Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

SKY Perfect JSAT is looking to get into the low-Earth-orbit remote-sensing business through a $230 million investment and partnership with Planet Labs.

The European Space Agency says the risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid crashing into Earth has gone up since an initial assessment it made late last month.

A joint effort between Lockheed Martin Australia and the University of New South Wales is underway to develop a hypersonic flight testbed.

Saab is in talks with the UK Defense Ministry to potentially upgrade its Giraffe Agile Multibeam Radar system that would boost its operationally utility after more than a decade of service.

Engineers spend only about 50% of their time on engineering work in aerospace and defense, according to a study.

The Block II infrared search and track cleared the initial operational capability milestone three months ago.

ZeroAvia says it has reached Stage 2 of the FAA’s G-1 issue paper process to establish the certification basis for the 600-kW electric propulsion system.

The 656-ft.-long airship will use 32 of the motors, with power supplied by Honeywell 1-megawatt turbogenerators.

The four PUNCH small satellites with their narrow- and wide-field imagers are to be distributed in complementary low-altitude Sun-synchronous polar orbits.

The service on Feb. 4 released a solicitation to identify small UAS that can identify isolated personnel in areas where combat aircraft are denied.

Licenses will now be required by Chinese manufacturers that wish to export 20 products that use tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, indium and molybdenum.

The first flight milestone, announced Feb. 4, keeps the program on track to deliver the first systems near the end of this year.

The December quarter was notable by TransDigm’s standards for not including any new M&A deals.

Multiple NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System reports from the past two decades detail close encounters between commercial aircraft and helicopters near DCA.

The company develops and operates space tugs that carry spacecraft to their final orbits and host payloads, including experiments and demonstrations.

Saab CEO Micael Johannson says the company sees “huge demand” for the 3D surveillance system and needs extra production capacity to keep pace.

The Denver-based company’s sales rose 36% annually to $828 million in the fourth quarter while adjusted earnings per share reached $0.14.

The reusable New Shepard lifted off from Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 11:01 a.m. EST on Feb. 4.

France’s defense materiel agency DGA has contracted Airbus in partnership with Thales for a further two-year risk-assessment study on the A321MPA.

Chinese satellite startup Ada Space Technology has filed preliminary paperwork to go public.

Canadian charter airliner Nolinor Aviation has purchased multiple production slots for the Natilus Kona blended wing body (BWB) regional freighter.

Woodward expects its commercial aerospace business to return to growth in the second half of its fiscal 2025 as Boeing ramps up production of the 737 MAX.

Safran Electrical & Power is seeking a chemical specialist to create its own GENeUSPACK battery solution for propulsion systems on electric and hybrid-electric aircraft.

The difference in the Middle East compared to elsewhere in the world is that growth has not been broad based throughout the region.

NASA announced in July that it was suspending VIPER development due to schedule delays and cost concerns.