Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
President Joe Biden on Dec. 16 signed a bill to keep the government open for one more week.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Telesat of Ottawa has finished testing its Phase 1 low-Earth-orbit demonstration satellite.
Advanced Air Mobility

Roscosmos Space Corp. has suggested that a micrometeorite may have caused the coolant leak on the Russian Soyuz MS-22 spaceship.
Space

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Special Operations Command wants to upgrade the direction finding antenna in the Joint Threat Warning System-Air
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Mark Carreau
Vice President Kamala Harris has named 29 people to join the U.S. National Space Council's Users Advisory Group.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Industrial partners on the joint French, German and Spanish project were awarded a €3.2 billion ($3.4 billion) Phase 1B contract on Dec. 15.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
The European Space Agency has solidified its master plan for three demonstration programs aiming at launcher reusability.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Saab has been contracted to develop an upgrade for Sweden’s Gripen C/D combat aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Boston-based Advent, which bought Britain’s Cobham and Ultra Electronics in recent years, said Maxar is a high-quality known supplier of orbital assets.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A new propulsion technology decades in the making faces a fateful decision point for the Air Force in the new year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Since 2018, the share of active legacy players in AAM has grown 10% each year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The Air Force Research Laboratory has contracted with Pacific Defense to develop a modular, open architecture sensor to monitor cislunar space.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
Reliable Robotics has entered a partnership with ASL Aviation Holdings aimed at integrating autonomous technologies into air cargo services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. F-35B crash-landed near Lockheed Martin's assembly line in Texas and the pilot ejected safely .
Aircraft & Propulsion

The 390 potential AAM routes in the UK are spread among 32 smaller and regional airports.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The four-year agreement helps the European Commission’s Clean Aviation public-private partnership materialize.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
A planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station was delayed due to a Soyuz leak.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
U.S. Space Forces Korea is the Space Force's first command outside of the United States.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The single-engine delta-winged Kizilelma took to the air Dec. 14 from Baykar’s flight-test facility near Istanbul.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The move follows the decision by the German government to pursue development of an electronic warfare derivative of the Eurofighter.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Piotr Butowski
Ukraine appears to have fashioned the Tu-141 into a weapon that is attacking targets deep in Russian territory.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation said it has completed the second of four FAA system reviews for its S4 air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
H3 Dynamics has partnered with Carbonix to develop hydrogen fuel cell-powered small vertical takeoff and landing UAVs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
The sensors would allow artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to report on quality and defects.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris
Work will focus on the electronic control system for CFM International’s Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) demonstrator engine program.
Aircraft & Propulsion