Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Czech aerospace manufacturer Aero Vodochody has received a long-awaited domestic order for its L-39NG jet trainer, signing a contract for four aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Some military analysts think the J-6 and other older Chinese fighters still may play a critical role in a Taiwan conflict, as a cheap, potentially reusable vanguard of UCAVs.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
Delays in suppliers providing engines, avionics and interiors continue to hamper Embraer, forcing the Brazilian aerospace and defense leader to miss delivering dozens of aircraft so far in 2022.
Crossover Narrowbody Jets

By Tony Osborne
Turkish officials have confirmed plans to upgrade part of the country’s Lockheed Martin F-16 fleet with a domestically developed active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Frank Robinson, the man who pioneered the development of the Robinson family of light helicopters for the general aviation market, has died.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX’s 26th NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station has been readied to deliver assorted science and technology payloads focused on human deep-space exploration challenges.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
There was approximately 2 hr. 7 min. between launch of the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft and it docking with the Tiangong space station.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA managers have cleared the Kennedy Space Center launch team to start the two-day countdown for launch, but two technical issues that surfaced during post-hurricane inspections and tests still need to be resolved.
Space

Selected U.S. military contracts for Nov. 7 U.S. DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Optex Systems Inc.,* doing business as Applied Optics Center, Dallas, Texas
Defense

SPACE FLIGHT LABORATORY supports HAWKEYE 360 constellation... REACTION ENGINES forms U.S. board of advisors... LEIDOS hands USAF next-gen weapon R&D contract...
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Space Force landed the Boeing-built X-37B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 12, completing a 908-day mission that set a new record for endurance.
Space

By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL—Post-hurricane inspections and analysis of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, which rode out a Category 1 storm at the launchpad, show no impediments toward picking up the two-day countdown for launch as planned on Nov. 14, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free said on Nov. 11.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Bosco da Costa Junior, the chief commercial officer of Embraer Defense & Security, will succeed Jackson Schneider as president and CEO of the unit, the company announced Nov. 11.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Communications breakdowns between the operational community, the acquisition community and Boeing’s engineering teams are the focus of Rand's new study.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Angus Batey
Another step toward operating a commercial urban air mobility service in Paris during the 2024 Summer Olympics has been taken with the opening of a vertiport terminal within the Advanced Air Mobility Sandbox test environment at the Pontoise Aerodrome here.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Rain Industries has unveiled an autonomous firefighting demonstrator aircraft, the MK2, with plans to showcase a rapid initial wildfire response and containment with the uncrewed rotorcraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Australia’s Northern Territory Air Services has signed a letter of intent with Eviation for 20 Alice electric aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The Space Force has paid attention to how SDA is preparing for its biggest threat—cyber attacks—and is following suit, according to SDA's director.
Space

By Tony Osborne
2Excel had 18 aircraft based at Doncaster but has been forced to move its fleet to Teesside and Humberside airports, after Doncaster Airport’s owners Peel Group announced it would close the airport in September.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
As countries jockey for a leading position in the projected market for advanced air mobility (AAM), a new study concludes the transportation mode would be economically viable in the UK and provide a significant contribution to the economy while reducing carbon emissions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
Inspections are underway of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, which rode out a Category I hurricane at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B, with launch on the Artemis I flight test still targeted for Nov. 16.
Space

By Irene Klotz
In a joint technology demonstration, United Launch Alliance and NASA tested a 20-ft.-dia. inflatable heat shield that is intended to pave the way for a future rocket engine recovery system for ULA and a system for NASA to land heavy, human-class missions on Mars, among other uses.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Iran has built a hypersonic ballistic missile designed to evade and defeat air defense systems, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force said on Nov. 10.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Advanced Space LLC will demonstrate a spacecraft at a location about 200,000 mi. from Earth that can monitor other objects in the cislunar region, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced on Nov 10.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Russian Helicopters will have to recertify its new Kamov Ka-62 medium twin aircraft after replacing Western-made components.
Aircraft & Propulsion