopters in favor of the Boeing AH-64E Apache, service officials say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Israeli companies will modify 12 Sikorsky CH-53K helicopters ordered by the Israeli air force with avionics and electronic warfare systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The European Launcher Challenge, a keystone effort to diversify homegrown rocket options, has been formally kicked off by the European Space Agency.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The United Aircraft TD500 co-axial uncrewed helicopter has attained type certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
MD Helicopters is working on 10 upgrade packages for the MD500 family of turbine-engine light helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Boeing's win of the F-47 aircraft contract from the U.S. Air Force is already boosting sentiment in the company while rival Lockheed Martin is taking a hit.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
BAE Systems sees potential in the recently flown STRIX X-wing vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aircraft prototype.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first two High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to Australian government.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Europe’s defense industry is getting ready for a surge in government spending that is driving companies to reset growth ambitions and strategies more broadly.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
L3Harris expects to deliver the first MC-55A Peregrine multi-intelligence platform to the Royal Australian Air Force this year, after several program delays.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace says a capital raise of around $2.5 billion will fund expansion abroad, such as in Europe where defense spending has increased.
Supply Chain

By Craig Caffrey
Investment in new defense equipment has exploded in Europe, nearly trebling from $60 billion to $175 billion, and this may only be the start.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Matthew Fulco
Flight autonomy software developer Shield AI closed a $240 million Series F-1 round in March that raised its valuation to $5.3 billion from $2.7 billion.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. is moving to reduce its mineral dependency on China as technology, trade and geopolitical frictions rise between the world’s two largest economies.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The NROL-57 mission was launched March 21 at 2:49 a.m. EDT, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg SFB, California.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The doubling of Planet Labs' growth rate would come roughly at the midpoint of the company’s guidance for the current fiscal year of $260-280 million.
Satellites