Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Bill Carey
Amazon started drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas, on Dec. 22.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
The addition of Airbus gives a strong international presence to Voyager’s Starlab team.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Talks are ongoing with the U.S., Israel, France and Sweden, suggesting a used fighter purchase is being considered.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The design has 12 electric lift fans embedded in the wing and four in the canard foreplane.
Advanced_Air_Mobility_departments

By Mark Carreau
ADNET is to support a range of Earth and space science research and development activities for Goddard’s Sciences and Exploration Directorate.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Cunningham, who served as the pilot on the first crewed flight test of an Apollo spacecraft, died on Jan. 3.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Part of the Kalyani Group, Bharat Forge claims a leading position as a large metallurgical design and engineering expertise shop in India.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon announced the $15.5 million cost-plus fixed-fee contract on Dec. 30.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The research laboratory is inviting researchers and students to develop AI algorithms.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The service on Dec. 31 released the first three requests for information on what it is calling “Cross-Cutting Operational Enablers.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A single order announced by Boeing will replace a fleet of Egyptian CH-47D Chinooks and backfill the U.S. Army for CH-47F Block Is diverted to Australia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Launches from the U.S. jumped to 78 for the year, driven by SpaceX, which successfully flew its Falcon rocket fleet 61 times.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Orion was launched from KSC early Nov. 16 on a 25 1/2-day, 1.4 million-mi. uncrewed test flight around the Moon.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The final price will remain unsettled until the JPO completes a separate round of contract talks with Pratt & Whitney, the F-35 engine supplier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The 2023 budget includes funding for establishing a human presence at the Moon and developing new deep-space technologies.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The protest filed with the U.S. Government Accountability Office comes 23 days after the U.S. Army picked the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the FLRAA contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Some key allocations include ¥211.3 billion to acquire ship-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
The U.S. Justice Department decided not to prosecute Safran based on several factors.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Spirit AeroSystems is the market leader, according to the consultancy’s December report.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
North Korea sent five uncrewed aircraft systems into South Korea’s airspace on Dec. 26, prompting the closing of commercial airspace.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Eve Air Mobility has secured two lines of credit worth a combined $92.5 million from Brazil’s National Development Bank.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The grants were included as part of the Advanced Aviation Infrastructure Modernization Act.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The omnibus bill was OK’d by the House 225-201, one day after the Senate’s approval.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The declaration means the program moves beyond low-rate production and the Navy will increase its procurement quantities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Albania has joined the Bayraktar TB2 uncrewed aircraft system owners club.
Aircraft & Propulsion