Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
The demonstration showed that an artificial intelligence “pilot” may be able to substitute in the future for a human controller in communications-denied areas.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris
NASA says the problems were uncovered during system checkout tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
While the DA40 is a four-seater, the eDA40 is designed with two seats.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A new urban air mobility (UAM) service has been launched in traffic-clogged Sao Paulo.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
AeroHT has conducted the first cross-river flight in China by an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Advanced Space has won a new Space Debris Identification and Tracking (Sintra) contract.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. has announced a new package of aid for Ukraine, including for the first time the announcement of AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles to be used for air defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A new Ukrainian military intelligence assessment claims that Russian companies are building strike missiles at a monthly clip of more than 100.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. DSCA says Japan's package includes 50 JASSM-ER missiles, JASSM Anti-Jam Global Positioning System Receivers (JAGR) and relevant support systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Lockheed Martin has been selected to deliver the Air6500 phase 1 project, which will develop a sovereign joint air battle management system from Australia.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The G550, modified with conformal sensor fairings along the side of the fuselage, arrived in Israel in April 2021 after a secret development program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
LeoStella and Hera Systems have formed a strategic manufacturing partnership and put forward a proposal for the U.S. Space Development Agency.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have agreed to work together on developing collaborative combat aircraft by standardizing multiple system components.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon plans to field thousands of autonomous systems—including aircraft, ships and ground vehicles—on a scale not seen within two years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Defense Department has started canvassing the market for interest in reviving domestic and North American production of titanium sponge.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry has raised almost $14 million to fund development and flight testing of its ZG-T6 six-seat tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
French air safety investigation bureau BEA has started an investigation after an Emirates-operated Airbus A380 was found damaged by a potential drone collision.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s defense urges its government to approve quickly and fund a domestically developed Advanced Defense Fighter, which it says could unlock access to F-35s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The SpaceX Dragon Endurance docked to the space-facing port of the ISS U.S. segment's Harmony module at 9:16 a.m. EDT.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s secretive next-generation fighter program has completed concept refinement and has moved into a design maturation phase.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Endurance lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 26 at 3:27 a.m., EDT.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have seen their rates of series aircraft incidents decrease but the cost for each mishap has risen significantly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The 2.5-m-long Mira-Light demonstrator is intended to “fine-tune” the flight control systems for the follow-on, aerospike-powered Mira demonstrator.
Space

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Marine Corps pilot died when a Boeing F/A-18D crashed near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, late Aug. 24.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is asking for ideas to prototype and demonstrate a space system that can launch within 24 hr. of notice.
Space