Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
The recommendations follow an investigation into the crash of a Leonardo AW169 helicopter that killed five people, including the owner of Leicester City FC.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Poland has signed contracts with European and U.S. companies to further strengthen the country’s air defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
Bristow Group has secured early delivery slots for five of U.S. startup Elroy Air’s Chaparral hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The proposed Skunk Works tool—an F-35-mounted autonomous processing node—connect to the less-intelligent CCAs during a mission.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Matthew Fulco
Net income reached $1.5 million in the April to June period, or $0.15 earnings per share (EPS), compared to a loss of $0.01 EPS in the second quarter of 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Spire Global has won a $4.6 million, 12-month NASA contract to develop a microwave sounder device for the NOAA Near-Earth Orbit Network satellite constellation.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
The adoption of the Dominator XP, made by Israeli company Aeronautics, marks the Royal Thai Air Force's first medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force says personnel are now undertaking the first instructor operating course on Protector simulators at General Atomics’ facility in the U.S.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The 65,000-ton HMS Prince of Wales is set to embark several Lockheed Martin F-35s later this month for the third round of development testing with the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Images of two Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainers being flight tested in Isfahan, Iran, and wearing Iranian Air Force colors were published online on Sept. 2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
First launch of Europe's new workhorse Ariane 6 is finally coming into view.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Reznikov leaves the role having secured the transfer of billions of dollars of military equipment and weaponry to Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
The Space Development Agency said the launch manifest included Transport satcoms from Lockheed Martin Space and York Space Systems, and a SpaceX Tracking sat.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Energy Department is supporting development of 1,000 Wh/kg energy storage, enough to power a 100-seat, 700-nm range all-electric regional aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Aditya-L1 blasted off from India's Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sept. 2 onboard the PSLV-C57 rocket, carrying seven domestically developed payloads.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The crew splashed down in darkness at 12:17 a.m. EDT and were joined 30 min. later by a SpaceX recovery vessel with NASA staffers and medical personnel.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Crew-6 mission astronauts and cosmonaut are set to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean waters off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., ending a 186-day mission.
Space

By Sean Broderick, Thierry Dubois
At least 74 instances of falsified release certificates and related documents have been linked to parts sold by AOG Technics.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Intuitive Machines plans to raise $20 million from a sale of its stock and warrants to an undisclosed institutional investor.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to kick off its program to replace its aging Boeing KC-135s this month with a request for information.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Large private credit institutional investors are playing a dominant role in aviation financing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Carreau
The timeline for the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft to return from the International Space Station has been revised.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Marwan Lahoud, a former Airbus senior executive, has been appointed chairman of France’s Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space, known as ISAE-Supaero.
Program Management

By Angus Batey
Consultant EA Maven says the economic benefit of AAM travel could be broad, but vertiport infrastructure remains one of many potential stumbling blocks.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
A consortium of German companies has been contracted to begin building the IT platform that is expected to produce the AI systems for the European FCAS.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare