Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Garrett Reim
AeroVironment plans to buy Tomahawk Robotics, a developer of software and hardware to control multiple tactical uncrewed air and ground vehicles at once.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
Umbra wins a contract to study how its advanced space radar technologies could be used in the USAF shift to space for its moving-target indication mission.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The goal of the 40-month, $4.2 million project was to actively suppress flutter using onboard sensors, algorithms and control surfaces.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
The Mohajer-10 is also described by IRNA as having a 24-hr. endurance, an altitude ceiling of 7,000 meters and a fuel capacity of 450 liters.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
Preparations continue for the planned Aug. 25 launch of NASA’s Crew-7’s three astronauts and a cosmonaut to the International Space Station.
Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Advanced Tactics plans to fly two multi-rotor heavylift VTOLs funded through a U. S. Air Force program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Demonstrating its commitment to procure 24 F-15EX fighters, a delegation representing the government of Indonesia visited manufacturer Boeing on Aug. 21.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have been contracted to deliver T2TL Beta satellite variants for the Space Development Agency.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force launched an All-Up-Round AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon in a recent test but is tight-lipped about whether objectives were met.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. State Department has given the green light for the largest potential export contract for Boeing’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, for Poland.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Low Altitude Stalking and Striking Ordnance (LASSO) will be the subject of a three-day “Industry Day” event.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission is a joint effort by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NASA and the European Space Agency.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Progress MS-22 resupply mission capsule has departed the International Space Station filled with trash.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Saudi Arabian investor Aljazira Capital is supporting Axiom Space as the company works to develop a future commercial space station.
Commercial Space

By Jeremy Kariuki
NASA’s SBIR program aims to “merge the overarching potential of small firms with the legendary intellect of NASA,” according to the program’s website.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has dampened expectations over a potential transfer of Gripen fighters to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Poland is acquiring Lockheed Martin Sniper targeting pods to equip its future fleet of Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50 light combat aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Kim Minseok
South Korea has signed off on the production plan for the RQ-105K, the country’s first medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) uncrewed air system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian Defense Department will spend more than $2 billion on Tomahawk, AARGM-ER, Spike, additional HIMARS and PrSM to boost its missile capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The two countries declare such a transfer only would take place once the infrastructure at Ukrainian airfields is made suitable for the aircraft’s operation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
According to a source from the Russian space industry, probe's thrusters fired longer than planned, pushing the spacecraft below its intended orbital flight path.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The missile was fired from a base in Pingtung County, south of Taiwan, on Aug. 16 under the cover of darkness.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The study contracts were awarded via the SDA’s System, Technologies, and Emerging Capabilities broad agency announcement.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
"Building a supersonic ramjet engine ... is one of the achievements and actions by the defense ministry," Iran's defense minister said on Aug. 18.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
China’s EHang says it expects to receive type certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China “soon.”
Advanced Air Mobility