Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin are beginning the second phase of yearly iterative updates to the F-22 fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The next increment of OASuW is the Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive (HALO) weapon, first disclosed in a budget request in 2022 with prototypes expected this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Zeus, a low-cost motor, designed to power Kratos’ Erinyes and Dark Fury hypersonic vehicles, completed a successful ground test in Arkansas.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Poland has begun flight testing its first Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50 fighter in-country.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Owners of Catalina Aircraft Trust, plan to revive and update the aircraft as a new Next-Generation transport category turboprop with modern technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace’s 42.5-lb. K1000ULE aircraft completed a 75-hr., 53-min. non-stop, unrefueled flight in late July.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Capture with the 58-ft.-long robot arm occurred at 5:52 a.m. EDT, with follow-up berthing of the capsule and its more than 8,200 lb. of cargo at 8:28 EDT.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Spanish defense electronics supplier Indra is taking a stake in compatriot ITP Aero, the aero-engine company sold off by Rolls-Royce in 2021.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
The Amprius battery cell has a power density of 400 Wh/kg at a C/5 discharge rate typical of electric vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Aska A5 eVTOL vehicle has six propellers mounted on fore and aft wings that are folded along the top of the fuselage in drive mode.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus, Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space can take part in the first phase of the tender for the UK’s Skynet Enduring Capability Wideband satcoms program.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace said it will begin conducting crewed thrust-borne test flights of its full-scale VX4 prototype.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected Axiom Space for a fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
Space

By Guy Norris
The U.S. should study the design of a system for public reporting of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).
Space

Aviation Week Staff
The Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization Flight One payload undertook a thermal vacuum test at Northrop Grumman’s Dulles, Virginia, facility.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force will begin receiving technical data on the Boeing-Leonardo MH-139 helicopter beginning this fall.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
In 2021, BAE Systems acquired UK-based small satellite manufacturer In-Space Missions and now appears to be looking for more opportunities.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Northrop Grumman plans to increase the cargo capacity of its Cygnus cargo spacecraft from 3,750 kg to 5,000 kg.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Northrop officials designed the facility in Elkton, Maryland, with a high degree of modularity to adapt to new manufacturing technology and hypersonic designs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The flight on Jan. 25 at the Eglin Test and Training Complex off the Florida coast builds on four years of experiments by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The service is evaluating the Boeing-developed Load Adaptable Modular (LAM) pylon.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Ferneyhough
Rolls management’s top priority is regaining an investment-grade credit rating as work continues on reducing the engine-maker's debt pile.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has confirmed the first flight of its initial production prototype S4 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Just days after Azerbaijan was inducted into the Kaan combat aircraft program, Turkey is planning to begin negotiations with Pakistan to do the same.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Technology Refresh 3 upgrade to the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF may delay Belgium's acquisition of the aircraft by at least six months.
Aircraft & Propulsion