Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Matthew Fulco
Canada-based CAE Inc. beat analysts’ expectations in the April-to-June quarter.
Maintenance & Training

By Tony Osborne
Using inputs from the fledging HAPS industry, Frontex believes HAPS would be useful for Earth observation.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The low-altitude flight test was conducted at Willcox Playa, Arizona, on March 14.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
QinetiQ is adapting the four-engine airliner to become an Airborne Technology Demonstrator to support radar and sensor integration work for future programs.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Bill Carey
Viasat executives also said the "unexpected event" with the ViaSat-3 reflector antenna will slow the growth of the company’s residential internet business.
Commercial Space

Lunar Vertex (LVx) is a joint lander and rover payload combination that will land at Reiner Gamma on the lunar nearside.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Two Russian cosmonauts installed three orbital debris shields to the exterior of the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment Rassvet.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
Eve Air Mobility said it is on track to begin manufacturing parts and components for its first full-scale prototype during the third quarter of 2023.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The digital transfer to the aircraft from the B-2’s Advanced Communications ground station automates a function that required crews to manually input the data.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The mission date is to be announced at a later date, and the name of the astronaut awaits approval by NASA and the other ISS partners.
Commercial Space

NASA has awarded Advanced Space two new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 contracts.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
Many investors bought into electric air-taxi companies in 2021 hoping to find the next Tesla, but instead they may be stuck with the next Uber.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 eVTOL prototype suffered significant damage during a remotely piloted flight test at Cotswold Airport in Kemble, England.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Massy-Beresford
LCC Norwegian has won a $97 million four-year contract to provide around 250,000 flights annually for the defense sector in Norway and the Nordic region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Warsaw expects delivery of all four Polish Navy Leonardo AW101s—purchased in a deal worth €380 million ($427 million)—by the end of this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The linkup between Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and Australia’s Hypersonix Launch Systems is the latest in Hypersonix’s growth into the U.S. market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Current plans call for the first Romanian F-35s to be delivered by Lockheed Martin in 2030 to replace the country’s F-16 fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
New Zealand's temporary flight ban on the NH90s was spurred by the devastating July 28 crash of its Australian counterpart.
Aircraft & Propulsion

During more than three decades in our Washington bureau, Bond wore many hats: reporter, editor, content innovator and mentor to young journalists.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Skyports Drone Services has announced the successful completion of a four-week drone delivery trial.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
The offerings are built around a new family of vehicles known as Elytra (a term for the wings of a firefly).
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other key agency leaders are acknowledging challenges in meeting the December 2025 schedule for the Artemis III lunar landing.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The spacecraft originally were to fly on separate missions on startup ABL Space Systems’ RS1.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Legislators hope that completing the final transfer of the aircraft will end an almost decade-long saga.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Palantir Technologies’ sales rose 13% annually to $533 million in the second quarter with government clients accounting for 57% of total revenue.
Budget, Policy & Operations