Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Graham Warwick
The provider of the batteries for Airbus’ Zephyr solar-powered stratospheric UAV says it is working with eVTOL developers on applications for its high-energy-density lithium-ion cells.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Two current and former Purdue University professors have launched a “faculty-owned” startup called Next Offset Solutions that 3D-prints energetic materials.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
British investigators probing the fatal crash of a Leonardo AW169 twin-engine helicopter have revealed that the tail rotor actuator had become disconnected from the pilot’s anti-torque pedals.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Bell has selected Moog to provide the flight control actuation system for its planned eVTOL and urban air mobility aircraft.

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus’ data sharing and analysis platform Skywise has built-in security and the airframer’s partners have provided guarantees on data protection, Airbus Digital Transformation Officer Marc Fontaine says.
Defense

RUSSIA tested modernized anti-ballistic missile interceptor at Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan.

The U.S. Air Force has not seen an increase in pressure from lawmakers to slow weapon sales to Saudi Arabia after the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

By Lee Hudson
The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider has cleared its critical design review.
Program Management

By Bill Carey
Drone research collaborations in Ohio and New York have announced recent developments to advance unmanned traffic management systems in their respective states.

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX dispatched a recovery ship to try to pick up a wayward Falcon 9 booster, which successfully delivered a Dragon cargo ship into low Earth orbit on Dec. 5 before fumbling a planned landing at Cape Canaveral.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
LYON, France—Against the backdrop of a slow market for geostationary satellites and ending a year Ariane 5 began with an imperfect launch, the heavy launcher on Dec.

By Michael Bruno
Aircraft OEM Boeing and ELG Carbon Fibre are forming a partnership to recycle excess aerospace-grade composite material from 11 Boeing manufacturing sites.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
The space mining market is expected to boom from just $650 million this year to $2.84 billion by 2025, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The UK government is open to working with the U.S., “allies and like-minded friends” on developing a satellite navigation system.
Defense

India’s heaviest, most-advanced communication satellite, GSAT-11, has been successfully launched into space aboard a European Ariane 5 rocket.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Italian Air Force has become the first European air arm to declare its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters operational.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Italy’s Leonardo has flown what it calls the latest iteration of its C-27J Spartan turboprop airlifter.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Wing, Google parent Alphabet’s drone delivery service, is setting up in Finland.

By Tony Osborne
Polish defense minister Mariusz Blaszczak has urged the accelerated introduction of a new combat aircraft able to operate in the “anti-access and network-centric environments."
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Indra plans to use UAVs to collect precision data for airport and terrain maps used in generating virtual environments for visual systems on flight simulators.

ITALIAN AIR FORCE chief Lt. Gen. Alberto Rosso announced F-35 Initial Operational Capability.

Tuesday will see the launch of SpaceX’s latest space station resupply mission, CRS-16, from Cape Canaveral.

The Boeing Co., El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $383,421,855 cost-plus-incentive-fee, award-fee contract for the Protected Tactical Enterprise Service.

By Steve Trimble
The approval ends a 16-month delay to the start of the stealthy fighter's formal initial operational test and evaluation program.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. State Department has started a 60-day notification period to formally withdraw from the 31-year-old Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
Defense