Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Brian Everstine
The surge of military aid to Israel and related movement of air defenses to U.S. bases in the Middle East has meant a peak tasking of American airlift.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A request for information calls for data on sensors that could be used on a platform that would operate from at least 60,000 ft. to “exospheric” altitude.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has taken a further step toward the development of autonomous refueling of aircraft by flying a formation of adapted target drones close to a tanker
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
North Korea claims to have successfully orbited its Malligyong-1 spy satellite following the launch of a Chollima-1 rocket on the night of Nov. 21.
Space

By Guy Norris
Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch completed the first taxi test of the Roc carrier aircraft and rocket-configured Talon TA-1 vehicle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s Pegasus sigint system has passed a milestone critical design review ahead of installation and integration onto three Bombardier Global 6000 bizjets.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
Amentum, the private-equity owners of erstwhile DynCorp International and PAE, is buying the space and defense services part of Jacobs.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon plans by year's end to select which uncrewed autonomous systems will see accelerated development and bulk purchases.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Navy P-8A submarine-hunting aircraft ended up in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay, marking the first time the service may lose one of the Boeing 737-based jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Boeing MQ-25 will not enter production until after development testing can begin on the first production-representative aircraft.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider attacked a vehicle with Iranian-backed militia fighters Nov. 21 after the gunship linked them to the launch of a missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Irish government will reexamine a need for an air combat and air intercept capability in five years despite growing concerns about the need for one.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
A new research paper from George Mason University suggests fears and assumptions of a shrinking and overly concentrated defense industrial base are overblown.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has begun de-risking work to develop a second-generation Multi-Role Tanker Transport version based on its A330neo.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
The award by the innovation arm of the Air Force Research Laboratory supports testing of the Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System and a hydrogen fuel cell.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup Electra.aero has completed its first pair of piloted test flights with its full-scale hybrid-electric eSTOL technology demonstrator,
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kim Minseok
Both North Korea and South Korea are expected to conduct their own satellite launches in the coming days to validate their respective rocket technologies.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The agency cited the challenges in a Nov. 20 NASA Advisory Council session.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. will get a chance next year to prove the Predator is worthy of a long-term contract from the U.S. Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Development of the VRT500 co-axial single-engine light helicopter looks set to continue in the UAE after Russian Helicopters was eliminated from the project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. aid amounts to Ukraine have dwindled in comparison to earlier batches as the Defense Department awaits a supplemental funding package from Congress.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has completed the first flight of its new General Atomics Protector uncrewed aircraft system in UK airspace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Defense Ministry says Moscow’s failure to thus far establish an airborne ISR capability in Ukraine has been a “critical flaw” in its invasion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has delivered the sixth and final test MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter to the U.S. Air Force, completing the evaluation phase before a shift to production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Launcher manufacturer Rocket Lab is taking over the historic Middle River, Maryland, factory that Lockheed Martin is exiting.
Space