Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Graham Warwick
Backed by China’s electric carmaker XPeng, HT Aero has unveiled details of its X2 autonomous two-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
Under the wing of Boeing, Millennium Space Systems is hitting its stride making smart end-to-end satellite constellations to be deployed in multiple orbital regimes.
Space

By Michael Bruno
CPI Aero acknowledged late Sept. 23 that it has been notified by the premiere stock exchange that it does not meet the NYSE’s continued listing standards.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
The companies say they will work together to accelerate the entry of Pyka’s autonomous aircraft into the precision agriculture sector and “pursue opportunities to scale commercial services as autonomous aircraft operations in Brazil evolve in the coming years.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Looking to gain experience and revenue from an earlier market entry, UK startup Samad Aerospace plans to develop manned and unmanned versions of a half-scale model built to flight test the configuration of the company’s planned e-Starling hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff business aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Alaka’i Technologies is awaiting FAA approval to begin free-flight tests on a new prototype of its Skai zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell-powered electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s troubled KC-46 will be freed up for operational refueling of F-15s and F-16s “very soon” as part of the rollout of limited operations for the aircraft as permanent fixes to the tanker’s remote vision system continue to be developed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Air Force overhaul of its infrastructure across the Pacific is overdue so that it will be ready for a possible conflict with China, a service official says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bill Carey
Alphabet subsidiary Wing has paused some of its drone package deliveries in the suburbs of Canberra, Australia, after one of its drones was attacked by a raven.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A move by the U.S. Army to field a large, fixed-wing surveillance aircraft could face an extra layer of scrutiny within the Pentagon.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
Embraer subsidiary Eve Urban Air Mobility continues to build its orderbook of conditional commitments as it looks toward completing a deal to go public through a merger with a blank-check company.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly for a $1 billion bill to replenish Iron Dome interceptors for Israel on Sept. 23, one day after a group of lawmakers stripped the measure from another spending bill.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
In response to the proliferation of new space launch systems and small satellite deployments, German Aerospace Center DLR has developed a Launch Coordination Center to help manage the safe and efficient launch and re-entry of missions through European airspace.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
How many C-130s does the U.S. Air Force need?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus’ plans to adapt a business jet into an X-plane to test future wing technologies has focused new attention on its UpNext subsidiary that will run the trials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Environmental groups have renewed their call for the U.S. government to set a tougher rule for aircraft greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions than the CO2 certification standard agreed by ICAO.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
China’s Autoflight has announced completion of a $100 million Series A funding round, which it believes may be the largest yet in the country’s fledging electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The RSAF’s IAI Heron 1 medium altitude long endurance (MALE) UAS was paired with an undisclosed “small UAS” during an exercise held at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force’s recently disclosed effort to field a space-based ground-moving targeted indicator capability is part of a coming migration of aerospace missions to orbit, especially in the realm of tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air National Guard pilots are flying against officially retired F-117s as a way to practice homeland defense missiles against cruise missiles, with the stealth characteristics of the Nighthawks serving as a representation of the threat.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier is investing in major expansions of its worldwide service center network as it grows the segment, with plans to add hundreds of technicians over the next 18 months.
Maintenance & Training

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon has expanded sales and options for gallium nitride-enabled active electronically scanned array radars for fighters.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Michael Bruno
How fast will U.S. military jet and large commercial aircraft build rates pick up?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
After announcing a joint venture in June, startup Xeriant has agreed to merge with XTI Aircraft in a bid to secure the funding needed to develop the TriFan 600 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing business aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The EBS system uses a 100-kW electric motor connected to the main gearbox which could provide up to 30 sec. of additional power in the event of an engine failure, allowing the pilot to make a safe auto-rotation landing.
Emerging Technologies