Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Jen DiMascio
The UK has issued a new policy framework for its pursuit of a positioning, navigation and timing framework to guard against an outage during an emergency.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Space economy venture-capital investments rose 17% year-on-year to $3 billion across 103 companies in the third quarter of 2023.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Does the U.S. Defense Department understand what is happening in the defense industrial base when it comes to mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
F-35 Joint Strike Fighters have made the first Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landings (SRVL) onto the Royal Navy’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Portuguese Air Force has completed the first operational missions by a European-operated Embraer KC-390 airlifter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is working to address recent concerns about cost and technical challenges associated with a Mars Sample Return mission.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Lawmakers and analysts are interested in some of the possibilities under the Pentagon’s new uncrewed system acquisition initiative, despite persistent concerns.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. destroyer downed three missiles and several drones fired from Yemen that were heading north, amid an uptick in such attacks throughout the Middle East,
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Eutelsat OneWeb says its low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellation has connected to a terrestrial 5G mobile network.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Italy is to fund a study into the air-launch of small satellites to give the country’s air force autonomous access to space.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Helen Chachaty
France is to invest €6.41 billion ($6.75 billion) in the Dassault Rafale fighter program between 2023 and 2026 and has earmarked €5.36 billion after 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force may be developing an intercontinental conventional ballistic missile capability, the Pentagon warns.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
German lawmakers have approved the final and largest tranche of spending for the country’s purchase of the Israeli Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Finland’s Patria aerostructures company and U.S. support firm United Aero Group have teamed to provide refurbished UH-60 Black Hawks for the European market.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
The Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) has approved acquisition of three new Lockheed Martin C-130J-30s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Kang Goo-young, chief of KAI, says that interest in the KF-21 has increased after witnessing test results and on-time development progression.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries have agreed to explore meeting the South Korean military requirement for 18 heavy-lift helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The chief of space operations has pressed for a review and changes to an anticipated strategy for how the Pentagon uses commercial space capabilities.
Space Focus

By Michael Bruno
Lockheed CFO Jay Malave said the defense prime is facing a "headwind" from new financial charges relating to a classified missile program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
NASA has conducted the first of 12 ground-test firings to certify the upgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engine for the Space Launch System rocket.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Ocean Aero, a startup company working on autonomous U.S. Navy ships and backed by Lockheed Martin, has opened its new headquarters and manufacturing facility.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
KKR has completed its acquisition of Circor, a key provider of flow-control products and services for the industrial, aerospace and defense markets.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Regent has signed a $4.75 million contract with the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab to demonstrate its Viceroy prototype for logistics missions in 2025.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
The memorandum of understanding boosts 787 shipset prices for 421 units starting with line no. 1164 and reduces 737 pricing from 2026 through 2033.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has delivered four KC-46s so far this year, with no handovers to the U.S. Air Force since late August.
Supply Chain