Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in Brussels on March 4 that the proposed loans were part of a new initiative called ReArm Europe.

The piloted conventional-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, registration N214BT, joins the first Alia CX300 off Beta’s production line in South Burlington, Vermont.

Akinci is one of several platforms envisioned to receive the Murad radar.

Mach Industries is developing a vertical-takeoff cruise missile demonstrator for the U.S. Army’s experimental Strategic Strike program, the company says.

Pratt & Whitney is planning further development of rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology following “positive test results” from a series of ground tests.

Direct liquid cooling of battery cells enables faster charging, longer life and safer operations.

The company did not immediately say what the issue or issues were.

The service said it decided to pause deliveries on Feb. 27 after identifying cracks in the “outboard fixed-trailing-edge support structure” of two aircraft.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin announced March 3 that the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. design will be the YFQ-42A.

Space Systems Command Commander Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant served as acting director of the Space Development Agency beginning Jan. 16.

NASA, which leads the 15-nation ISS’s operations, plans to retire the orbital lab in 2030.

Bruno Even says the company’s air vehicle design had been “the right compromise between cruise and lift.”

The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:24 p.m. EST March 2.

The CMMT leverages Lockheed Martin’s Rapid Dragon palletized munitions platform concept.

The details of any new trend in engines also serve to unveil future requirements of a paying customer.

The launch window for the flight at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, was due to open at 1:24 p.m. local time.

The news of additional defense spending will undoubtedly be welcomed within the UK Defense Ministry, but in truth, it probably does not go far enough.

The indefinite pause of operations at Eviation was caused by a rift between the majority shareholder and the startup's co-founders.

Boom has frozen the configuration of its planned Overture supersonic airliner, paving the way for the start of preliminary design.

The Singaporean Defense Ministry says it will upgrade its stable of Lockheed Martin M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to enable compatibility with more rockets.

Singapore says it is evaluating new maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) as it seeks to replace its fleet of long-serving Fokker 50 Enforcer MPAs.

Saab says it has secured an order to support the German modernization of MBDA-made Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missiles.

Singapore's armed forces are setting up new branches to develop expertise and technology in uncrewed aircraft systems warfare.

Russia's Progress MS-30 capsule docked to the Russian segment of the ISS on Mar. 1, delivering hardware, scientific research, food, supplies and more.

A spacecraft owned and operated by Firefly Aerospace touched down on the Moon early March 2 to begin a two-week science mission for NASA.